Breeze from the East

Breeze from the East is a 1964 album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, arranged by Stan Applebaum. The album features jazzy lounge music with a quasi-Asian sound.

Reception
Stephen Cook reviewed the album for Allmusic and described the album as combining "the vibist's [Tjader's] Latin lounge style with kitschy Asian touches" describing the songs "Sake and Greens," "Cha," and "Shoji" as sounding like "'60s-era James Bond on a wild chase through the heart of Tokyo". Cook concluded by feeling that "The ultra-smooth Latin jazz sound Tjader favored has always been more infectious than demanding and Breeze from the East's commercialized mod/eastern elements only end up expanding the pop exotica mix".

Track listing

 * 1) "Sake and Greens" (Stan Applebaum) – 2:24
 * 2) "Cha" (Applebaum) – 3:03
 * 3) "Leyte" (Cal Tjader, Lonnie Hewitt) – 3:00
 * 4) "Shoji" (Applebaum) – 2:33
 * 5) "China Nights" (Nobuyuki Takeoka, Sedores, Yaso Saijo) – 2:28
 * 6) "Fuji" (Tjader) – 2:23
 * 7) "Black Orchid" (Tjader) – 3:04
 * 8) "Theme from Burke's Law" (Herschel Burke Gilbert) – 2:37
 * 9) "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 2:45
 * 10) "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 3:23
 * 11) "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:23

Personnel

 * Cal Tjader – vibraphone
 * Stan Applebaum – arranger, celesta
 * George Duvivier – double bass
 * Jerry Dodgion – flute
 * Dick Hyman – electronic organ
 * Lonnie Hewitt – piano
 * Willie Bobo – percussion
 * Johnny Rae – drums
 * Production
 * John Murello – cover design
 * Phil Ramone – engineer
 * Val Valentin – director of engineering
 * Al "Jazzbo" Collins, Jack Maher – liner notes
 * Creed Taylor – producer