by Scott YanowPianist Horace Silver had his most stable group between 1960 and 1964, when his sidemen included trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor and drummer Roy Brooks. For Tokyo Blues (a straight CD reissue of the original LP), Joe Harris (listed as John Harris, Jr.) is in Brooks place. The quintet performs four Silver originals (best known is the title cut) plus Ronnell Bright's obscure ballad "Cherry Blossom," which is well worth reviving. Although the five songs are dedicated to Japan and the Orient, this is nothing inherently Asian about the music; it is a typically funky Horace Silver hard bop date, and one of his many recommended Blue Note sets.