The Tokyo Sessions, originally released in Japan as Straight to the Standards, is a studio album by the Jazz Networks, a group consisting of American musicians, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and saxophonist Antonio Hart, and Japanese musicians, pianist Yutaka Shiina, bassist Tomoyuki Shima, and drummer Masahiko Osaka. It was recorded on December 4 & 5, 1991, and released in January 1992, on the Novus/RCA/BMG labels.
In April 2021, the album was re-released by Sony Legacy for music streaming platforms as Straight to the Standards.
Ron Wynn of AllMusic commented: "Hargrove's fierce trumpet solos and Hart's bluesy, equally energetic and accomplished answering alto statements fueled nine excellent reworkings of standards and jazz repertory. [...] It would still be nice to hear Hart and Hargrove doing their own material rather than simply putting their spin on shopworn, though wonderful, anthems." The Rolling Stone Album Guide complimented the album, writing that "[it] takes a clean, crisp approach to a set of standards that run from a Chet Baker-inspired 'But Not for Me' to a no-frills 'Work Song.
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