Blue Hour
Blue Hour | ||||
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Studio album by Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds | ||||
Released | March 1961[1] | |||
Recorded | June 29 & December 16, 1960 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:30 original LP 84:25 The Complete Sessions | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84057 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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The Three Sounds chronology | ||||
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Blue Hour is a collaboration album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins and Bill Dowdy.[2] The album was reissued in 2000 with an additional disc of unreleased recordings, as Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions (Blue Note 24586).[3]
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the 2000 2CD Reissue 3 stars and describes it as "a very relaxed and bluesy release".[3] The original album was awarded 4½ stars by Michael Erlewine of Allmusic.
Track listing
Original LP
- "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 7:03
- "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 5:20
- "Blue Riff" (Gene Harris) – 6:26
- "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) – 8:46
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 9:55
Bonus tracks on Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions CD 2:
- "Blues in the Closet" (Pettiford) – 5:00
- "Just in Time" (Comden, Green, Styne) – 5:40
- "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" [Alternate Take] – 5:33
- "Where or When" (Hart, Rodgers) – 7:00
- "Blue Hour" (Gene Harris) – 5:14
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Jones, Symes) – 8:24
- "Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 4:40
- "Strike up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:24
Recorded on December 16, 1960 (original LP & CD 2 tracks 1–3) and June 29, 1960 (CD 2 tracks 4–8).
Personnel
Production
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Reid Miles – design
- Rudy Van Gelder – audio engineer
- Francis Wolff – photography
References
- ^ Billboard Mar 20, 1961
- ^ Stanley Turrentine discography accessed January 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2010.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1424. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- Blue Hour (and The Three Sounds, 1960)
- Look Out! (1960)
- Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
- Comin' Your Way (1961)
- Up at "Minton's" (1961)
- ZT's Blues (1961)
- That's Where It's At (1962)
- Jubilee Shout!!! (1962)
- In Memory Of (1964)
- Mr. Natural (1964)
- Joyride (1965)
- Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
- Easy Walker (1966–69)
- The Spoiler (1966)
- A Bluish Bag (1967)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
- The Look of Love (1968)
- Always Something There (1968)
- Another Story (1969)
- Sugar (1970)
- Gilberto with Turrentine (with Astrud Gilberto, 1971)
- Salt Song (1971)
- The Sugar Man (1971)
- Cherry (1972)
- Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
- In Concert Volume Two (Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine album) (and Freddie Hubbard, 1973)
- Don't Mess with Mister T. (1973)
- Pieces of Dreams (1974)
- Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1975)
- In the Pocket (1975)
- Everybody Come On Out (1976)
- The Man with the Sad Face (1976)
- Nightwings (1977)
- Tender Togetherness (1981)
- Straight Ahead (1984)
- Wonderland (1986)
Shirley Scott
- Hip Soul (session led by Scott, 1961)
- Hip Twist (Scott, 1961)
- Dearly Beloved (1962)
- The Soul Is Willing (Scott, 1963)
- A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
- Never Let Me Go (1963)
- Soul Shoutin' (Scott, 1963)
- Blue Flames (joint leaders, 1964)
- Everybody Loves a Lover (Scott, 1964)
- Hustlin' (1964)
- Let It Go (1966)
- Queen of the Organ (Scott, 1966)
- Common Touch (1968)
- Soul Song (1968)
Max Roach
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (1959)
- Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
- Long as You're Living (1960)
- Parisian Sketches (1960)
- Freedom (Kenny Burrell, 1963–64)
- Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell, 1963)
- I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
- Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
- With the Tenors of Our Time (Roy Hargrove, 1994)
- Life Flight (Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
- Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan, 1960)
- Only Trust Your Heart (Diana Krall, 1994)
- Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
- Electric Funk (Jimmy McGriff, 1969)
- Speakin' My Piece (Horace Parlan, 1960)
- On the Spur of the Moment (Horace Parlan, 1961)
- The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
- Easy Living/Congo Lament (Ike Quebec, 1962)
- Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
- Serenade to a Soul Sister (Horace Silver, 1968)
- Back at the Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Prayer Meetin' (Jimmy Smith, 1961)
- A.T.'s Delight (Art Taylor, 1960)