Midnight Blue
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Midnight Blue
- Artist: Kenny Burrell
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- Release Date: 1963
- Total Time: 45:18
- Type: Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
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This album is one of guitarist Kenny Burrell's best-known sessions for the Blue Note label. Burrell is matched with tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, bassist Major Holley, drummer Bill English, and Ray Barretto on conga for a blues-oriented date highlighted by "Chitlins Con Carne," "Midnight Blue," "Saturday Night Blues," and the lone standard "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You." ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi| Midnight Blooming 1996, Vol. 5 (1996 Album by Jeremy Gloff) | |
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Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)
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| Studio album by Kenny Burrell | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | January 8, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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| Genre | Jazz, Jazz blues, Hardbop | |||
| Length | 35:39 original LP 45:18 CD reissue |
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| Label | Blue Note BST 84123 |
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| Producer | Michael Cuscuna, Alfred Lion, Tom Vasatka | |||
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Midnight Blue is a 1963[2][3][4] album by Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note.[5] Jazz Improv Magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that "[i]f you need to know 'the Blue Note sound', here it is".[6] In 2005, NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records".[7] The album has been re-issued by Blue Note and the French label Classics.
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Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Kenny Burrell.
- "Chitlins con Carne" – 5:30
- "Mule" (Burrell, Major Holley, Jr.) – 6:56
- "Soul Lament" – 2:43
- "Midnight Blue" – 4:02
- "Wavy Gravy" – 5:47
- "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:25
- "Saturday Night Blues" – 6:16
- "Kenny's Sound" (reissue bonus track) – 4:43
- "K Twist" (reissue bonus track)– 3:36
Personnel
Performance
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Major Holley – bass
- Billy Gene English – drums
- Ray Barretto – conga
Production
- Eric Bernhardi – graphic design
- Bob Blumenthal – liner notes
- Micaela Boland – design
- Michael Cuscuna – producer, reissue producer
- Leonard Feather – original liner notes
- Gordon Jee – creative director
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Reid Miles – cover design, typography
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, remastering
- Tom Vasatka – Producer
- Francis Wolff – photography, cover photo
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Blue Note discography
- ^ Allmusic.com
- ^ AllAboutJazz
- ^ Midnight Blue at Allmusic
- ^ Jazz Legends Kenny Burrell Jazz Improv Magazine website. Accessed November 6, 2007.
- ^ Horwitz, Murray. (April 1, 2005) Kenny Burrell 'Midnight Blue' NPR. Accessed November 6, 2007.
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