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Stanley Turrentine

CD Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions

★★★★★ 4.5 points (3 reviews)


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  • Issued : 27 Jun 2000

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Genre : Jazz Catalogue Number : 24586
Format : CD Label : Blue Note
Issued : 27 Jun 2000 Item sourced from : USA
Original Release Year : 2000   
Number of Discs : 2

Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions

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HMV Review

Stanley Turrentine & the Three Sounds were initially featured together on an album called Blue Hour, which was a very relaxed and bluesy release. The spaciousness of I Want a Little Girl makes the listener savor every note, while Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You is played with an almost identical tempo and feeling. Gene Harris' Blue Riff picks up the pace a good bit, before Since I Fell for You and Willow Weep for Me once again slow the proceedings back to a late-night feeling. Turrentine's tenor sax is in top form, while Harris is the consummate blues pianist in his supporting role. After the first CD reissue of Blue Hour went out of print, it was expanded into a two-CD set by Blue Note, with eight new unissued or alternate takes added on the second disc. It is apparent right away that the original producer Alfred Lion was correct in withholding most of these recordings from release. As well as Turrentine plays during Blues in the Closet, the rhythm section seems a bit stiff. Harris' piano is too much in the background on Just in Time, while the pianist's composition Blue Hour doesn't seem to be fully formed as a blues vehicle. Strike Up the Band is the one truly up-tempo recording present on this release, but probably wasn't issued previously because it is faded prematurely and it was so different from the producer's concept for the originally conceived release. Regardless, since both Stanley Turrentine and Gene Harris passed away within a year of each other in 2000, having additional music made available featuring these two fine musicians is most welcome. ~ Ken Dryden, Rovi

Credits

Andy Simpkins(Bass),  Bill Dowdy(Drums),  Gene Harris(Piano),  Stanley Turrentine(Sax (Tenor)),  Alfred Lion(Producer),  Rudy Van Gelder(Engineer),  Reid Miles(Cover Design),  Three Sounds(Performer)

Songs

Disc   1

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    1
    I Want a Little Girl  (07:05)
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    2
    Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You  (05:24)
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    3
    Blue Riff  (06:27)
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    4
    Since I Fell for You  (08:47)
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    5
    Willow Weep for Me  (09:59)

Disc   2

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    1
    Blues In The Closet
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    2
    Just In Time
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    3
    Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (alternate take)
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    4
    Where Or When
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    5
    Blue Hour
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    6
    There Is No Greater Love
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    7
    Alone Together
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    8
    Strike Up The Band

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  • ★★★★★ 

    Yoshi  |  大阪府  |  40year  |  11/June/2009

    久しぶりに良いアルバムでした。サックスも勿論良いのですが、控えめなピアノが素晴らしいと思いました。落ちついて聴けるアルバムです。もっと脚光を浴びても良いと思いますね。

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    伍肢猿  |  東京都  |  不明  |  28/July/2008

    ブルージーとはこういう音だ。他に『THAT’S WHERE IT’S AT』や『NEVER LET ME GO』など、S.Turrentineは青いジャケットのアルバムが当たりですよ。真っ黒いです。赤系のジャケットは混ぜ物があるかなぁという印象です。

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  • ★★★★☆ 

    古今亭  |  神明  |  不明  |  20/January/2007

    これは知る人ぞ知る的な傑作盤ですね?スリーサウンズはいつも軽いノリでBN的にどうかな?と思っていたけれど、ここではそれが効いていますね。 重々しく演奏するのは、 大抵、出来るので、このように軽く、 カラッとしあげるのは、 本当のセンスと技量が無いとできないでしょうから、 彼らは本物だった証明ですわ。スタンリーは言うまでもなく、凄いです。 見直されていい。一枚のはずです。 

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