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Blue Hour

Blue Hour
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Studio album by Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds
Released March 1961
Recorded June 29 & December 16, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 37:30 original LP
84:25 The Complete Sessions
Label Blue Note
BST 84057
Producer Alfred Lion
Stanley Turrentine chronology
Look Out!
(1960)
Blue Hour
(1961)
Comin' Your Way
(1961)
The Three Sounds chronology
It Just Got to Be
(1960)
Blue Hour
(1961)
Hey There
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars

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. The album was reissued in 2000 with an additional disc of unreleased recordings, as Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions (Blue Note 24586).

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the 2000 2CD Reissue 3 stars and describes it as "a very relaxed and bluesy release". The original album was awarded 4½ stars by Michael Erlewine of Allmusic.

Original LP

Bonus tracks on Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions CD 2:

Recorded on December 16, 1960 (original LP & CD 2 tracks 1-3) and June 29, 1960 (CD 2 tracks 4-8).


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