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 |
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Genre | Jazz | ||||
Length | 37:30 original LP 84:25 The Complete Sessions |
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Blue Note BST 84057 |
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Producer | Alfred Lion | ||||
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Allmusic |
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).