Blue Hour

Blue Hour
Blue Hour
Studio album by Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds
Released	March 1961
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
Stanley Turrentine chronology
The Three Sounds chronology

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

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.

[1] Billboard Mar 20, 1961

[2] Stanley Turrentine discography accessed January 4, 2010.

[Allmusic-3] Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2010.

[Penguin-4] 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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v t e Stanley Turrentine
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
As leader or co-leader	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)
And 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)
With Max Roach	Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Long as You're Living (1960) Parisian Sketches (1960)
With others	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)