Stanley Turrentine & the Three Sounds - Complete Blue Hour Sessions
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Artist: Stanley Turrentine & the Three SoundsBrand: Stanley
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-06-27
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- I Want a Little Girl
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
- Blue Riff
- Since I Fell for You
- Willow Weep for Me
- Blues in the Closet
- Just in Time
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You [Alternate Take]
- Where or When
- Blue Hour
- There Is No Greater Love
- Alone Together
- Strike up the Band
Music reviews of Complete Blue Hour Sessions
Music Review: Nice album, but not in the first tier
Rating: 4 Stars
The "late night music" album has a pretty long tradition in jazz - the kind of introspective music that you hear as you sit alone nursing your drink at the bar during last call, or maybe looking out the window on a rainy night. Blue Note released several such albums and Blue Hour is one of them. But it's not the best.
I have no real beef with Stanley's soulful and bluesy playing on this one, though I've heard better playing from him. The rhythm section leaves something to be desired; they're lightly bluesy and funky, but sound a little stiff and predictable to my ears. Combine that with a fairly narrow range of material (especially on the original album) and you get an album, that while not monotonous, has a certain sameness that keeps it from being a classic. Just listen to the first tracks back to back - despite being different tunes, they sound almost exactly the same. It's nice music, but compare it to Ben Webster with Oscar Peterson or Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue (also with Stanley) and you can definitely hear the difference.
I'd recommend some of Stanley's other albums over this one - Up at Minton's, That's Where It's At, Joyride, The Spoiler. If you really want a "late night" album without some of the more crossover-oriented soul jazz of Turrentine's later work, though, you might want this one instead.
Description of Complete Blue Hour Sessions
The Three Sounds were pianist Gene Harris, bassist Andy Simpkins, and drummer Bill Dowdy, and they swung in-the-pocket. Although they were not as acclaimed as the Modern Jazz Quartet, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, and other marquee combos, their streamlined sound bridged Count Basie and bebop into a modern yet grooving sensibility. This two-CD set features the trio's entire 1960 Blue Hour sessions with saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. With Turrentine's robust, storytelling tenor sound, these dates are no-nonsense straight-ahead numbers and ballads, including "Willow Weep for Me," Andy Razaf's "Gee Baby, Ain't I Been Good to You," and Oscar Pettiford's "Blues in the Closet." Harris's lyrical ivory ticklings, Dowdy's zesty drum work, and Simpkins's deep and delicious bass lines get Turrentine's driving tenor as a topping and show that this ensemble was the real deal. --Eugene Holley Jr.General CDs
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