Blue Hour | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds |
Cover: | Blue Hour (1961 Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds album).jpg |
Released: | March 1961[1] |
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 |
Chronology: | Stanley Turrentine |
Prev Title: | Look Out! |
Prev Year: | 1960 |
Next Title: | Comin' Your Way |
Next Year: | 1961 |
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]
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.
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).