Midnight Blue (album)

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Midnight Blue
Midnight Blue cover
Studio album by Kenny Burrell
Released 1963
Recorded April 21 1963
Genre Jazz, Jazz blues
Length 45:18
Label Blue Note
Producer Michael Cuscuna, Alfred Lion, Tom Vasatka
Professional reviews
Kenny Burrell chronology
Out of This World
(1962)		 Midnight Blue
(1963)		 Lotsa Bossa Nova
(1963)

Midnight Blue is a 1963 sessions album by Jazz legend Kenny Burrell. Featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note.[1] Jazz Improv Magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that "[i]f you need to know 'the Blue Note sound', here it is".[2] In 2005, NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records".[3] The album has been multiply re-issued by Blue Note and the French label Classics.

Contents

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Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Kenny Burrell.

  1. "Chitlins con Carne" – 5:30
  2. "Mule" (Burrell, Major Holley, Jr.) – 6:56
  3. "Soul Lament" – 2:43
  4. "Midnight Blue" – 4:02
  5. "Wavy Gravy" – 5:47
  6. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:25
  7. "Saturday Night Blues" – 6:16
  8. "Kenny's Sound" (reissue bonus track) – 4:43
  9. "K Twist" (reissue bonus track)– 3:36

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Midnight Blue at Allmusic
  2. ^ Jazz Legends Kenny Burrell Jazz Improv Magazine website. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  3. ^ Horwitz, Murray. (April 1, 2005) Kenny Burrell 'Midnight Blue' NPR. Accessed November 6, 2007.