ZT's Blues

ZT's Blues is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961 but not released until 1985 and performed by Turrentine with Tommy Flanagan, Grant Green, Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Green and Turrentine made few albums together, but the combination is a natural — the two greatest groove masters, bar none... If you can find a copy of this, it is a keeper".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as indicated

1. "Z.T.'s Blues" – 6:40
2. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 6:05
3. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) – 6:04
4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:41
5. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) – 4:42
6. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:31
7. "Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 5:13

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on September 13, 1961.

Personnel

• Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Grant Green – guitar
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

References