These Blues of Mine

These Blues of Mine
Studio album by Trudy Pitts
Released	1967
Recorded	September 21 & 25, 1967 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PR 7538
Producer	Cal Lampley
Trudy Pitts chronology
Introducing the Fabulous Trudy Pitts (1967) These Blues of Mine (1967) A Bucketful of Soul (1968)

These Blues of Mine is the second album by jazz organist Trudy Pitts which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Better than expected soul-jazz interpretations of contemporary rock and pop songs stand alongside jazz originals... It works best when they cut to straight, burning soul-jazz groovers".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Carney except as indicated

1. "Organology" - 4:00
2. "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 3:39
3. "Just Us Two" - 5:05
4. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:51
5. "Count Nine" (Trudy Pitts) - 4:15
6. "Man and a Woman" (Chuck Calhoun) - 4:20
7. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher) - 3:10
8. "Teddy Makes Three" - 3:03
9. "These Blues of Mine" (Bill Carney, Sonny Truitt) - 5:25
10. "What the World Needs Now" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:23

Personnel

• Trudy Pitts - organ, vocals
• Pat Martino - guitar
• Bill Carney - drums

References