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Blue Hour

1961 studio album by Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds

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Blue Hour is a collaboration album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds recorded in 1961 for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins and Bill Dowdy. The album was reissued in 2000 with an additional disc of unreleased recordings, as Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions (Blue Note 24586).

01Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

The album was awarded 4½ stars by Michael Erlewine of Allmusic. The 2000 2CD Reissue was awarded 3 stars and described as "a very relaxed and bluesy release".

02Track listing

Original LP

  1. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll), 7:03
  2. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman), 5:20
  3. "Blue Riff" (Gene Harris), 6:26
  4. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson), 8:46
  5. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell), 9:55

Bonus tracks on Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions CD 2:

  1. "Blues in the Closet" (Pettiford), 5:00
  2. "Just in Time" (Comden, Green, Styne), 5:40
  3. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" [Alternate Take], 5:33
  4. "Where or When" (Hart, Rodgers), 7:00
  5. "Blue Hour" (Gene Harris), 5:14
  6. "There Is No Greater Love" (Jones, Symes), 8:24
  7. "Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz), 4:40
  8. "Strike up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin), 5:24

Recorded on December 16, 1960 (original LP & CD 2 tracks 1-3) and June 29, 1960 (CD 2 tracks 4-8).

03Personnel

Production

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