Complete Blue Hour Sessions [Original recording remastered]

Stanley Turrentine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B00004TR14
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,827 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #44 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Boogaloo

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Turrentine with the the Gene Harris Trio - pure jazz magic.., September 9, 2003

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"douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Blue Hour Sessions (Audio CD)

Gene Harris is one of the best piano players out there, and this pairing with Mr. T is a bona-fide 5 Star classic. Having not heard it for a long time due to a totally worn out LP, I can't remember it ever sounding better; on top of which, now, we get the entire session. More Soul, more swinging, grooving Tenor genius, and a whole lot more fun and enjoyment. Stan is one of the few players on his instrument that can blow the funkiest blues on one track, and then turn around and astound you with his technical (yet always groovy) prowess on the very next cut. Stanley Turrentine was SPECIAL, and he is missed - terribly so.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a gem discovered at an old used record store, November 22, 2000

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This review is from: Complete Blue Hour Sessions (Audio CD)

For me, there is simply nothing that I can say that would do justice to the feel, the emotion that this record brings. Turn down the lights, open a bottle of red wine, put on a fire, and pull a blanket up and let the record toss you on the grill like a pat of cold butter. It's slow, and warm, and soothing to the soul. It melts me down and feels like something so good it should be forbidden.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blues In The Pocket!, July 10, 2000

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political idiot (california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Blue Hour Sessions (Audio CD)

This is yet another great reissue from the Bluenote catalog. Highly recommended for blues lovers like me, it is jazz with a heavy duty dose of blues right from the starting cut "I Want a Little Girl." Also, "Since I fell For You" is very tasty as is the title cut. The 2 disc set features very tight support from the Three Sounds (Gene Harris -p; Andrew Simpkins -b; Bill Dowdy -d). But Turrentine's rich tone is the star. Check out the nice groove Turrentine carves out on "Blue Riff" then Harris jumps in with some smokin' work on the 88s. There isn't a weak tune on either disc. The session details indicate the recording dates as two in 1960 (Dec 16 & June 29), and it was digitally transferred using 24-bit resolution for maximum depth and fidelity. This is classic hard bop at its very best.