True Blue (24bt) [Import, Original recording remastered]

Tina Brooks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 21, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Blue Note Japan
• ASIN: B000228WLK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #996,394 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good Old Soul

2. Up Tight's Creek

3. Theme for Doris

4. True Blue

5. Miss Hazel

6. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You

7. True Blue [Alternate Take][*]

8. Good Old Soul [Alternate Take][*]

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holy Grail of the Blue Note catalog, May 13, 2004

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D. B. Hebbard "numediaman2" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: True Blue (Audio CD)

I'm really surprised that there is (at this time) only one other review of this special CD.

Until its rerelease by Blue Note, and also as part of the 4LP box set on Mosaic, this was probably the most sought after "out of print" LP in the Blue Note catalog.

Tina Brooks sound is unique: a bluesy, crying tone that is instantly recognizable. This release from 1960 contains top notch musicianship from a very young Freddie Hubbard, and the brilliant Duke Jordan, who is absolutely in tune with Brook's vision here.

Sadly, although Brooks recorded four sessions for Blue Note, this was the only one released in his lifetime. After hearing this, you will want to pick up Jackie McLean's "Jackie's Bag" and Freddie Hubbard's "Open Sesame" -- both prominently feature Tina Brooks playing and compositions from around the same time as "True Blue".

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scarce, but not all gold, February 14, 2004

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: True Blue (Audio CD)

This rare date by the understated, underrated, underappreciated tenor player whose main claim to fame is his inclusion on Jimmy Smith's "The Sermon" is a strong set. Its present status as a collector's item, however, owes as much to its out-of-print scarcity as its quality. Freddie Hubbard plays as masterfully here as on contemporaneous recordings under his own name, and Brooks is clearly inspired to play up to the level of his session mates. But none of the solos is particularly original or memorable, and the tunes are somewhat bland and predictable. "Good Old Soul" is yet another Van Gelder recording of tenor and trumpet performing an "original" sketch in a minor key. (I've heard too many Blue Note recordings like it.) "True Blue" is sort of a boogaloo, a true period piece. "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You" is the album's most attractive, tuneful original, yet it's uncomfortably close to "The Night We Called It a Day" and is marred by an embarassing "cha cha cha" ending.

Given these musicians, "True Blue" is not surprisingly a solid album, but I'm glad I located a Spanish company that's printing it and selling it at an everyday competitive price. Before shelling out extra pesos for this one, check out "Minor Move," which has the most varied and satisfying program of any Brooks release.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OH YES TO numediaman2 on..........., December 7, 2004

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Kevin Hennessey "CyBear" (TheTop Right Hand Corner of the US Map!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Blue (Audio CD)

the Jackie McLean sonics!!All OUT on that,man!! And... just wondering what quality pressings those Spanish issues are?Prolly sound like cr*p?
YES- shame we don't have more Tina.ANOTHER American Great,totally upwelling himself way too soon.And then Clifford Brown...........like jazz.