True Blue

Tina Brooks

SKU: 4727692

Barcode: 602547276926

14.00 £14.00
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Released Date: 31st July 2015
  • Buying Format:
    180g 1LP Includes Download Code

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Remastered and Reissued As Part of the Blue Note 75th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue Campaign.

Tina Brooks’ passionate full sound and forward-looking style, along with his exceptional compositional gifts, made him a powerful force during his prime years. Brooks’ star burned with intense brightness for a brief period before disappearing in the same tragic manner of too many other young bop players of the time. Even many of the most dedicated jazz fans missed Brooks’ recordings, the best of which were simply extraordinary. A soulful hard bop tenor-saxophonist with an original sound and fresh ideas of his own, Brooks (1932-74) had a brief life. He started out playing with Amos Milburn and Lionel Hampton.

The prime of his career was during 1958-61 when he recorded four albums for Blue Note, including his most significant recording, True Blue. True Blue has long been one of the most sought-after Blue Notes of all time. Recorded in June, 1960, True Blue showcases Brooks along with the young firebrand trumpeter Freddie Hubbard (in one of his earliest sessions), pianist Duke Jordan, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Art Taylor in a set of highly inventive originals. True Blue gives listeners plenty of proof of Tina Brooks’ majestic sound and soulful writing prowess. For many aficionados of the Blue Note label, True Blue is the very essence of the Blue Note sound and feel.

Musicians:
Tina Brooks (tenor saxophone)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Duke Jordan (piano)
Sam Jones (bass)
Art Taylor (drums)

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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

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