True Blue Tina Brooks (Blue Note Classic)

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• In addition to appearing as a sideman on dates led by Kenny Burrell, Freddie Hubbard, and Jackie McLean, tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks recorded several of his own Blue Note sessions as a leader between 1958-61. However, only one would be released during Brooks’ too-brief lifetime, the hard bop masterpiece True Blue.

  A jewel of the Blue Note catalog, the album was recorded in June 1960 just one week after Brooks appeared on Hubbard’s own Blue Note debut Open Sesame. Once again Brooks and Hubbard joined forces on the frontline with Duke Jordan on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. The quintet take flight on five of Brooks’ distinctive compositions including “Good Old Soul,” “Up Tight’s Creek,” and the grooving title track before closing with an elegant version of the standard “Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You.”

  This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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• Artist: Tina Brooks Label: Blue Note Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Europe Genre: Jazz Style: Hard Bop

• A1 Good Old Soul
  A2 Up Tight’S Creek
  A3 Theme For Doris
  B1 True Blue
  B2 Miss Hazel
  B3 Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You