Blue Stompin'

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Blue Stompin'
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 20, 1959
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length38:36
Label Prestige
PRLP 7153
Producer Esmond Edwards
Hal Singer chronology
Rent Party
(1948-56)
Blue Stompin'
(1959)
Blues in the Night
(1963)

Blue Stompin' is an album by the saxophonist Hal Singer with trumpeter Charlie Shavers that was recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label. [1] [2]

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Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This is a fun set of heated swing with early R&B overtones ... there are many fine moments on this enjoyable set. Recommended". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Hal Singer and Eli Robinson, except where indicated.

  1. "Blue Stompin'" – 6:28
  2. "Windy" (Charlie Shavers) – 6:52
  3. "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:03
  4. "Midnight" – 11:05
  5. "Fancy Pants" (Shavers) – 4:32
  6. "The Blast Off" – 4:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography, accessed February 7, 2019.
  2. Hal Singer discography, accessed February 7, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Hal Singer: Blue Stompin' – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 7, 2019.