Blues in Trinity

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Blues in Trinity
Blues in Trinity.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedEarly June 1959 [1]
RecordedAugust 24, 1958
Studio Decca Studios, London
Genre Hard bop
Length47:21
Label Blue Note
BLP 4006
Producer Tony Hall
Dizzy Reece chronology
Changing the Jazz at Buckingham Palace
(1956)
Blues in Trinity
(1959)
Star Bright
(1959)

Blues in Trinity is an album by Jamaican-born England-based jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece, recorded on August 24, 1958 and released on Blue Note the following year—his debut for the label. [2]

Contents

Background

Unusually for Blue Note releases of this time, Blues in Trinity was recorded in north London [3] rather than Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack Studio, at which the label recorded exclusively from 1953 onwards. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "Although the band was thrown together, there's a definite spark to this combo, which interacts as if it had been playing together for a long time. Throughout it all, Reece steals the show with his robust playing, and that's why Blues in Trinity rises above the level of standard-issue hard bop and becomes something special." [5]

Richard Cook described the session as a fine Anglo-American collaboration, with Reece demonstrating 'outstanding' qualities as a soloist and 'overshadowing' Donald Byrd. [3] Cook also highlights Tubby Hayes as overshadowing Byrd with his 'quick and hearty' performance, [3] a sentiment supported by Hayes's biographer, Simon Spillett, who describes Hayes "as technically dazzling as Johnny Griffin and as full of heavyweight clout as [...] Sonny Rollins". [6]

Blues in Trinity is considered by some[ who? ] to be a "bop classic" [7] and among Reece's best work. [8] [9]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated

Side 1

  1. "Blues in Trinity" – 6:45
  2. "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Gordon, Warren) – 3:04
  3. "Close-Up" – 10:38

Side 2

  1. "Shepherd's Serenade" – 6:36
  2. "Color Blind" – 6:02
  3. "'Round About Midnight" (Monk) – 4:46

1995 CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Eboo" – 4:02
  2. "Just a Penny" – 5:28

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

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References

  1. Billboard June 15, 1959
  2. Blue Note discography accessed September 28, 2010
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