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| Released | End of November 1958 [1] | |||
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| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:35 (LP) 42:01 (CD) | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1590 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Candy is an album by American jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded on November 18, 1957 and February 2, 1958 and released on Blue Note in 1958. The quartet features rhythm section Sonny Clark, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor.
The AllMusic review by Stacia Proefrock states, "Not merely a technical marvel, his tone on this album was sweet and his playing fluid, infused with joy and crisply articulated emotion. Morgan would later turn out to be an expert songwriter, but here songs like Buddy Johnson's 'Since I Fell for You,' and Jimmy Heath's 'C.T.A.' gave him ample space to show off his talents." [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Candy" | February 2, 1958 | 7:06 | |
| 2. | "Since I Fell for You" | Buddy Johnson | November 18, 1957 | 5:39 |
| 3. | "C.T.A." | Jimmy Heath | February 2, 1958 | 5:06 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All the Way" | February 2, 1958 | 7:27 | |
| 2. | "Who Do You Love, I Hope" | Irving Berlin | February 2, 1958 | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Personality" |
| November 18, 1957 | 6:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "All at Once You Love Her" | Hammerstein, Rodgers | November 18, 1957 | 5:26 |
Henry "Hank" Mobley was an American tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Lester Young, and his style that was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. The critic Stacia Proefrock claimed him "one of the most underrated musicians of the bop era." Mobley's compositions include "Double Exposure," "Soul Station", and "Dig Dis."
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Trane's Blues is a compact disc credited to the jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1999 on Blue Note Records, catalogue 98240. It comprises recordings from sessions for Blue Note and United Artists Records as a sideman for Paul Chambers, Sonny Clark, Johnny Griffin, and Cecil Taylor that were issued respectively on their Whims of Chambers, Sonny's Crib, A Blowin' Session, and Hard Driving Jazz albums. Two selections are from Coltrane's own 1957 Blue Train, and "One for Four" had been previously unissued. "Trane's Blues" had been issued on the compilation High Step in 1975, previously known as "John Paul Jones" and named after himself, the bass player Chambers, and the drummer Philly Joe Jones. Like Prestige Records before them, as Coltrane's fame grew long after he had stopped recording for the label, Blue Note used varied recordings, often those where Coltrane had been merely a sideman, and reissued them as a new album with Coltrane's name prominently displayed. In this case, the Big Four conglomerate EMI continued that earlier practice.
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Sonny's Crib is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, released on the Blue Note label in March 1958. It features trumpeter Donald Byrd, trombonist Curtis Fuller, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor. The first half of the album comprises three standards, the second half contains two Clark originals. Critic Reid Thompson compared the album favorably to Coltrane's Blue Train, seeing them as the epitome of the Blue Note sound in the late 1950s.
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Blue Gene is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label.
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"Yes sir, I'm gonna to stay with the youngsters. When these get too old, I'm gonna get some younger ones. Keeps the mind active."
