ZT's Blues

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ZT's Blues
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Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedSeptember 13, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length40:13
Label Blue Note
BST 84424
Producer Alfred Lion
Stanley Turrentine chronology
Dearly Beloved
(1961)
ZT's Blues
(1985)
That's Where It's At
(1962)
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ZT's Blues is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961 but not released until 1985 and performed by Turrentine with Tommy Flanagan, Grant Green, Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor. [2]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Green and Turrentine made few albums together, but the combination is a natural — the two greatest groove masters, bar none... If you can find a copy of this, it is a keeper". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Z.T.'s Blues" (Turrentine) – 6:43
  2. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Rose, Youmans) – 6:08
  3. "The Lamp Is Low" (DeRose, Parish, Ravel, Shefter) – 6:07
  4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields, Kern) – 5:44
  5. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) – 4:44
  6. "I Wish I Knew" (Gordon, Warren) – 5:34
  7. "Be My Love" (Brodszky, Cahn) – 5:13

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed January 5, 2010.
  2. Stanley Turrentine discography accessed January 5, 2010.