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Dusty Blue

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Released
  
1961

Artist
  
Howard McGhee

Producer
  
Teddy Charles

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
35:13

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
SINETONE AMR

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Recorded
  
June 13, 1960 New York City

Dusty Blue (1960)
  
Together Again!!!! (1961)

Howard McGhee albums
  
Maggie's Back in Town!!, Together Again!!!!, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries, The Return of Howard McGhee

Dusty Blue is an album by trumpeter Howard McGhee which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Bethlehem label.

Contents

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting "The 1950s had largely been a waste for Howard McGhee, as drug addiction had taken its toll on his playing. But he is in good form for this 1961 studio session for Bethlehem".

Track listing

All compositions by Howard McGhee except as indicated

  1. "Dusty Blue" - 2:53
  2. "The Sound of Music" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:22
  3. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 4:06
  4. "Sleep Talk" - 2:55
  5. "Park Avenue Petite" (Benny Golson) - 3:32
  6. "Flyin' Colors" - 5:52
  7. "With Malice Towards None" (Tom McIntosh) - 4:02
  8. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:19
  9. "A Cottage for Sale" (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) - 4:28

Personnel

  • Howard McGhee - trumpet
  • Bennie Green - trombone (tracks 1, 5, 6 & 8)
  • Roland Alexander - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5, 6 & 8)
  • Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 5, 6 & 8)
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Walter Bolden - drums

    • Songs

    1Dusty Blue2:54
    2Sound of Music3:23
    3I Concentrate on You4:07

    References

    Dusty Blue Wikipedia
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