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Feeling Blue

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Released
  
1968

Length
  
38:58

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Milestone MSP 9010

Recorded
  
September 12 & 13, 1967 Plaza Sound Studios, New York

Feeling Blue is an album by jazz and R&B guitarist Phil Upchurch recorded in 1967 and released on the Milestone label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album awarding it 3½ stars stating "There is more than the seed of genius at work on Feelin' Blue. These ten cuts were recorded over two days in September and October with two different ensembles... fine as it is, Feeling Blue was only a hint of the great things to come". All About Jazz correspondent David Rickert observed "Feeling Blue is a great jazz guitar record that, while flawed, displays a musician of considerable talent".

Track listing

All compositions by Phil Upchurch except as indicated

  1. "Feeling Blue" – 3:10
  2. "Stop and Listen" (Ritchie Adams, J. J. Woods) – 2:49
  3. "Corcovado" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 4:10
  4. "Really Sincere" – 4:51
  5. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 3:36
  6. "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:41
  7. "Israel" (John Carisi) – 4:00
  8. "Sabaceous Lament" – 4:20
  9. "Muscle Soul" (Leonard Brown) – 2:45
  10. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 6:31

Personnel

  • Phil Upchurch – guitar
  • Wallace Davenport – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)
  • Ed Pazant – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)
  • Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)
  • Wynton Kelly – piano (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10)
  • Al Williams – piano, celeste (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)
  • Richard Davis – bass (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10)
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10)
  • Jimmy Cobb (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10), Bernard Purdie (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9) – drums
  • Montego Joe – congas (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10)
  • Warren Smith – congas, vibraharp (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)

    • References

    Feeling Blue Wikipedia
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