Blues-ette
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1960[1]
RecordedMay 21, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length36:45
LabelSavoy
MG 12141
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Curtis Fuller chronology
Sliding Easy
(1959)
Blues-ette
(1960)
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet
(1959)

Blues-ette is an album by American trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 1959 and released on the Savoy label.[2][3][4][5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
DownBeat[7]

The Allmusic website awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sessions in any genre of music are all too often described as "sublime," but seldom has that description been better deserved than with this relaxed hard bop classic... Any serious jazz collection is incomplete without this record. Period".[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Curtis Fuller except where noted

  1. "Five Spot After Dark" (Benny Golson) - 5:18
  2. "Undecided" (Sydney Robin, Charlie Shavers) - 7:09
  3. "Blues-ette" - 5:31
  4. "Minor Vamp" (Golson) - 5:12
  5. "Love Your Spell Is Everywhere" (Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis) - 7:07
  6. "Twelve-Inch" - 6:28

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Feb 29, 1960
  2. Savoy Records Discography accessed September 5, 2012
  3. Jazzdisco: Curtis Fuller Catalog, accessed October 22, 2019
  4. Fitzgerald, M. Curtis Fuller Leader Entry, accessed October 22, 2019
  5. Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the Savoy/Savoy Jazz label, accessed October 22, 2019
  6. 1 2 Burke, B. Allmusic Review accessed September 5, 2012
  7. DeMicahel, Don (12 May 1960). "Curtis Fuller: Blues-ette". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 10. pp. 31–32.


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