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Release Date
1963
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Length
7 tracks
Midnight Blue is a 1963 album by Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note. Jazz Improv magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that "f you need to know 'the Blue Note sound', here it is". In 2005, NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records". The album has been re-issued by Blue Note and the French label Classics.
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone (except #3, 4, 6, 9)
Major Holley – bass (except #3)
Bill English – drums (except #3)
Ray Barretto – conga (except #3, 6)
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