Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)
| Midnight Blue | ||||
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| Released | Early May 1963 | |||
| Recorded | January 8, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:39 (original LP) 45:18 (CD reissue) | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 4123 (mono) BST 84123 (stereo) | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion, Michael Cuscuna, Tom Vasatka | |||
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| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
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 "[i]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.
The cover artwork of Elvis Costello's 1981 country album Almost Blue pays homage to the artwork of Midnight Blue. In 2012, musical comedians Three Bonzos And A Piano parodied the album cover on their album Bum Notes.