Blue Mode Explained

Blue Mode
Type:Album
Artist:Reuben Wilson
Cover:Blue Mode.jpg
Released:July 1970[1]
Recorded:December 12, 1969
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:Soul jazz
Length:41:34
Label:Blue Note
BST 84343
Producer:Francis Wolff
Chronology:Reuben Wilson
Prev Title:Love Bug
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:A Groovy Situation
Next Year:1970

Blue Mode is the third album by American organist Reuben Wilson recorded in 1969 and released by the Blue Note label the following year.[2] The album was also released by Vee-Jay Records as Organ Talk in 1974.[3] [4]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "If Love Bug skirted the edges of free jazz and black power, Blue Mode embraces soul-jazz and Memphis funk in no uncertain terms... they know how to work a groove, and that's what makes Blue Mode a winner".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Reuben Wilson except where noted

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=dikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=reuben+wilson+blue+mode&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU-K_apLGDAxXimO4BHVThC34Q6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=reuben%20wilson%20blue%20mode&f=false Billboard July 25, 1970
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4300-series/#bst-84343 Blue Note Records discography
  3. https://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejayjazz.html Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 3: Jazz Series (1959-1978)
  4. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Reuben_Wilson.htm Jazzlists: Reuben Wilson discography
  5. Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=blue-mode-r207763|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed December 1, 2010