Blue Seven Explained

Blue Seven
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shirley Scott
Cover:	Blue_Seven.jpg
Released:	May 1966^[1]
Recorded:	August 22, 1961
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre:	Jazz, Blues
Length:	36:40
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7376
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Prev Title:	Hip Soul
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Hip Twist
Next Year:	1961

Blue Seven is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1961 for Prestige and issued in 1966 as PRLP 7376. It features performances by Oliver Nelson and Joe Newman, among the others.

Track listing

1. "Blue Seven" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:45
2. "Don't Worry About It Baby, Here I Am" (Scott) – 6:40
3. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:28
4. "Wagon Wheels" (DeRose, Hill) – 12:10
5. "Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 5:37

Note

• The CD reissue in 2000 includes the bonus track "How Sweet" (Scott) - 7:37, that was originally released on the album Now's the Time (Prestige 7440). Same personnel and recording date. Its inclusion on CD presents the Blue Seven session in its entirely. ^[2]

Personnel

• Shirley Scott – organ
• Oliver Nelson – tenor saxophone
• Joe Newman – trumpet
• George Tucker – bass
• Roy Brooks – drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=8SgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Shirley+scott+Blue+Seven&pg=PA38 Billboard May 21, 1966
2. Shirley Scott - Blue Seven. Booklet. Prestige OJCCD-1050-2 (P-7376).