Blue Vibes Explained

Blue Vibes
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Johnny Lytle
Cover:	Blue Vibes.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	June 16, 1960 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:18
Label:	Jazzland JLP 22
Chronology:	Johnny Lytle
Next Title:	Happy Ground
Next Year:	1961

Blue Vibes is the debut studio album by American jazz vibraphonist Johnny Lytle which was recorded in 1960 for the Jazzland label.^[1]

Reception

David Szatmary of Allmusic notes this album "introduced Lytle's bluesy funk".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Lytle except as indicated

1. "Blue Vibes" - 5:36
2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 5:16
3. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 4:35
4. "Movin' Nicely" (Milt Jackson) - 4:57
5. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 7:06
6. "Mister Trundel" - 6:27
7. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) - 6:21

Personnel

• • Johnny Lytle - vibraphone Milton Harris - organ
• Albert Heath - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-22 Jazzland Records discography
2. Szatmary, D. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2012