Blues-ette explained

Blues-ette
Type:	Album
Artist:	Curtis Fuller
Cover:	Blues-ette.jpg
Released:	February 1960^[1]
Recorded:	May 21, 1959
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:45
Label:	Savoy MG 12141
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Curtis Fuller
Prev Title:	Sliding Easy
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	The Curtis Fuller Jazztet
Next Year:	1959

Blues-ette is an album by American trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 1959 and released on the Savoy label.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Reception

The Allmusic website awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sessions in any genre of music are all too often described as "sublime," but seldom has that description been better deserved than with this relaxed hard bop classic... Any serious jazz collection is incomplete without this record. Period".^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Curtis Fuller except where noted

1. "Five Spot After Dark" (Benny Golson) - 5:18
2. "Undecided" (Sydney Robin, Charlie Shavers) - 7:09
3. "Blues-ette" - 5:31
4. "Minor Vamp" (Golson) - 5:12
5. "Love Your Spell Is Everywhere" (Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis) - 7:07
6. "Twelve-Inch" - 6:28

Personnel

• Curtis Fuller - trombone
• Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Jimmy Garrison - bass
• Al Harewood - drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=4UQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Curtis+Fuller+blues-ette&pg=PA36 Billboard Feb 29, 1960
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12100-series/#mg-12141 Savoy Records Discography
3. https://www.jazzdisco.org/curtis-fuller/catalog/#savoy-mg-12141 Jazzdisco: Curtis Fuller Catalog
4. Fitzgerald, M. Curtis Fuller Leader Entry, accessed October 22, 2019
5. https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/savoy.pdf Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the Savoy/Savoy Jazz label
6. Burke, B. Allmusic Review accessed September 5, 2012