Blues in Trinity explained

Blues in Trinity
Type:Album
Artist:Dizzy Reece
Cover:Blues in Trinity.jpg
Released:Early June 1959[1]
Recorded:August 24, 1958
Studio:Decca Studios, London
Genre:Hard bop
Length:47:21
Label:Blue Note
BLP 4006
Producer:Tony Hall
Chronology:Dizzy Reece
Prev Title:Changing the Jazz at Buckingham Palace
Prev Year:1956
Next Title:Star Bright
Next Year:1959

Blues in Trinity is an album by Jamaican-born England-based jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece, recorded on August 24, 1958 and released on Blue Note the following year—his debut for the label.[2]

Background

Unusually for Blue Note releases of this time, Blues in Trinity was recorded in north London rather than Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack Studio, at which the label recorded exclusively from 1953 onwards.[3]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "Although the band was thrown together, there's a definite spark to this combo, which interacts as if it had been playing together for a long time. Throughout it all, Reece steals the show with his robust playing, and that's why Blues in Trinity rises above the level of standard-issue hard bop and becomes something special."[4]

Richard Cook described the session as a fine Anglo-American collaboration, with Reece demonstrating 'outstanding' qualities as a soloist and 'overshadowing' Donald Byrd.[5] Cook also highlights Tubby Hayes as overshadowing Byrd with his 'quick and hearty' performance, a sentiment supported by Hayes's biographer, Simon Spillett, who describes Hayes "as technically dazzling as Johnny Griffin and as full of heavyweight clout as [...] Sonny Rollins".[6]

Blues in Trinity is considered by some[7] to be a "bop classic" and among Reece's best work.[8] [9]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated

Side 1

  1. "Blues in Trinity" – 6:45
  2. "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Gordon, Warren) – 3:04
  3. "Close-Up" – 10:38

Side 2

  1. "Shepherd's Serenade" – 6:36
  2. "Color Blind" – 6:02
  3. "'Round About Midnight" (Monk) – 4:46

1995 CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Eboo" – 4:02
  3. "Just a Penny" – 5:28

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=WiAEAAAAMBAJ&q=Holiday+for+Skins&pg=PA41 Billboard June 15, 1959
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/#blp-4006 Blue Note discography
  3. News: Waring . Charles . Van Gelder Studio And The Blue Note Sound . 4 January 2024 . uDiscoverMusic . November 2 . uDiscoverMusic . 2023.
  4. Web site: Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . Blues in Trinity Review . AllMusic . AllMusic, Netaktion LLC . 5 January 2024.
  5. Book: Cook . Richard . Blue Note Records: The Biography . 2004 . Justin, Charles & Company . [Boston, MA] . 9781932112276 . 131 . 4 January 2024.
  6. News: Spillett . Simon . Tubby Hayes: How The Little Giant Conquered The Big Apple . 4 January 2024 . JazzWise . October 18 . MA Music, Leisure & Travel Ltd . 2021.
  7. News: Waring . Charles . 2019 . Under the radar . 5 January 2024 . Record Collector . Diamond Publishing . 498 - 30 September.
  8. News: Carr . Roy . 2013 . Dizzy Reece: The Complete Recordings 1954-62 . 5 January 2024 . Jazzwise . MA Music, Leisure & Travel Ltd . October.
  9. Book: Morton . Brian . The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums . Cook . Richard . 2010 . Penguin . 9780141048314 . London.
  10. Web site: Dizzy Reece discography... . British modern jazz - from the 1940s onwards... . 5 March 2024.

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