L'Heure Bleue explained

L'Heure Bleue
Type:	Album
Artist:	Franz Koglmann
Cover:	L'Heure Bleue (album).jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1991
Recorded:	April 15–17 and March 20 & 21, 1991
Studio:	Haus der Begegnung Mariahilf, Vienna, Austria and Foundation Artist House, Boswil, Switzerland
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	70:32
Label:	HatART CD 6093
Producer:	Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Chronology:	Franz Koglmann
Prev Title:	A White Line
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Annette
Next Year:	1992

L'Heure Bleue is an album by trumpeter/flugelhornist Franz Koglmann which was recorded in Austria and Switzerland in 1991 and released on the Swiss HatART label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "This intimacy, this quiet brilliance and restraint that Koglmann shows here on his works -- some of which were initially written for and performed by the Pipetet -- is a statement not only of how versed the man is in the traditions of jazz and classical music but just how aware he is of his own mates' musical strengths".

Track listing

All compositions by Franz Koglmann except where noted

1. "Leopard Lady" – 7:14
2. "Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor) – 3:22
3. "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston) – 3:17
4. "Monoblue" – 6:33
5. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 5:25
6. "Baite" (Tony Fruscella) – 5:56
7. "It Isn't Easy" (Ralph Richardson) – 8:10
8. "L'Heure Bleue" – 7:13
9. "Slow Fox" – 3:35
10. "For Bix" – 6:00
11. "Blue Angel" (Burkhard Stangl) – 4:28
12. "Black Beauty" (Duke Ellington) – 5:12
13. "Nachts" – 4:07

Personnel

• Franz Koglmann – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Misha Mengelberg – piano (tracks 3, 6, 9 & 13)
• Tony Coe – clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10-12)
• Burkhard Stangl – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10-12)
• Klaus Koch – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10-12)

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Franz-Koglmann-LHeure-Bleue/release/2279246 Discogs album entry