''Blue John'' is an album by American organist John Patton recorded in 1963 but not released on the

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label until 1986.Blue Note Records discography
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Reception

The

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review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "While the grooving interplay between Patton, Green, and Dixon is as instinctive as ever, Braith's piercing, honking stabs are what really liven up the proceedings, giving Blue John a crazed sense of fun that makes it one of Patton's most infectious and enjoyable records".

Track listing

:''All compositions by John Patton except as indicated'' # "Hot Sauce" (

George Braith George Braith (born George Timothy Braithwaite on June 26, 1939) is a soul-jazz saxophonist from New York. Career Braith is known for playing multiple horns at once, a technique pioneered by Roland Kirk. Braith is credited with the invention of ...

) – 7:55 # "Bermuda Clay House" (Braith) – 5:55 # "Dem Dirty Blues" (

Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms ...

) – 6:15 # "Country Girl" – 6:51 # "Nicety" ( Ben Dixon) – 5:30 # "Blue John" – 7:55 *Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 11 (tracks 5 & 6) and August 6 (tracks 1–4), 1963.

Personnel

* John Patton – organ *

Tommy Turrentine Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drum ...

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(5, 6) *

– soprano saxophone, stritch *

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* Ben Dixon – drums

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums John Patton (musician) albums 1986 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Alfred Lion