''Minor Move'' is an album by American hard bop tenor

Tina Brooks Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks (June 7, 1932 – August 13, 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer best remembered for his work in the hard bop style. Early years Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, an ...

. It features performances by Brooks,

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and Art Blakey. It was recorded on March 16, 1958, and was the first album Brooks recorded as a leader for the

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label. The album, however, remained unreleased until being issued in Japan in 1980 (Blue Note GXF 3072). In 2000, ''Minor Move'' was released on CD. The composition "Nutville" (not to be confused with the fast-paced Latin composition of the same name by

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) is sometimes credited to Lee Morgan, but as producer

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explains in the liner notes to the 2000 release: "Lee brought the tune to the session, but never claimed credit for it.

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also confirms that it was indeed a Tina Brooks original."Liner notes by Michael Cuscuna

Track listing

#"Nutville" (Brooks) - 8:52 #"

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" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 10:41 #"Star Eyes" (Gene De Paul, Don Raye)- 8:15 #"Minor Move" (Brooks) - 6:40 #" Everything Happens to Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 6:10 #"Minor Move" lternate Take- 6:53 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

- tenor saxophone *

- trumpet *

- piano *

- bass * Art Blakey - drums

References

{{Authority control 1980 albums Tina Brooks albums Blue Note Records albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums recorded in a home studio