''Out of the Blue'' is an album by American saxophonist

Sonny Red Sylvester Kyner Jr. (December 17, 1932 – March 20, 1981), known as Sonny Red, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer associated with the hard bop idiom among other styles. Sonny Red played with Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Paul Quin ...

recorded in late 1959 and early 1960 and released on the

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label.Blue Note discography
accessed October 19, 2010 In 1996, it was released on CD, as a limited edition, with five bonus tracks from the same sessions.

Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Sonny Red, a fine altoist inspired by

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

and

Jackie McLean John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their deat ...

, never really made it in jazz, and some of his recordings are rather uninspired. However, that does not hold true for his Blue Note album... He performs mostly little-known standards (along with six of his originals) and displays a fair amount of originality and a great deal of potential that was never really fulfilled. Recommended".Yanow, S.

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accessed October 19, 2010

Track listing

:''All compositions by Sonny Red except as indicated'' # "Bluesville" – 5:53 # "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (

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) – 6:16 # "

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" ( Loesser) – 5:24 # "Nadia" – 4:10 # "Blues in the Pocket" – 6:32 # "Alone Too Long" (

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, Schwartz) – 3:00 # "The Lope" – 5:16 # "Stairway to the Stars" ( Malneck,

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) – 6:19 Bonus tracks on CD reissue: #

"Crystal" – 5:38 # "Lost April" ( DeLange,

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, Hubert Spencer) – 6:49 # "

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" (

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) – 6:30 # "Blues for Kokee" – 5:36 # "

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" ( Donaldson) – 5:27

Personnel

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alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

Wynton Kelly Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of ...

– piano * Sam Jones (tracks 1–6),

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

(tracks 7–13) –

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Roy Brooks Roy Brooks (March 9, 1938 – November 15, 2005) was an American jazz drummer. Biography Early life Brooks was born in Detroit and drummed since childhood, his earliest experiences of music coming through his mother, who sang in church. He was a ...

(tracks 1–6),

Jimmy Cobb Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...

(tracks 7–13) – drums

Charts

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Sonny Red albums 1960 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio