A Bluish Bag

A Bluish Bag
Studio album by Stanley Turrentine
Released June 5, 2007
Recorded February 17, 1967 (#1-7)
June 9, 1967 (#8-12)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 62:41
Label Blue Note
Blue Note 85193
Producer Alfred Lion
Stanley Turrentine chronology
The Spoiler
(1966)
A Bluish Bag
(1967)
The Return of the Prodigal Son
(1967)

A Bluish Bag is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine consisting of two sessions recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and arranged by Duke Pearson, the first featuring Donald Byrd and the second McCoy Tyner, among others.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 3½ stars and states:

A Bluish Bag doesn't rewrite the book on Turrentine, but it shows that, whether large ensemble or small, he always brought his game.[3]

Steve Leggett, Allmusic

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Blues for Del"  Stanley Turrentine 4:14
2. "She's a Carioca"  Vinicius de Moraes, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim 6:31
3. "Manhã de Carnaval"  Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria 5:53
4. "Here's That Rainy Day"  Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke 5:32
5. "What Now My Love"  Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman 4:38
6. "Samba de Aviao"  Jobim 5:12
7. "Night Song"  Lee Adams, Charles Strouse 6:33
8. "Days of Wine and Roses"  Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer 6:05
9. "Come Back to Me"  Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner 5:55
10. "Silver Tears"  Mancini 5:07
11. "A Bluish Bag"  Mancini 7:17
12. "With This Ring"  Luther Dixon, Anthony Hester, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie 5:49

Personnel

Tracks 1-7

Tracks 8-12

Production

References

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