Blues in Trinity
Studio album by
Dizzy Reece
ReleasedEarly June 1959[1]
RecordedAugust 24, 1958
Decca Studios, London
GenreJazz, Hard bop
Length47:21
LabelBlue Note
BST 84006
ProducerTony Hall
Dizzy Reece chronology
Changing the Jazz at Buckingham Palace
(1956)		 Blues in Trinity
(1959)		 Star Bright
(1959)

Blues in Trinity is an album by Jamaican-born England-based jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece, featuring performances recorded in 1958. It was his first album for the Blue Note label[2] and is considered by some to be a 'bop classic'[3] and among Reece's best work.[4][5]

Unusually for Blue Note releases of this time, Blues in Trinity was recorded in north London[6] rather than Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack Studio, at which the label recorded exclusively from 1953 onwards.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[8]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and the review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated, "Although the band was thrown together, there's a definite spark to this combo, which interacts as if it had been playing together for a long time. Throughout it all, Reece steals the show with his robust playing, and that's why Blues in Trinity rises above the level of standard-issue hard bop and becomes something special".[8]

In his analysis of Blues in Trinity, Richard Cook described the session as a fine Anglo-American collaboration, with Reece demonstrating 'outstanding' qualities as a soloist and 'overshadowing' Donald Byrd.[6] Cook also highlights Tubby Hayes as overshadowing Byrd with his 'quick and hearty' performance,[6] a sentiment supported by Hayes's biographer, Simon Spillett, who describes Hayes "as technically dazzling as Johnny Griffin and as full of heavyweight clout as [...] Sonny Rollins".[9]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated
  1. "Blues in Trinity" - 6:45
  2. "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Gordon, Warren) - 3:04
  3. "Close-Up" - 10:38
  4. "Shepherd's Serenade" - 6:36
  5. "Color Blind" - 6:02
  6. "'Round About Midnight" (Monk) - 4:46

Bonus tracks on 1995 CD reissue:

  1. "Eboo" - 4:02
  2. "Just a Penny" - 5:28

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard June 15, 1959
  2. ↑ Blue Note discography accessed September 28, 2010
  3. ↑ Waring, Charles (2019). "Under the radar". Record Collector. No. 498 - 30 September. Diamond Publishing. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Carr, Roy (2013). "Dizzy Reece: The Complete Recordings 1954-62". Jazzwise. No. October. MA Music, Leisure & Travel Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Morton, Brian; Cook, Richard (2010). The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141048314.
  6. 1 2 3 Cook, Richard (2004). Blue Note Records: The Biography. [Boston, MA]: Justin, Charles & Company. p. 131. ISBN 9781932112276. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Waring, Charles (2023). "Van Gelder Studio And The Blue Note Sound". uDiscoverMusic. No. November 2. uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Blues in Trinity Review". AllMusic. AllMusic, Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Spillett, Simon (2021). "Tubby Hayes: How The Little Giant Conquered The Big Apple". JazzWise. No. October 18. MA Music, Leisure & Travel Ltd. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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