Tina Brooks

• AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUES

• ORIGINAL FROM ANALOG TAPES

• 180 GRAM VINYL

• GATEFOLD COVER

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

• HARD BOP AT IST BEST!

A stunning set from overlooked tenor genius Tina Brooks – a musician who recorded for Blue Note during the key years of Hank Mobley and Johnny Griffin, but whose music was mostly un issued at the time! This rare set is a great second chapter to Tina's True Blue album – material recorded in 1958, but unissued until the late 70s in Japan – at which time the album became an instant classic in the Blue Note catalog – and for good reason, too – as the quintet features a crack lineup – with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Sonny Clark on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Art Blakey on drums.

PERSONNEL:

• TINA BROOKS, tenor sax
• LEE MORGAN, trumpet
• SONNY CLARK, piano
• DOUG WATKINS, bass
• ART BLAKEY, drums

Recorded on March 16, 1958, New Jersey

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 01. Nutville
• 02. The Way You Look Tonight

• SIDE B:
• 01. Star Eyes
• 02. Minor Move
• 03. Everything Happens To Me