True Blue (Tina Brooks album)

True Blue is a jazz album by tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks recorded on June 25, 1960, and released on the Blue Note label. In the hard-bop idiom, it was Brooks' only performance as leader to be released during his lifetime, and features performances by Brooks, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Jordan, Sam Jones and Art Taylor.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states: "the hard bop solos are consistently excellent" on True Blue.

Track listing

All compositions by Tina Brooks except those indicated.

"Good Old Soul" - 8:07
"Up Tight's Creek" - 5:17
"Theme for Doris" - 5:53
"True Blue" - 4:57
"Miss Hazel" - 5:32
"Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You" (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher) - 7:53

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

"True Blue" (Alternate Take) - 5:06
"Good Old Soul" (Alternate Take) - 7:35

Personnel

Footnotes

Schwann Record & Tape Guide, 1965
Blue Note Records discography accessed November 1, 2010
Allmusic Review
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Scott Yanow, Allmusic, accessed 3 October 2010, https://www.allmusic.com/album/r31257

v t e Tina Brooks
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Minor Move (1958) Street Singer (with Jackie McLean, 1960) True Blue (1960) Back to the Tracks (1960) The Waiting Game (1961)
Sideman with others	Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1958–59) Blue Lights, Volumes 1 & 2 (Kenny Burrell, 1958) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Kenny Burrell, 1959) Open Sesame (Freddie Hubbard, 1960) Music from the Connection (Howard McGhee, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1959) Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960) Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961) Cool Blues (Jimmy Smith, 1958) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1958) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1958)

v t e Freddie Hubbard
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960) Hub Cap (1961) Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Hub-Tones (1962) Here to Stay (1962) The Body & the Soul (1963) Breaking Point! (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965) The Night of the Cookers (1965) Blue Spirits (1965–66) Backlash (1966) High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) The Hub of Hubbard (1970) Red Clay (1970) Straight Life (1970) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970) First Light (1971) Polar AC (1971–73) Sky Dive (1972) Keep Your Soul Together (1973) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973) In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974) High Energy (1974) Gleam (1975) Liquid Love (1975) Windjammer (1976) Bundle of Joy (1977) Super Blue (1978) The Love Connection (1979) Skagly (1979) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980) Born to Be Blue (1981) Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981) Outpost (1981) Rollin' (1981) Splash (1981) Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1982) Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982) Ride Like the Wind (1982) The Rose Tattoo (1983) Sweet Return (1983) Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985) Life Flight (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987) Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988) Times Are Changing (1989) Topsy – Standard Book (1989) Bolivia (1990–91) At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991) Blues for Miles (1992) MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95) New Colors (2000) On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers	Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Blues March (1961) Three Blind Mice (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Kyoto (1964) Free for All (1964) Golden Boy (1965) Soul Finger (1965)
With Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright (1961) Clubhouse (1965) Generation (1973) The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
With Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off (1962) Empyrean Isles (1964) Maiden Voyage (1965) Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966) V.S.O.P. (1977) V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977) V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977) V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977) Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
With Bobby Hutcherson	Dialogue (1965) Components (1965) Knucklebean (1977) Highway One (1978)
With Quincy Jones	I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1962) Golden Boy (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964–65) Walking in Space (1969) Gula Matari (1970)
With Wayne Shorter	Wayning Moments (1961) Speak No Evil (1964) The Soothsayer (1965) The All Seeing Eye (1965)
With others	The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969) Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960) True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960) God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971) Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960) Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961) Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961) Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960) Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964) Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960) Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973) Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967) Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962) Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962) Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959) Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996) Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965) Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965) Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972) Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973) 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978) Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982) Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62) Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979) Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963) Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994) Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958) Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960) The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961) Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967) Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965) Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965) East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Numbers (Rufus, 1978) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973) Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970) Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978) Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

v t e Duke Jordan
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (1955) Flight to Jordan (1960) Brooklyn Brothers (with Cecil Payne, 1973) Flight to Denmark (1973) Two Loves (1973) Duke's Delight (1975) Lover Man (1975) Misty Thursday (1975) Truth (1975) Flight to Japan (1976) Live in Japan (1976) Duke's Artistry (1978) The Great Session (1978) Tivoli One (1978) Tivoli Two (1978) Wait and See (1978) Change a Pace (1979) Midnight Moonlight (1979) Thinking of You (1979) Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981) As Time Goes By (1985) Time on My Hands (1985)
With others	All Star Sessions (Gene Ammons, 1950) The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956) No Problem (Chet Baker, 1979) Les Liaisons dangereuses (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959) True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960) Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1956) Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958) The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976) Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955) The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1952) Stan Getz Plays (1952) Doin' the Gigi (Gigi Gryce, 1957) The Return of Howard McGhee (1955) Beautiful! (Charles McPherson, 1965) Complete Charlie Parker on Dial/Charlie Parker on Dial (1947) Patterns of Jazz (Cecil Payne, 1956) Bird Gets the Worm (Cecil Payne, 1976) Oscar Pettiford (1954) Introducing Doug Raney (1977) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960) Here Comes Louis Smith (1958) Stitt's Bits (Sonny Stitt, 1950) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962) The Champ (Sonny Stitt, 1973) Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)

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