True Blue (Tina Brooks album)

True Blue
Studio album by
Tina Brooks
ReleasedDecember 1960[1]
RecordedJune 25, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length37:39 original LP
50:20 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BST 84041
ProducerAlfred Lion
Tina Brooks chronology
Minor Move
(1958) 		True Blue
(1960) 		Back to the Tracks
(1960)

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.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]
DownBeat[5]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states: "the hard bop solos are consistently excellent" on True Blue.[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Tina Brooks except those indicated.
  1. "Good Old Soul" - 8:07
  2. "Up Tight's Creek" - 5:17
  3. "Theme for Doris" - 5:53
  4. "True Blue" - 4:57
  5. "Miss Hazel" - 5:32
  6. "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You" (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher) - 7:53

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

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

Personnel

Footnotes

  1. ^ Schwann Record & Tape Guide, 1965
  2. ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 1, 2010
  3. ^ Allmusic Review
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Tynan, John (February 2, 1961). "Review of True Blue" (PDF). DownBeat. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  6. ^ Scott Yanow, Allmusic, accessed 3 October 2010, https://www.allmusic.com/album/r31257
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