Out of the Blue (Sonny Red album)

Out of the Blue
Studio album by
Sonny Red
Released1960
Recorded
  • December 5, 1959
  • January 23, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length42:50 (LP)
72:50 (CD)
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4032
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Red chronology
Two Altos
(1959) 		Out of the Blue
(1960) 		Breezing
(1960)

Out of the Blue is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Red recorded on December 5, 1959 and January 23, 1960 and released on Blue Note in 1960.[1]

Release history

In 1996, it was released on CD, as a limited edition, with five bonus tracks from the same sessions.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Sonny Red, a fine altoist inspired by Charlie Parker and Jackie McLean, never really made it in jazz, and some of his recordings are rather uninspired. However, that does not hold true for his Blue Note album... He performs mostly little-known standards (along with six of his originals) and displays a fair amount of originality and a great deal of potential that was never really fulfilled. Recommended."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sonny Red, except as noted.

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Bluesville" December 5, 19595:53
2."Stay as Sweet as You Are"Gordon, RevelDecember 5, 19596:16
3."I've Never Been in Love Before"LoesserDecember 5, 19595:24
4."Nadia" December 5, 19594:10
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Blues in the Pocket" December 5, 19596:32
2."Alone Too Long"Fields, SchwartzDecember 5, 19593:00
3."The Lope" January 23, 19605:16
4."Stairway to the Stars"Malneck, Parish, SignorelliJanuary 23, 19606:19
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
9."Crystal" January 23, 19605:38
10."Lost April"DeLange, Newman, Hubert SpencerJanuary 23, 19606:49
11."You're Sensational"PorterJanuary 23, 19606:30
12."Blues for Kokee" January 23, 19605:36
13."You're Driving Me Crazy"DonaldsonJanuary 23, 19605:27

Personnel

Musicians

December 5, 1959

January 23, 1960

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Out of the Blue
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3] 169
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 45
Scottish Albums (OCC)[5] 98
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 65

References

  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 19, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 19, 2010
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Sonny Red with Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks, Jimmy Cobb – Out of the Blue" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sonny Red with Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks, Jimmy Cobb – Out of the Blue" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sonny Red with Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks, Jimmy Cobb – Out of the Blue". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2022.