Black and Blue

Black and Blue Artist: Gene Harris Quartet
Label: Concord Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 013431448228
EAN: 0013431448228
ASIN: B0000006K6


Release Date: 1991-10-27

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Tracks:

  1. Another Star
  2. Black And Blue
  3. C.C. Rider
  4. Hot Toddy
  5. The Best Things In Life Are Free
  6. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
  7. It Might As Well Be Spring
  8. Blue Bossa
  9. The Song Is You
  10. Will You Still Be Mine

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Superb.......2005-08-01

I have 3 other albums by Gene Harris.
Gene was a superb pianist. His choice of harmony and his peculiar technique of chord attack turned him into one of my preferred jazz pianists, along with Oscar Peterson.
I am also a pianist. I know it is very difficult to make an album review. We are not able to transmit all the emotion of such an experience, so that I urge you to listen the tracks.

While awaiting a kidney transplant, Gene Harris died on January 16, 2000, at the age of 66.

5 out of 5 stars Gene Harris at his best.......2005-06-02

I admit it, I'm a huge Gene Harris fan. I'm working on collecting all of his 89 (or so) recordings including the Japanese imports. But, without a doubt, Black and Blue is Gene Harris at his finest. You can put this album on and listen from start to finish and feel great the whole way through. If you could only buy one Gene Harris album, this is it.

5 out of 5 stars Gene's finest.......2004-12-22

I am a big Gene Harris fan. Black and Blue is my favorite, hands down. This one will not disappoint.

5 out of 5 stars "marvel at Gene Harris music, as natural as sunshine".......2001-02-03

Now to many people Gene Harris' style varies - Hard-Bop, Fusion, Soul-Jazz, but no one, and I mean no one can play the "Blues" better than this man. Harris is known to jazz aficionados, and to his peers, as one of the "Greatest Blues Pianists in the World", and his fame is finally catching up with his virtuosity. And critic Joe Morgenstern adds - "I never cease to marvel at the joyous might of Gene Harris' music."

Following this mans career - Gene Harris & The Four Sounds, Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, Gene Harris & the Philip Morris Super Band, Gene Harris All-Star Big Band, Gene Harris Trio and now, the Gene Harris Quartet...all have that driving blues-force we've come to love and enjoy. Harris strived for perfection, always knew exactly who he was and what he was doing in this life. His combination of ineffable delicacy and inexorable power became richer and fuller with each day, like natural sunshine, just keeps shining through.

With gifted accomplices like Ron Eschete (guitar), Luther Hughes (bass) and Harold Jones (drums), Gene sets out free as a bird with arrangements that send you reeling, as the quartet just keeps moving on filling in the gaps, great stirring performances all around.

Of course there are stand outs - "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE" the whole group swings, swings and then swings some more..."NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT", a Jimmy Cox tune brings out some gospel-soul that will lift your spirits, inspirational..."BLUE BOSSA" has the rhythm section working over-time, but Gene knows what needs to be done..."WILL YOU STILL BE MINE", almost ten minutes in length, Harris takes the group into orbit and steers them into a classic performance.

The highlight is - "BLACK AND BLUE", the great "Fats" Waller tune, recorded several times by Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong with clever and impassioned lyrics has become a classic, but listen to this slow-tempo arrangement by Harris, blues pours from a cup of love and understanding, sending a message that is LOUD AND CLEAR.

Total Time: 62:22 on 10 Tracks...Concord Jazz CCD-4482...(1991)

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding CD! Harris Quartet in top form - Again!.......1999-10-09

Just a great album! Every cut is outstanding, but "Black And Blue" is worth the price alone! You will not be disappointed purchasing this gem!

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