Blue Vibes

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{{Infobox album

| name = Blue Vibes

| type = Studio

| artist = Johnny Lytle

| cover = Blue Vibes.jpg

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| released = 1960

| recorded = June 16, 1960
New York City

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:18

| label = Jazzland
JLP 22

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| chronology = Johnny Lytle

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Happy Ground

| next_year = 1961

}}

Blue Vibes is the debut studio album by American jazz vibraphonist Johnny Lytle which was recorded in 1960 for the Jazzland label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-22 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 2, 2012

Reception

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| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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David Szatmary of Allmusic notes this album "introduced Lytle's bluesy funk".Szatmary, D. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-vibes-mw0000896769 Allmusic Review] accessed November 2, 2012

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Lytle except as indicated

  1. "Blue Vibes" - 5:36
  2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 5:16
  3. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 4:35
  4. "Movin' Nicely" (Milt Jackson) - 4:57
  5. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 7:06
  6. "Mister Trundel" - 6:27
  7. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) - 6:21

Personnel

References