Stone Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stone Blues
| type = Studio
| artist = Ken McIntyre
| cover = Stone Blues.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1962}}
| recorded = May 31, 1960
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 44:27
| label = New Jazz
NJLP 8259
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Ken McIntyre
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Looking Ahead
| next_year = 1960
}}
Stone Blues is an album by American saxophonist Ken McIntyre. It was the first record that McIntyre recorded, done in 1960 for the New Jazz label, although it was released in 1962,{{cite web |title=New Jazz Label Discography |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/newjazz.pdf |website=Both Sides Now Publications |accessdate=20 June 2019}} subsequent to the release of Looking Ahead.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8259 New Jazz Records discography] accessed March 27, 2014Fitzgerald, M., [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/McIntyre/mkm-disc.htm Makanda Ken McIntyre Discography], accessed March 16, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = Down Beat
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}Down Beat: February 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 3
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=974}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This early effort by Ken McIntyre (who doubles here on alto and flute) grows in interest with each listen... essentially advanced bop slightly influenced by the "new thing" music of Ornette Coleman".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/stone-blues-mw0000621803 Allmusic Review] accessed March 27, 2014
Track listing
All compositions by Ken McIntyre except as indicated
- "Stone Blues" - 11:44
- "Cornballs" - 4:21
- "Blanche" - 6:00
- "Mellifluous" - 7:14
- "Smax" - 5:07
- "Charshee" - 4:39
- "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) - 5:22
Personnel
- Ken McIntyre - alto saxophone, flute
- John Mancebo Lewis - trombone
- Dizzy Sal - piano
- Paul Morrison - bass
- Bobby Ward - drums
References
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