Tina Brooks - Back to the Tracks (1985) 320 kbps+CD Rip

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Title: Back to the Tracks
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Audio Wave[AWMXR-0019]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 38:35
Total Size: 257 MB(+3%) | 91 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Back to the Tracks - 8:05
02. Street Singer - 10:22
03. The Blues and I - 8:56
04. For Heaven's Sake - 6:06
05. The Ruby and the Pearl - 5:06

Recording Date: September 1, 1960 - October 20, 1960

personnel :

Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone (#2)
Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Art Taylor - drums

The music that comprises Back to the Tracks was recorded in September 1960, months after the sessions for True Blue, but it sat on the shelves until Mosaic reissued it as part of their Complete Blue Note Recordings box, even though it was penciled in for release. Like Minor Move, Tina Brooks first session that stayed unreleased for over 20 years, Back to the Tracks is an excellent hard bop set, and it's hard to understand why it wasn't released at the time. Brooks leads a fantastic band featuring alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor through three originals and two standards. Each musician has opportunity to shine, but Brooks remains the center of attention. His style is remarkably fluid, capable of graceful, elegant turns on the ballads and clean, speedy improvisations on the up-tempo bop. Each of the five songs have breathtaking moments, confirming Brooks talents as a saxophonist, composer and leader. Listening to Back to the Tracks, it's impossible to figure out why the record wasn't released at the time, but it's a hard bop gem from the early '60s to cherish.~Stephen Thomas Erlewine