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Colors are multifaceted. While they describe a wavelength of reflected light, they can also be descriptors of mood. The color blue has certainly borne its share in this regard. In this hour, we continue our exploration of how jazz musicians weave the color blue, mood, and feelings into a tapestry of sound.
Artist | Track | Album |
Gene Ammons | Blue Roller | The Gene Ammons Story: the 78 Era |
Clarence Penn | Solato's Morning Blues | Dali in Cobble Hill |
Jean-Luc Ponty | Once a Blue Planet | Civilized Evil |
Julie London | About the Blues | About the Blues |
Red Garland | My Blue Heaven | When There Are Grey Skies |
Maynard Ferguson | Blue Birdland | Conducts the Birdland Dreamband Vol. 1 and 2 |
Jan Garbarek Group | Blue Sky | Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof |
Ken Nordine | Azure | Colors |
Earl Klugh | Goodtime Charlie's Got the Blues | The Best of - Vol. 2 |
The Modern Jazz Quartet | Bluesology | Fontessa |
Bobby McFerrin | Blue Bossa | The Best of Bobby McFerrin |
Benny Carter | Blue Lou | Jazz Giant |