Blue Vibes is the debut album by American jazz vibraphonist Johnny Lytle which was recorded in 1960 for the Jazzland label.[1]

Blue Vibes
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedJune 16, 1960
New York City
GenreJazz
Length40:18
LabelJazzland
JLP 22
Johnny Lytle chronology
Blue Vibes
(1960)
Happy Ground
(1961)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

David Szatmary of Allmusic notes this album "introduced Lytle's bluesy funk".[2]

Track listing edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jazzland Records discography accessed November 2, 2012
  2. ^ a b Szatmary, D. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2012