The Legacy of
Tina Brooks

Like many classic albums, Tina Brooks and his hard bop masterpiece “True Blue” amounts to much more than the sum of its parts. While the album is a shining example of the classic hard bop style, with elegant compositions and blistering solos, it also serves as an epitaph of sorts to an overlooked tenor man who for a short moment blew with the greats and posthumously has come to be recognised as one of jazz’s truest souls.

Cover Design
Reid Miles

Cover Photo
Francis Wolff

Tenor Saxophone
Tina Brooks

Bass
Sam Jones

Drums
Art Taylor

Piano
Duke Jordan

Trumpet
Freddie Hubbard

Producer
Alfred Lion

Recording
Rudy Van Gelder

Liner Notes
Ira Gitler

Blue Note – BLP 4041
LP, Mono | United States | 1960
Original Pressing