1995 album
Into the Blue |
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![A photo of Barker sitting with one hand on his face and the other holding a trumpet, with another trumpet partially seen out-of-focus in the foreground.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Guy_Barker_-_Into_the_Blue.png/220px-Guy_Barker_-_Into_the_Blue.png) |
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Released | May 1995 |
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Length | 63:00 |
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Label | Verve |
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Into the Blue (1995)
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Timeswing (1996)
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Into the Blue is an album by Guy Barker, released in late May 1995 by Verve Records.[1][2] It was nominated for the 1995 Mercury Music Prize,[3][4] but lost to Portishead's Dummy.[5]
Reception
The Times's Chris Parker wrote that Into the Blue "places Barker firmly where he deserves to be: in the growing ranks of world-class British jazz players."[1]
L'Unità's Filippo Bianchi spoke negatively of the album, saying Barker "lacks the 'philosophy'" and "vocation to invent language" of European jazz greats.[6]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Guy Barker, except where noted.
- "Into the Blue" – 6:43
- "JJ Swing" – 6:10
- "Oh Mr. Rex!" – 10:52
- "Low Down Lullaby" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 6:03
- "Did It 'n' Did It" – 3:50
- "The Sphinx" (Ornette Coleman) – 4:12
- "Enigma" (Bernardo Sassetti) – 7:28
- "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:41
- "This Is the Life (For Stan Tracey)" – 8:48
- "Weather Bird Rag" (Joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong) – 3:13
Personnel
References