Despite what you might guess from the title, the record's not a
blues-based one – but a great little blowing session from an all-star array of players! It's our guess that
Prestige chose to use the word "
blues" in the title because "soul jazz" had yet to come into prominence – but the album's definitely a push of the hardbop blowing session mode in the soul jazz direction – using players that include
Art Farmer, Idrees Sulieman, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Forrest,
Pepper Adams, Ray Bryant, and Tiny Grimes on a batch of longish tunes that have plenty of
bluesy overtones. Arrangements here are by Jerry Valentine, who we don't really know – but he really gets the feel of the record right – and tracks include "Sent For You Yesterday", "Blue Flute", "Jelly Jelly", and "I Wanna Blow Blow Blow".
(Early 90s OJC pressing. Barcode has a cutout hole.)