Blue Mode

1970 studio album by Reuben Wilson

Blue Mode

Studio album by

Reuben Wilson

Released

July 1970^[1]

Recorded

December 12, 1969

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Genre

Soul jazz

Length

41:34

Label

Blue Note
BST 84343

Producer

Francis Wolff

Reuben Wilson chronology

Love Bug
(1969)

Blue Mode
(1970)

A Groovy Situation
(1970)

Blue Mode is the third album by American organist Reuben Wilson recorded in 1969 and released by the Blue Note label the following year.^[2] The album was also released by Vee-Jay Records as Organ Talk in 1974.^[3]^[4]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "If Love Bug skirted the edges of free jazz and black power, Blue Mode embraces soul-jazz and Memphis funk in no uncertain terms... they know how to work a groove, and that's what makes Blue Mode a winner".^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Reuben Wilson except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bambu" (Melvin Sparks)	8:03
2.	"Knock on Wood" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd)	6:09
3.	"Bus Ride"	6:19
4.	"Orange Peel"	6:36
5.	"Twenty-Five Miles" (Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Edwin Starr)	7:11
6.	"Blue Mode"	7:26

Personnel

Reuben Wilson – organ
John Manning – tenor saxophone
Melvin Sparks – guitar
Tommy Derrick – drums

References

^ Billboard July 25, 1970
^ Blue Note Records discography accessed December 1, 2010
^ Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 3: Jazz Series (1959-1978) accessed July 23, 2019
^ Jazzlists: Reuben Wilson discography accessed July 23, 2019
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2010