L'Heure Bleue

This article is about the album by Franz Koglmann. For the perfume, see Guerlain.

L'Heure Bleue is an album by trumpeter/flugelhornist Franz Koglmann which was recorded in Austria and Switzerland in 1991 and released on the Swiss HatART label.

L'Heure Bleue
Studio album by Franz Koglmann
Released	1991
Recorded	April 15–17 and March 20 & 21, 1991
Studio	Haus der Begegnung Mariahilf, Vienna, Austria and Foundation Artist House, Boswil, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	70:32
Label	HatART CD 6093
Producer	Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Franz Koglmann chronology
A White Line (1990) L'Heure Bleue (1991) Annette (1992)

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Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "This intimacy, this quiet brilliance and restraint that Koglmann shows here on his works -- some of which were initially written for and performed by the Pipetet -- is a statement not only of how versed the man is in the traditions of jazz and classical music but just how aware he is of his own mates' musical strengths".

Track listing

All compositions by Franz Koglmann except where noted

1. "Leopard Lady" – 7:14
2. "Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor) – 3:22
3. "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston) – 3:17
4. "Monoblue" – 6:33
5. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 5:25
6. "Baite" (Tony Fruscella) – 5:56
7. "It Isn't Easy" (Ralph Richardson) – 8:10
8. "L'Heure Bleue" – 7:13
9. "Slow Fox" – 3:35
10. "For Bix" – 6:00
11. "Blue Angel" (Burkhard Stangl) – 4:28
12. "Black Beauty" (Duke Ellington) – 5:12
13. "Nachts" – 4:07

Personnel

• Franz Koglmann – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Misha Mengelberg – piano (tracks 3, 6, 9 & 13)
• Tony Coe – clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10-12)
• Burkhard Stangl – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10-12)
• Klaus Koch – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10-12)