Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted

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Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted

Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted is a jazz studio album by Kip Hanrahan, released in June 1988. It features guest artists such as Carmen Lundy, Leo Nocentelli, and Steve Swallow. Critics praised its adventurous sound, and it was listed among the best albums of 1988 by some reviewers.

Background
The album was one of the first releases on Sting’s Pangea label. It took about two years to produce. Like its predecessor Vertical’s Currency, it aims to push jazz in a more avant-garde direction by blending world-music influences with jazz.

Critical reception
Reviewers noted its originality and depth. Peter Watrous of Musician called it a fruitful 1980s experiment that is intelligent and sensual. Cashbox described its mood as simmering sensuality—exotic and rich. Phillip Watson ranked it among the best albums of 1988 for its enigmatic, rule-defying approach.

Track listing
1. Love Is Like a Cigarette — 5:45
2. A Poker Game; Luck Inverts Itself; Four Swimmers — 6:06
3. Gender — 3:34
4. Marriage — 3:24
5. American Clave — 3:49
6. A Model Bronx Childhood — 2:47
7. Ah, Intruder! (Female) — 6:13
8. Lisbon: Blue Request — 6:09
9. My Life Outside of Power — 1:42
10. Road Song — 3:54
11. The First and Last to Love Me (2, December) — 4:34
12. Unobtainable Days: Unobtainable Nights — 3:20

Personnel
- Kip Hanrahan — percussion, guitar, keyboards, voice
- Carmen Lundy — voice
- Steve Swallow — electric bass, piano
- Leo Nocentelli — electric guitar
- Jack Bruce — electric bass
- David Murray — tenor saxophone
- George Adams — tenor saxophone
- John Stubblefield — tenor saxophone
- Lew Soloff — trumpet
- Jerry Gonzalez — trumpet, congas
- Charles Neville — alto saxophone
- Mario Rivera — baritone saxophone
- Anton Fier — percussion
- Pablo Ziegler — piano
- Peter Scherer — piano, keyboards
- Fernando Saunders — voice, electric bass
- And many other percussionists, congas players, drums, violin, and voices

Overall, the album is a bold, genre-blurring work that expanded the boundaries of jazz in the late 1980s.