Hank Mobley
A Caddy For Daddy (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had been recording for Blue Note for a decade when he made his excellent 1965 album A Caddy for Daddy featuring a first-class sextet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob... |
Hank Mobley
Curtain Call (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 27/May/2022 ] It's a sign of the sheer volume of top-notch hard bop that Blue Note was recording in the 1950s-60s that a supremely swinging date like Hank Mobley's 1957 album Curtain Call would sit in the vaults unreleased until 1984. Mobley himself was in the... |
Hank Mobley
No Room For Squares (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 20/Oct/2023 ] In addition to boasting one of Reid Miles' greatest album cover designs, Hank Mobley's 1963 album No Room for Squares is also a marvel for the music alone. The tenor saxophonist had already notched several hard bop masterpieces in his Blue Note belt... |
Hank Mobley
Soul Station (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had already led nine dates for Blue Note Records by the time he arrived at Rudy Van Gelder's studio on February 7, 1960 with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey, but on that day the... |
Herbie Hancock
Empyrean Isles (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Herbie Hancock debuted on Blue Note in 1962 and quickly established himself as both a remarkable pianist and a brilliant composer with three excellent albums-Takin' Off, My Point Of View, and Inventions & Dimensions-before making what is widely... |
Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 26/Nov/2009 ] Herbie Hancock is one of the most prolific jazz pianists of the 20th century. A child prodigy, he played with the greats such as Donald Byrd and Miles Davis. As he was a bit of a geek, he enjoyed gadgets & buttons and he was one of the first to... |
Herbie Hancock
Inventions & Dimensions (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 20/Jan/2023 ] For his third Blue Note album Inventions & Dimensions (1963), pianist Herbie Hancock began moving away from the modernist hard bop sound that defined his first two albums Takin' Off and My Point Of View. Inspired by explorers like Eric Dolphy and... |
Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Even by the high-water marks set by Herbie Hancock's tremendous 1960s Blue Note output, 1965's Maiden Voyage remains one of the pinnacle artistic achievements of the great pianist's career. Hancock is joined here by his Miles Davis Quintet bandmates... |
Horace Parlan
Speakin' My Piece (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 24/Feb/2023 ] Pianist Horace Parlan is perhaps best known for his work with Charles Mingus on the bassist's seminal 1959 albums Mingus Ah Um and Blues & Roots. That same year Parlan made his first Blue Note appearance with Lou Donaldson and in 1960 he began... |
Horace Silver
6 Pieces Of Silver (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 16/Dec/2022 ] At 27 years, Horace Silver's tenure as a Blue Note recording artist was the longest of any artist in the history of the label. The legendary pianist and composer cut his first Blue Note session Horace Silver Trio in 1952 and his session for Silver 'N... |
Horace Silver
Further Explorations (Gatefold LP) [ Blue Note Tone Poet Series / LP - released 3/Sep/2021 ] Further Explorations documents hard-bop pioneer Horace Silver's quintet featuring Art Farmer on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Teddy Kotick on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. One can always expect a Horace Silver date to groove, but... |
Horace Silver
Song For My Father (180g LP) [ Universal Music / LP - released 15/Jan/2021 ] One of Blue Note's greatest mainstream hard bop dates, Song for My Father is Horace Silver's signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics. Silver was always a master at balancing jumping rhythms with complex harmonies for... |
Idris Muhummad
Power of Soul (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 12/Jan/2018 ] Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer who recorded extensively with many musicians, including Bob James, Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, John Scofield, George Benson, Lonnie Smith and Tete Montoliu. Idris Muhammad was an... |
Ike Quebec
Heavy Soul (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 21/Jul/2023 ] There may not be a more apropos album title in all of recorded music than tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's 1961 classic Heavy Soul. The session marked a comeback for a crucial player in Blue Note history. |
Brother Jack McDuff
Moon Rappin' (Gatefold LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 27/May/2022 ] Brother Jack McDuff was already a well-established and prolific organist who led his own soul jazz bands throughout the 1960s when he came to Blue Note Records in 1969. Following his label debut Down Home Style, McDuff made one of the most creatively... |
Jackie Mclean
Destination Out (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 16/Dec/2022 ] When Jackie McLean began recording for Blue Note in 1959, the alto saxophonist had already been a mainstay of the New York jazz scene for nearly a decade, having spent the entire 1950s cutting his teeth alongside bebop legends. like Miles Davis and... |
Jackie Mclean
A Fickle Sonance (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] |
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 23/Sep/2010 ] Jaco Pastorius was widely acknowledged for his skills as an electric bass player. He died in 1987 at age 35 following a violent incident at a Fort Lauderdale drinking establishment. This self-titled album was Pastorius' solo debut and was... |
Jakob Bro
Bay Of Rainbows (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 5/Oct/2018 ] "There is no hurry to this music, but there is great depth," observed London Jazz News about Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's trio with two kindred-spirit Americans: bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Joey Baron. This poetically attuned group follows its... |
Jakob Bro
Uma Elmo (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] With Uma Elmo, his fifth album as a leader for ECM, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro presents a new trio featuring Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Spanish drummer Jorge Rossy. Astonishingly, given the trio's musical synergy, the first time these... |