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Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 39.98 Having first appeared on a Blue Note session as a member of Bud Powell’s Modernists in 1949, Sonny Rollins returned to the label in 1956 to record a series of four tremendous leader dates in less than a year. Recorded in April 1957, the saxophonist’s 2nd album for Alfred Lion, Vol. 2 , found him in esteemed company with J.J. Johnson on trombone,…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 39.98 Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard burst out of the gates taking the jazz world by storm with his Blue Note debut Open Sesame in 1960. Within 14 months he had recorded three more hard bop classics— Goin’ Up , Hub Cap , and Ready For Freddie —each one a showcase for his dynamic playing. Recorded in April 1961, Hub Cap was the first of his Blue Note dates that…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 39.98 Best known for his association with Charles Mingus, the Texas-born tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin was a distinctive soloist with an assertive and immediately recognizable sound. One of Ervin’s pinnacle statements as a leader was the first of his two Pacific Jazz albums, Structurally Sound , which he cut in 1966 shortly after returning to the U.S.…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 2LP Price: 54.98 Sonny Clark was perhaps the quintessential hard bop pianist, possessed of an unfailingly swinging style that was imbued with grace and sophistication. His own compelling original compositions were heard on numerous late-1950s Blue Note classics including the sextet/quintet sessions Dial ‘S’ For Sonny , Sonny’s Crib , and Cool Struttin’ , but Clark…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 39.98 A saxophonist of striking originality, Sam Rivers ’ music had a strong avant-garde undercurrent though he kept a foot planted firmly in post-bop and the blues, a sound heard to great effect on his masterful 1964 debut Fuchsia Swing Song . The last of Rivers’ four highly-distinctive Blue Note albums, 1967’s Dimensions & Extensions , is fascinating…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 38.98 Ike Quebec ’s final album Bossa Nova Soul Samba put the tenor saxophonist’s unique spin on the bossa nova craze sweeping the jazz world in 1962. Ike’s sensual tone imbues the breezy Brazilian vibe with a soulful dose of the blues to create a mellifluous masterpiece featuring Kenny Burrell on guitar, Wendell Marshall on bass, Willie Bobo on drums,…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 38.98 Two months before Jackie McLean recorded his inside-out masterpiece One Step Beyond in 1963, the alto saxophonist was in the studio recording a dynamic quintet session that would eventually be released as Vertigo as part of the LT Series in 1980. Primarily featuring a state-of-the-art band with trumpeter Donald Byrd , pianist Herbie Hancock ,…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 38.98 Trumpeter Donald Byrd and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams had a formidable partnership throughout the early 1960s, making a series of highly regarded hard bop albums. Yet somehow this masterful quintet session from April 1961 (which also features Herbie Hancock , sounding exceptionally fine on his very first Blue Note recording session) remained…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 1LP Price: 38.98 Introducing Kenny Burrell put the jazz world on notice in 1956 that an extraordinary new guitarist was on the scene who combined bebop and the blues with smoky aplomb. Burrell is accompanied on this stellar set of original and standard compositions by Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, bebop icon Kenny Clarke on drums along with the…
Vendor: Blue Note Records Type: 2LP Price: 39.98 Andrew Hill is one of the most distinctive pianists and composing talents in jazz. Yet this profoundly moving session recorded in 1969 sat unreleased until 2003 when it was finally issued on CD through the efforts of Blue Note archivist Michael Cuscuna . Hill penned all seven of Passing Ships’ compositions for an ensemble featuring Woody Shaw and…
