Jazz

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Art Blakey's 1960 hard bop classic, The Big Beat, introduced one of the greatest line-ups of the Jazz Messengers with the legendary drummer joined by Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merritt. 3 of the 6 tunes were composed by Shorter, but the album is best-known for an unforgettable version of Timmons' enduring hit "Dat Dere." Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal.

• 1 The Chess Players
• 2 Sakeena's Vision
• 3 Politely
• 4 Dat Dere
• 5 Lester Left Town
• 6 It's Only a Paper Moon
• 7 It's Only a Paper Moon (Bonus Track - Alternate Take)

1962 jazz albuM features a historic collaboration between two titans of the genre. The album showcases a respectful and musically generous meeting between the older, more established jazz pianist Duke Ellington and the younger, innovative saxophonist John Coltrane.

• 1 In a Sentimental Mood
• 2 Take the Coltrane
• 3 Big Nick
• 4 Stevie
• 5 In a Sentimental Mood
• 6 My Little Brown Book
• 7 Angelica
• 8 The Feeling of Jazz
• 9 Big Nick

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany

Blue Note Records has announced the continuation of the Classic Vinyl Reissue Series which presents 180g vinyl LP reissues in standard packaging mastered by Kevin Gray and manufactured at Optimal. The pressings are all-analog whenever an analog source is available, with Gray mastering directly from the original master tapes. While the first 16 titles of the series focused on the best-known Blue Note classics from the 1950s and 60s, the new run of titles curated by Don Was and Cem Kurosman broadens its scope to span the many eras and styles of the legendary label's eight-decade history presented by themes: Bebop, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde, The 70s, The Rebirth, and Hidden Gems.

In the late 1940s, Blue Note founder Alfred Lion became enthralled with the modern sounds of bebop and began recording several of the new music's innovators including the brilliant pianist Bud Powell, who Lion dubbed The Amazing Bud Powell. Powell could be erratic, but as a producer Lion always seemed to draw the best out of the piano master, and cut numerous classic sides including "Un Poco Loco" and "Bouncing with Bud." The fourth volume of The Amazing Bud Powell series, titled Time Waits, was recorded in 1958 and found Powell in particularly fine form on an ebullient set of his original tunes including "Buster Rides Again," "Monopoly," and "John's Abbey." Powell's playing is endlessly inventive as he takes flight in a trio setting with bassist Sam Jones and Philly Joe Jones, who elevates the session with some of his most inspired drumming on record.

Musicians:
Bud Powell, piano
Sam Jones, bass
'Philly' Joe Jones, drums

Features:
• Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
• All analog 180g vinyl LP
• Mastered by Kevin Gray directly from the original master tapes
• Manufactured at Optimal in Germany
• Standard packaging

1. Buster Rides Again
2. Sub City
3. Time Waits
4. Marmalade
5. Monopoly
6. John's Abbey
7. Dry Soul
8. Sub City (Alternate Take)

The formation heard here marks the third incarnation of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, which included trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, pianist Bobby Timmons and bassist Jymie Merritt. Golson penned four of the songs from Moanin' and added several perennial compositions to the group's repertoire, among them the two bonus tracks on this edition, "Whisper Not" and "I Remember Clifford," the latter written in memory of star trumpeter Clifford Brown. Pianist Bobby Timmons contributed such hits of his own as the title track, "Moanin'". THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 2 BONUS TRACKS - 180- GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - LIMITED EDITION

• 1 Moanin'... 9:32
• 2 Are You Real... 4:48
• 3 Along Came Betty... 6:09
• 4 I Remember Clifford... 5:43 *
• 5 The Drum Thunder Suite First Theme: Drum Thunder Second Theme: Cry a Blue Tear Third Theme: Harlem's Disciples... 7:32
• 6 Blues March... 6:14
• 7 Come Rain or Come Shine... 5:47
• 8 Whisper Not... 7:32 *

It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown/Charlie Brown's All Stars! Original Soundtrack Recordings 50th Extended And 60th Anniversary Editions Forest by Vince Guaraldi

Premiere of the double soundtrack, single 12", BioVinyl LP, celebrating the 50th anniversary of "It's Arbor Day Charlie Brown" and the 60th Anniversary of "Charlie Brown's All Stars." This gatefold edition is a 10-yr bookend of Vince Guaraldi scores of beloved Peanuts® specials.

All Stars, the 2nd Peanuts primetime special following "A Charlie Brown Christmas" aired 6-8-1966. Performed by the Vince Guaraldi Sextet - Guaraldi (piano), Puzzy Firth (bass), Eddie Duran (guitar), John Coppola and Frank Snow (trumpet) and Lee Charlton (drums).

Arbor Day was the 15th and final Peanuts special Guaraldi composed and performed. Guaraldi passed away on February 6, 1976, the day he recorded this wonderful music, at the age of 47. The Trio features Seward McCain (bass), and Jim Zimmerman (drums), who were with Vince when he passed away in Menlo Park Ca. The special aired several weeks later on CBS 3-16-1976.

Both specials were written by Charles Schulz, and produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. "Arbor day" was directed by Phil Roman and Melendez and "All Stars" was directed by Melendez.

Available for the first time ever on forest green BioVinyl. The record was mixed and mastered for audiophiles, jazz lovers, and Peanuts fans everywhere. Clark Germain mixed "Arbor Day" at WonderWorld Studio, Vinson Hudson restored and mastered the record including "All Stars" and Sean & Jason Mendelson produced the record. The gatefold edition includes a 6-page insert with art from the special, liner notes by Sean & Jason Mendelson, and Derrick Bang (author of "Vince Guaraldi at the Piano").

The record is made out of BioVinyl to reduce carbon footprint, with sustainably forested paper and in a compostable PLA bag. In 2026, for every copy of this record sold, LMFP will contribute $1.00 to the Arbor Day Foundation, with a minimum annual donation of $12,000 leading to the planting of one tree is a forest of need. Purchases will not be tax deductible.

• 1 Rerun's Lament [Arbor Day Edition]
• 2 Rerun's Lament (Reprise) [Arbor Day Edition]
• 3 Ships Sail Into Arbor [Arbor Day Edition]
• 4 Laughter in the Library [Arbor Day Edition]
• 5 Flatten Patten [Baseball Theme] [Arbor Day Edition]
• 6 Young Man's Fancy [Arbor Day Edition]
• 7 Jay Sterling Morton Jazz [Arbor Day Edition]
• 8 We're the Visiting Team [Arbor Day Edition]
• 9 Seeds for Thought (Joe Cool) [Arbor Day Edition]
• 10 Don't Forget the Shovel [Arbor Day Edition]
• 11 Sprinkle Your Bird [Arbor Day Edition]
• 12 Snoopy at Bat [Arbor Day Edition]
• 13 Lucy's Home Run [Arbor Day Edition]
• 14 Rain, Rain, Go Away [Rain, Gentle Rain] [Arbor Day Edition]
• 15 Happy Arbor Day, Charlie Brown [Arbor Day Edition]
• 16 Jay Sterling Morton Jazz [Bonus Alternate Take] [Arbor Day Edition]
• 17 Happy Arbor Day, Charlie Brown [Bonus Alternate Take] [Arbor Day Edition]
• 18 Charlie's Run [All Stars Edition]
• 19 Charlie Brown's All Stars! [All Stars Edition]
• 20 Baseball Theme [Medley] [All Stars Edition]
• 21 Oh, Good Grief! [All Stars Edition]
• 22 Surfin' Snoopy [Air Music] [All Stars Edition]
• 23 Pebble Beach [All Stars Edition]
• 24 Rain, Rain, Go Away [All Stars Edition]

Vinyl LP pressing. Merry Christmas! This Christmas classic from the iconic Ray Charles has been unavailable for over a decade. Issued on vinyl for the first time since it's original release in 1985! Ray Charles one and only Christmas album is a must have for all fans of classic holiday music. Charles performs a variety of holiday favorites and originals, including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and the ballad "That Spirit of Christmas," featured in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. An album that will elevate your soul year after year!

• 1 What Child Is This
• 2 The Little Drummer Boy
• 3 Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
• 4 This Time of the Year
• 5 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• 6 That Spirit of Christmas
• 7 All I Want for Christmas
• 8 Christmas in My Heart
• 9 Wonderland
• 10 Christmas Time

Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Perhaps Rollins's best-known album, it is often considered his breakthrough record. It was recorded on June 22, 1956, with producers Bob Weinstock and Rudy Van Gelder at the latter's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.

• 1 Saint Thomas
• 2 You Donaet Know What Love Is
• 3 Strode Road
• 4 Moriat
• 5 Blue 7

Vinyl LP pressing. 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 Tony Williams, Hancock went in search of greater musical freedom by composing a set of ingenious originals each with their own unique inner logic that did away with what he considered the established jazz "assumptions" of the time.

• 1 Succotash
• 2 Triangle
• 3 Jack Rabbit
• 4 Mimosa
• 5 Jump Ahead, a
• 6 Mimosa - (Alternate Take, Bonus Track)

Millions love this pianist/composer for his Peanuts music, but his biggest solo triumph, easily, was this 1962 LP. His imaginative interpretations of songs from the film Black Orpheus join Guaraldi originals including his sole pop hit, the beautiful Cast Your Fate to the Wind, which joins Samba de Orfeu: Manha de Carnaval: O Nosso Amor, and more. So sweet to be able to hear this on vinyl! 120-gram. Fantasy.

• 1 Samba de Orpheus
• 2 Manh de Carnaval
• 3 O Nosso Amor
• 4 Felicidade
• 5 Cast Your Fate to the Wind
• 6 Moon River
• 7 Alma-Ville
• 8 Since I Fell for You

Rising from the pumpkin patch to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown this first zoetrope edition of the album, featuring Vince Guaraldi's timeless score. With classic scenes from the special on each side, this 45RPM album contains Halloween favorites "Graveyard Theme," "The Great Pumpkin Waltz" and "Linus and Lucy" and more. For the full zoetrope experience, film the spinning record with your phone video camera at 30fps and let the magic begin!

• 1 Linus and Lucy
• 2 Graveyard Theme
• 3 Snoopy and the Leaf/Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair)
• 4 Great Pumpkin Waltz
• 5 Linus and Lucy [Reprise]
• 6 Charlie Brown Theme/Charlie Brown Theme (Minor Theme)/ Graveyard Theme (Reprise)
• 7 Great Pumpkin Waltz (Reprise)
• 8 Red Baron/Military Drum March
• 9 Great Pumpkin Waltz (2nd Reprise)/The Great Pumpkin Waltz (3rd Reprise)
• 10 Graveyard Theme (Trick or Treat) (2nd Reprise)
• 11 Fanfare/Breathless/Graveyard Theme (Trick or Treat) (3rd Reprise)
• 12 Charlie Brown Theme (Reprise)
• 13 Breathless (2nd Reprise)
• 14 It's a Long Way to Tipperary/There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding/Pack Up Your Troubles in Your
• 15 Graveyard Theme (Trick or Treat) [4th Reprise]
• 16 Linus and Lucy (2nd Reprise)/Linus and Lucy (3rd Reprise)
• 17 Charlie Brown Theme (2nd Reprise)
• 18 Linus and Lucy [Alternate] [Take 1]
• 19 Graveyard Theme [Alternate] [Take 1]
• 20 Charlie Brown Theme [Alternate Reprise] [Take 1]
• 21 Linus and Lucy [Alternate] [Take 2]
• 22 Great Pumpkin Waltz [Alternate] [Take 2]
• 23 Linus and Lucy [Alternate Reprise] [Take 1]
• 24 Charlie Brown Theme [Alternate Reprise Take 2]

A game-changer in jazz and an RIAA-certified Gold classic, Giant Steps marks John Coltrane's legendary Atlantic Records debut, featuring some of his most iconic compositions-including the groundbreaking title track "Giant Steps" and the soulful "Naima." Now pressed locally on 180-gram premium-quality vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing's new plant in Oxnard, California, as part of Rhino's exclusive Rhino Reserve line.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Giant Steps
• 2 Cousin Mary
• 3 Countdown
• 4 Spiral
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Syeeda's Song Flute
• 2 Naima
• 3 Mr. P.C

GREEN IS BEAUTIFUL (BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VNYL SERIES) 180gram Heavy Vinyl - Grant Green's musical style evolved to embrace jazz-funk as the decade turned to 1970. The guitarist's vibrant album Green Is Beautiful is a highlight of the era. With his distinctive tone, he shines on a set that includes covers of James Brown ("Ain't It Funky Now"), The Beatles ("A Day In The Life") and Burt Bacharach ("I'll Never Fall In Love Again"). Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optima.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Ain't It Funky Now
• 2 A Day in the Life
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 The Windjammer
• 2 I'll Never Fall in Love Again
• 3 Dracula

Coltrane's 1959 Atlantic Records debut became his most influential album, and helped bring jazz to the mainstream. Forty-plus years later, it remains one of the all time great jazz albums. Features Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Cobb, and Art Taylor. Mastered from the original analog tapes. Pressed on 180-gram HQ vinyl. All original packaging.

• 1 Giant Steps
• 2 Cousin Mary
• 3 Countdown
• 4 Spiral
• 5 Syeeda's Song Flute
• 6 Naima
• 7 Mr. P.C
• 8 Giant Steps [Alternate Version 1]
• 9 Naima [Alternate Version 1]
• 10 Cousin Mary [Alternate Take]
• 11 Countdown [Alternate Take]
• 12 Syeeda's Song Flute [Alternate Take]
• 13 Giant Steps [Alternate Version 2]
• 14 Naima [Alternate Version 2]
• 15 Giant Steps [Alternate Take]

Lady Blackbird didn't mean to soundtrack a revolution. But last spring, that's exactly what she did. On May 27, 2020 Los Angeles-based singer Marley Munroe released her debut single. Now, "the Grace Jones of Jazz, " as dubbed by BBC's Gilles Peterson, presents her debut album, Black Acid Soul. Minimal yet rich, classic yet timely, the album connects backwards to Miles Davis (his pianist, Deron Johnson, plays Steinway Baby Grand, Mellotron and Casio Synth throughout) and forwards to Pete Tong (he made the Bruise mix of 'Collage' his Number Two Essential Selection tune of 2020) and, yes, Victoria Beckham - Matthew Herbert's remix of second single "Beware The Stranger" soundtracked the designer's Spring/Summer 2020 Fashion show. It's 11 tracks have a sound, feeling and attitude that speak of Lady Blackbird's deep experiences in music, stretching all the way back to infancy. This is Black Acid Soul, and this is the first crucial album of 2021. Are you ready to fly with Lady Blackbird?

Tracks

1. Blackbird
2. It's Not That Easy
3. Fix It
4. Ruler Of My Heart
5. Nobody's Sweetheart
6. Collage
7. Five Feet Tall
8. Lost And Looking
9. It'll Never Happen Again
10. Beware the Stranger
11. Black Acid Soul

Vinyl LP pressing. After trumpeter Lee Morgan set the music world on fire with the runaway success of his hit soul-jazz single "The Sidewinder", many artists tried to duplicate his triumphant feat. Morgan himself cooked up funky follow-up "The Rumproller," which was recorded the next year. The quintet featured Joe Henderson, Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles & Billy Higgins. The album covers diverse territory from the post-bop of "Desert Moonlight" to mournful closing ballad "The Lady" dedicated to Billie Holiday.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 The Rumproller
• 2 Desert Moonlight
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Eclipso
• 2 Edda
• 3 The Lady

The producer Alfred Lion (co-founder of Blue Note Records) was known for spotting young talent and giving them creative freedom: he bet on Herbie Hancock was mostly a sideman (he'd played with Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins) until this point and he was only 22 years old at the time of this recording.

Takin' Off, recorded on May 28, 1962 at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, sign his debut as a leader. The record will be release in 1962 and it's a landmark recording not only because it introduced Hancock as a major new jazz pianist and composer, but also because it featured a track that became a jazz standard: "Watermelon Man". This composition often considered one of the strongest jazz debuts of the 1960s and became an unexpected hit, crossing over into popular music; it was later reimagined by Mongo Santamaría and reached the pop charts, helping establish Hancock's reputation early in his career.

With an incredible all stars as Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins this album blends hard bop with catchy, soulful grooves: all the compositions already show Hancock's gift for memorable melodies, rich harmonies, and rhythmic inventiveness, qualities that would define his career in both acoustic and electric jazz.

HERBIE HANCOCK / TAKIN' OFF

• 1 Watermelon Man
• 2 Three Bags Full
• 3 Empty Pockets
• 4 Maze
• 5 Driftin’
• 6 Makin’ Whoopee
• 7 Alone and

Vinyl LP pressing. The tenor sax master attacks five standards and in the process produces some of his most intense performances on record. Taped at the Van Gelder Studio in one marathon session on July 8th 1965, this electrifying Impulse! Records debut also featured Ray Bryant on piano and Mickey Roker on drums.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 On Green Dolphin Street
• 2 Everything Happens to Me
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Hold ´Em Joe
• 2 Blue Room
• 3 Three Little Words

Track list:

A1. Springsville 3:27
A2. Maids Of Cadiz 3:53
A3. The Duke 3:35
A4. My Ship 4:28
A5. Miles Ahead 3:29
B1. Blues For Pablo 5:18
B2. New Rhumba 4:37
B3. The Meaning Of The Blues 2:48
B4. Lament 2:14
B5. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed 3:05