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)

Ballads, released in 1963, is a landmark album by the John Coltrane Quartet, recorded for the Impulse! Label. In contrast to Coltrane's famously intense and exploratory style, the album showcases his lyrical and tender side through a collection of well-known and obscure jazz standards. It features the classic quartet lineup of John Coltrane on saxophone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.

• 1 Say It (Over and Over Again)
• 2 You Don't Know What Love Is
• 3 Too Young to Go Steady
• 4 All or Nothing at All
• 5 They Say It's Wonderful
• 6 Naima
• 7 I Wish I Knew
• 8 What's New?
• 9 It's Easy to Remember
• 10 Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
• 11 Greensleeves
• 12 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

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)

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

Wes Montgomery - Wes's Best: The Best of Wes Montgomery on Resonance - 1LPx Black 180gm - Indie Exclusive - Wes's Best: The Best of Wes Montgomery on Resonance explores five of the guitar legend Wes Montgomery's official releases of previously-unissued recordings onResonance - Echoes of Indiana Avenue (2012), In the Beginning (2015), One Night in Indy (2016), Smokin' in Seattle (2017) and Back on Indiana Avenue (2019). Mastered by Bernie Grudman and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI. Cover art designed by Takao Fujioka, the acclaimed Japanese artist who is also the chief editor of Way Out West magazine in Japan. Takao's unique and striking artwork has graced countless album covers. This special edition reissue is packaged with a new album cover hand-painted by acclaimed Norwegian artist, comedian and actor, Amir Asgharnejad. Vinyl Is pressed on an eye-catching ghostly sea blue disc with black and green splatter.

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

Premiere of the 12", BioVinyl LP, celebrating 75 years since Vince Guaraldi started his professional music career. There are four bonus tracks from the “Mystery session” and two additional jazz standards recorded around the same time, featuring Ron McClure on bass.

Mystery was the 11th Peanuts special that Guaraldi composed and performed on piano. The quartet features Seward McCain - Bass, Mike Clark/Eliot Zigmund – drums, and Tom Harrell - trumpet. The special aired on 2-1-1974, written by Charles Schulz, produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, and directed by Phil Roman.

Available for the first time ever on Vinyl, CD, and digital. The record was mixed and mastered for audiophiles, jazz lovers, and Peanuts fans everywhere. Terry Carleton mixed "Mystery" at Bones, and Knives Studio, Vinson Hudson restored and mastered the album, and Sean & Jason Mendelson produced the record. The LP includes a 4-page insert with art from the special, liner notes by Sean & Jason Mendelson, and Derrick Bang (author of "Vince Guaraldi at the Piano"), and it comes with a magnifying glass to help solve some of the MYSTERIES in the release.

The ThinkIndie exclusive record comes in a clear “magnifying glass” BioVinyl variant. It does not magnify, but it will help with solving all the mysteries to be discovered inside.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Little Birdie
• 2 Mystery Theme/Mystery Theme (Reprise)
• 3 It's Mystery, Charlie Brown
• 4 Sassy Sally/It's Mystery, Charlie Brown (Reprise)
• 5 Mystery Theme (2nd Reprise)
• 6 Cops and Robbers
• 7 It's Mystery, Charlie Brown (2nd Reprise)
• 8 Mystery Theme (3rd Reprise)
• 9 It's Mystery, Charlie Brown (3rd Reprise)
• 10 Sally's Blues
• 11 Mystery Interlude #1
• 12 Joe Cool
• 13 It's Mystery, Charlie Brown (4th Reprise)
• 14 Mystery Theme (4th Reprise)
• 15 Mystery Theme (5th Reprise)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 It's Mystery, Charlie Brown (2nd Reprise - Alternative Take)
• 2 Snoopy Holmes
• 3 Mystery Theme (Viberslap Mix/Studio Banter)
• 4 Little Birdie (Alternate Vince Whistle)
• 5 Cops and Robbers (Rhythm Section Mix)
• 6 Joe Cool (Just Vince Mix)
• 7 Autumn Leaves (Take 1)
• 8 Billie's Bounce (Take 2)

One of the best records of 2021 is back. Now updated with a sturdy, hearty, robust, diecutless cover. The die cut on the original cover was causing problems in the manufacturing process. Treasure the ones you have.
#1 TIME - “Stunning”
#1 The New York Times (Jazz) - “Powerful”
#1 Paste - “Can rearrange the molecules in a room”
#2 New Yorker - “When you’re keen to leave the body behind”
#4 Pitchfork - “Boundless”

Vinyl LP pressing. There's nothing else in jazz quite like this collection recorded - astonishingly - in just one session on 20th January 1963. With liner notes written by Mingus's psychotherapist, the album uses ornate ensemble orchestration to produce a sound somewhere between jazz and folk.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 01. "Track a - Solo Dancer"
• 2 Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!
• 3 02. "Track B - Duet Solo Dancers"
• 4 Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces
• 5 03. "Track C - Group Dancers"
• 6 (Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 01. "Mode D - Trio and Group Dancers"
• 2 Stop! Look! and Sing Songs of Revolutions!
• 3 02. "Mode E - Single Solos and Group Dance"
• 4 Saint and Sinner Join in Merriment on Battle Front
• 5 03. "Mode F - Group and Solo Dance"
• 6 Of Love, Pain, and Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, 'Til It's Freedom Day

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

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

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

Vinyl LP pressing. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the special, LMFP is thrilled to present the premiere release of Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack for 1975's "You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown". This 45 RPM 12" LP includes the complete 14 track score plus never before heard music - also celebrating 75 years of Peanuts®. The vinyl is made out of recycles record materials. The classic special was written and created by Charles Schulz, directed by Phil Roman, and produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Guaraldi's score is finally available on CD, vinyl and digital. The record was mixed and mastered for audiophiles, jazz lovers, and Peanuts fans everywhere from the original 2" session tapes to a 192kHz/24bit master. Beyond the composer's playing, Seward McCain plays electric bass, Mark Rosengarden plays drums, and John Scott Trotter supervised the music.

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

• 1 O Tannenbaum
• 2 What Child Is This
• 3 My Little Drum
• 4 Linus and Lucy
• 5 Christmas Time Is Here
• 6 Christmas Time Is Here
• 7 Skating
• 8 Hark the Herald Angels Sing
• 9 Christmas Is Coming
• 10 FÜR Elise
• 11 Christmas Song