Jazz

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes two bonus tracks. Collection of classic performances from John Coltrane as a sideman, featuring fellow jazz legends Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Tadd Dameron, and Art Taylor. This insightful new compilation features liner notes from award-winning music historian Doug Ramsey - recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tracks

LP1

1. Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness
2. Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants - 'Round Midnight
3. The Miles Davis Quintet - Oleo
4. The Miles Davis Quintet - Airegin
5. Tadd Dameron With John Coltrane - Soultrane
6. Art Taylor - C.T.A.
7. Thelonious Monk - Monk's Mood

LP2

1. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane - Epistrophy (Alternate Take)
2. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane - Trinkle, Tinkle
3. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane - Nutty
4. Red Garland Quintet (featuring John Coltrane And Donald Byrd) - Birks' Works
5. The Red Garland Quintet With John Coltrane - Billie's Bounce
6. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come

Though he invited in collaborators for this project, Jeff Parker is very much a solo artist on Suite for Max Brown. He constructs a digital bed of beats and samples; lays down tracks of his own on guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, and occasionally voice; then invites musician friends to play and improvise over his melodies.

But unlike a traditional jazz session, Parker doesn't assemble a full band in the studio for a day or two of live takes. His accompanists are often working alone with Parker, reacting to what Parker has provided them, and then Parker uses those individual parts to layer and assemble into his final tracks. The process may be relatively solitary and cerebral, but the results feel like in-the-moment jams – warm-hearted, human, alive. Suite for Max Brown brims with personality, boasting the rhythmic flow of hip hop and the soulful swing of jazz.

Fellow travelers here include pianist-saxophonist Josh Johnson; bassist Paul Bryan, who co-produced and mixed the album with Parker; piccolo trumpet player Rob Mazurek, his frequent duo partner; trumpeter Nate Walcott, a veteran of Conor Oberst's Bright Eyes; drummers Jamire Williams, Makaya McCraven, and Parker's Berklee School of Music classmate Jay Bellerose; cellist Katinka Klejin of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and even his seventeen-year-old daughter Ruby Parker, a student at the Chicago High School of the Arts, who contributes vocals to opening track, "Build a Nest."

1. Build a Nest (feat. Ruby Parker)
2. C'mon Now
3. Fusion Swirl
4. After the Rain
5. Metamorphoses
6. Gnarciss
7. Lydian, Etc.
8. Del Rio
9. 3 for L
10. Go Away
11. Max Brown

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 is pleased to present the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series, a continuation of their acclaimed Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series which was launched in celebration of the label's 80th anniversary in 2019. The Classic Series will once again feature all-analog 180g vinyl pressings in standard packaging that are mastered by Kevin Gray directly from the original master tapes and manufactured at Optimal in Germany. The first 16 titles of the Classic Series will focus on the enduring classics of the Blue Note catalog. The Classic Series will be on-going, running alongside the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series which is produced by Joe Harley.

By the time he recorded Go! in 1962, Dexter Gordon had already lived several lifetimes in jazz. He was among the first to adapt the language of bebop to the tenor saxophone in the 1940s, but after a decade in which personal troubles limited his output, he signed with Blue Note in 1961 and began a run of essential albums that marked a rebirth for the tenor giant. Featuring a quartet with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, Go! was a showcase of Gordon's limitless creativity on hard-swinging numbers like his great tune "Cheese Cake" and a sure-footed version of "Love for Sale," as well as his peerless artistry on ballads as evidenced on stunning takes of the standards "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" and "Where Are You."

Musicians:
Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark, piano
Butch Warren, bass
Billy Higgins, 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. Cheese Cake
2. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Try
3. Second Balcony Jump
4. Love For Sale
5. Where Are You
6. Three O'Clock In The Morning

• 1 Lady Bird 4:50
• 2 Cheryl 5:04
• 3 Tune Up 5:22
• 4 Line for Lyons 7:45
• 5 Pent-Up House 5:06
• 6 Look for the Silver Lining 4:39
• 7 Indian Summer 5:19
• 8 My Old Flame 5:00
• 9 Angel Eyes 4:35
• 10 When I Fall in Love 3:37
• 11 The Song Is You 2:34
• 12 Deep in a Dream 4:37
• 13 Goodbye 5:04
• 14 I Should Care 2:47
• 15 Autumn in New York 3:34
• 16 My Funny Valentine 5:01

One of the great Jazz Messengers recordings, Blakey's 1962 debut for Riverside featured Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Reggie Workman, Freddie Hubbard and Cedar Walton...'nuff said!

• Caravan
• Sweet 'N' Sour
• In the Small Wee Hours of the Morning
• This Is for Albert
• Skylark
• Thermo
• Thermo [Take 2]
• Sweet 'N' Sour [Take 4]

Includes 1 Bonus Track! Limited Edition in Solid Orange Colored Vinyl. 180 gram. Colored Classic LPs. Direct Metal Mastering. Each LP Has It's Own Unique Sticker!

• 1 Autumn Leaves
• 2 Love for Sale
• 3 Allison's Uncle (*)
• 4 Somethin' Else
• 5 One for Daddy-O
• 6 Dancing in the Dark

Billie Holiday is captured live at Storyville in Boston in 1951 and 1953. The discreet recordings capture Lady Day in prime emotive voice. On most selections she is accompanied by the Carl Drinkard Trio, but six others find her joined by Buster Harding's Trio; the great tenor Stan Getz sits in on three of these numbers. Previously out of press for over 25 years, this historic recording has now been remastered and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas Group in Germany.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 I Cover the Waterfront
• 2 Too Marvelous for Words
• 3 I Love You Porgy
• 4 Them There Eyes
• 5 Willow Weep for Me
• 6 I Only Have Eyes for You
• 7 You Go to My Head
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 He's Funny That Way
• 2 Billie Blues
• 3 Miss Brown to You
• 4 Lover Come Back to Me
• 5 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
• 6 You're Driving Me Crazy

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Ronnie Foster caught the ear of Blue Note Records after appearing on Grant Green's album Alive! And made his own Blue Note debut with Two Headed Freap. It includes covers of Al Green and Wilson Pickett along with originals like "Mystic Brew," which A Tribe Called Quest would later sample on their classic track "Electric Relaxation." Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Chunky
• 2 Drowning in the Sea of Love
• 3 The Two Headed Freap
• 4 Summer Song
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Let's Stay Together
• 2 Don't Knock My Love
• 3 Mystic Brew
• 4 Kentucky Fried Chicken

65th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 180g Vinyl 2LP with 2022 Remastered Audio and Bonus Disc of Unreleased Outtakes!

In May of 1957, Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers went into the studio with Thelonious Monk to record a one-off album for Atlantic Records. The Jazz Messengers were a loose collective of young jazz musicians, with a constantly rotating lineup to keep the music fresh and help launch new careers. In this iteration we find Blakey on drums, Monk on piano, Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Bill Hardman on trumpet and Spanky DeBrest on bass. Blakey had recorded with Monk on various occasions, but this was the first time Monk sat in with the Jazz Messengers. This also marks Monk's only appearance on Atlantic. The result is a true meeting of the minds, a beautiful union of Monk's melodies with Blakey's unshakable sense of swing. This 65th Anniversary deluxe edition includes an extra disc of unreleased outtakes, celebrating the most sensational jazz collaboration of the 1950s.

Musicians:
Art Blakey, drums
Thelonious Monk, piano
Spanky DeBrest, bass
Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone
Bill Hardman, trumpet

LP1

1. Evidence (with Thelonious Monk) [2022 Remaster]
2. In Walked Bud (with Thelonious Monk) [2022 Remaster]
3. Blue Monk (with Thelonious Monk) [2022 Remaster]
4. I Mean You (with Thelonious Monk) [2022 Remaster]
5. Rhythm-A-Ning (with Thelonious Monk) [2022 Remaster]
6. Purple Shades (with Thelonious Monk) [2022 Remaster]

LP2

1. Evidence (Take 2) [with Thelonious Monk] [2022 Remaster]
2. In Walked Bud (Take 2) [with Thelonious Monk] [2022 Remaster]
3. Blue Monk (Take 9) [with Thelonious Monk] [2022 Remaster]
4. I Mean You (Take 3) [with Thelonious Monk] [2022 Remaster]
5. Rhythm-A-Ning (Take 2) [with Thelonious Monk] [2022 Remaster]
6. Purple Shades (Take 4) [with Thelonious Monk] [2022 Remaster]

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)

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.

Joe Henderson had fully hit his stride by the time he made Inner Urge, his fourth album for Blue Note, recorded in November 1964. After a series of quintet dates, this was the tenor saxophonist's first quartet album, and it featured an extraordinary line-up with McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.

Tracks

1. Inner Urge
2. Isotope
3. El Barrio
4. You Know I Care
5. Night And Day

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.

When Lee Morgan recorded his album Caramba, he was only months away from his 30th birthday, making the fact that this was his twenty-third Blue Note recording even more astounding. A full-fledged master, his technical prowess on the horn matched by the emotional depth of his playing, and a composer who could conjure different moods and styles with his writing.

Tracks

1. Caramba
2. Suicide City
3. Cunning Lee
4. Soulita
5. Helen's Ritual

Music On Vinyl Pressing

Tracks

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Generique (2:52)
• 2 L'assassinat de Carala (2:11)
• 3 Sur L'autoroute (2:20)
• 4 Julien Dans L'ascenseur (2:13)
• 5 Florence Sur Les Champs-Elysees (2:53)
• 6 Diner Au Motel (3:59)
• 7 Evasion de Julien (0:55)
• 8 Visite Du Vigile (2:05)
• 9 Au Bar Du Petit Bac (2:54)
• 10 Chez Le Photographe Du Mot (3:55)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Nuit Sur Les Champs-Elysees (Take 1) (2:24)
• 2 Nuit Sur Les Champs-Elysees (Take 2) (5:22)
• 3 Nuit Sur Les Champs-Elysees (Take 3) (2:52)
• 4 Nuit Sur Les Champs Elysees (Take 4)(2:59)
• 5 Assassinat Visite Du Vigil (2:03)
• 6 Assassinat Julien Dans L'ascenseur (2:11)
• 7 Assassinat L'assassinat de Carala (2:10)
• 8 Motel (3:57)
• 9 Final (Take 1) (3:05)
• 10 Final (Take 2) (3:01)
• 11 Final (Take 3) (4:05)
• 12 Ascenseur (1:58)
• 13 Le Petit Bal (Take 1) (2:41)
• 14 Le Petit Bal (Take 2) (2:55)
• 15 Sequence Voiture (Take 1) (2:58)
• 16 Sequence Voiture Sur L'aut (Take 2) (2:18)