Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Mosaic

Blue Note



Recorded 2nd October 1961 by Rudy Van Gelder at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Personnel:

Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Wayne Shorter (tenor sax)
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Cedar Walton (piano)
Jymie Merritt (bass)
Art Blakey (drums)

Tracks:

Mosaic, Down Under, Children of the Night, Arabia, Crisis,

Review:
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers all but defined hard bop. Powered by Art

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Andrew Hill - Judgment!

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Adam Rogers - Apparitions

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Joshua Redman - Momentum

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John Scofield - That's What I Say

Verve

Release date: June 2005




John Scofield tries yet an other route beyond the post-bop that he is so good at. Here he takes on the music of Ray Charles and produces some well delivered takes on the great soul singer's classics ("Busted", "I Can't Stop Loving You", Georgia On My Mind", "Hit The Road Jack"........). Guest vocalists include Dr. John, Warren Haynes, Mavis Staples, Aaron

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Wayne Shorter - Beyond The Sound Barrierl

Verve

Release date: June 2005




Recorded live at concerts in 2002 - 2004 and featuring the excellent Brain Blade (drums), John Patitucci (bass) and Danilo Perez (piano) in addition to Shorter (tenor sax). Includes a wealth of contrasting material and three new Shorter compositions: "As Far as the Eye Can See,” “Adventures Aboard the Golden Mean,” and the title track. Challenging tone poems

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hal

Blue Note

Release date: September 2005



Recently rediscovered jazz masterpiece! The music made by Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane in their residency at the "Five Spot" Club in New York in 1957 has always been talked about as one of the high points of jazz. Yet up until this release there had been only the three studio recorded tracks on the Riverside album "Thelonious Monk with John

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Marc Johnson - Shades of Jade

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John Coltrane - One Down, One Up

Impulse!

Release date: October 2005

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The second significant John Coltrane release in as many months (see also Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane "At Carnegie Hall"), "One Down, One Up" presents previously unheard material recorded at the "Half Note" club in 1965. The occasion was a broadcast for radio in what was then the new fangled invention of stereo, the

Joe Henderson - In 'N Out

Blue Note



Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, April 1964

Personnel

Kenny Dorham (trumpet)
Joe Henderson (tenor sax)
McCoy Tyner (piano)
Richard Davis (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)

Tracks

Punjab; Serenity; Short Story; Brown's Town; In 'N Out

Review:

Joe Henderson was perhaps the least well acknowledged of the great saxophone players to emerge in the sixties.

Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up

Blue Note



Recorded June 2nd 1964 by Jacques Lubin at CBS studios, Paris

RVG remastered version released in 2003

Personnel:

Donald Byrd (trumpet)
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax)
Kenny Drew (Piano)
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass)
Art Taylor (drums)

Tracks:
Tanya, Coppin’ The Haven, Darn That Dream, Kong Neptune

Review:
Dexter Gordon is often cited as a major influence on John Coltrane.

John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet

(Impulse!)



Personnel:

John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax)
McCoy Tyner (piano)
Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis (bass)
Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes (drums)

Recorded between May 1961 and August 1965

Tracks:
Disc 1: Greensleeves; It's Easy to Remember; Inch Worm; Big Nick; Out of This World; Soul Eyes; Miles' Mode; Tunji; Nancy (With the Laughing Face); What's New?; Up 'Gainst the Wall; Too Young to

John Coltrane - The Heavyweight Champion

Atlantic / Rhino



Personnel:

John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax)
McCoy Tyner / Hank Jones / Cedar Walton / Tommy Flannagan / Wynton Kelly (piano)
Paul Chambers / Steve Davis / Charlie Hadden/ Percy Heath /Reggie Workman (bass)
Elvin Jones / Connie Kay/ Lex Humphries, Art Taylor / Jimmy Cobb / Ed Blackwell (drums)
Milt Jackson (vibes)
Don Cherry / Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
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Miles Davis Quintet - Kind Of Blue

Columbia



Personnel:

Miles Davis (trumpet)
Julian "Cannonball" Adderly (alto sax)
John Coltrane (tenor sax)
Bill Evans (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
James Cobb (drums)

(Wynton Kelly replaces Bill Evans on piano on “Freddie Freeloader”; Julian Addderly does not play on ‘Blue In Green”)

Recorded 3rd February and 22nd April 1959 in New York City

Availability: CD, iTunes

Tracks:
So

Thelonious Monk - Live At The It Club

Columbia Legacy



Personnel:
Thelonious Monk (piano)
Charlie Rouse (tenor sax)
Larry Gales (bass)
Ben Riley (drums)

Recorded live at the “It” Club, Los Angeles CA, on October 31st and November 1st 1964.

Availability; CD, iTunes

Tracks:
Disc 1: Blue Monk; Well, You Needn’t; ‘Round Midnight; Rhythm-a-Ning; Blues Five Spot; Beshma Swing; Evidence; Nutty; Epistrophy (Theme).
Disc 2: Straight,

Bobby Hutcherson- The Kicker

Blue Note Personnel:Joe Henderson (tenor sax)Bobby Hutcherson (vibes)Grant Green (guitar, tracks 4 - 6)Duke Pearson (piano)Bob Cranshaw (bass)Al Harewood (drums)Recorded on December 29th, 1963 Tracks:If Ever I Would Leave You; Mirrors; For Duke P; The Kicker; Step Lightly; Bedouin Review:Led by another of the sixties' undervalued players, Bobby Hutcherson, whose subtle and swinging vibe

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder

Blue Note



Personnel:
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Joe Henderson (tenor sax)
Barry Harris (piano)
Bob Cranshaw (bass)
Billy Higgins (drums)

Recorded on December 21st, 1963

Availability: CD, MP3 download, iTunes

Tracks:
The Sidewinder; Totem Pole; Gary's Notebook; Boy, What a Night; Hocus Pocus

Review:
Simply one of the best jazz albums every released. There is a balance and economy about the five