Tag: Blue Note
Annie Lennox is of course best well known as one half of the dynamic duo that recorded and performed as Eurythmics, but she’s also made a number of…
Fantastic late 50s “hard bop” jazz record, with Clark joined by Art Farmer (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Recorded…
This was Henderson’s fifth studio album (as a band leader), joined by: Lee Morgan (trumpet), Chris Fuller (trombone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Cedar Walton (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and…
Early jazz Herbie Hancock – this was his fourth studio LP for Blue Note, backed by Freddie Hubbard on cornet, Ron Carter on bass, and Anthony Williams on…
Though this compilation was released in 1976 – part of The Blue Note Re-Issue Series – it actually collects sides he recorded for Blue Note in 1947, 1948,…
Chet Baker is on of my all time favorite jazz trumpeters and singers. The tone in both his trumpet and his voice is just amazing – subtle, warm,…
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, with Joe Henderson, Eddie Wright, and Clarence Johnston joining Freddie Roach. As Roach says in the liner notes, describing folks dancing: “I watched…
This was first released as In Paris on Laserdisc in 1991 (Japan) / 1992 (US), then as Paris 1969 on Blue Note in 2013 (with a CD/DVD as…
Herbie Hancock, Takin’ Off, 1962 on Blue Note. Another from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology of Herbie Hancock With Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins…
Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, 1965 on Blue Note. (BlP 4195). Beautiful rainy day music for the weekend. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology Story of…
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin’, 2020 on Blue Note Never before released studio album,, based on a 1959 session recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio…
Norah Jones, Begin Again, 2019 on Blue Note Norah Jones with Jeff Tweedy, Thomas Bartlett and others Via Down in the Valley Records