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  • Dexter Gordon, Dexter Calling, 1962 on Blue Note

    Dexter Gordon, Dexter Calling, 1962 on Blue Note

    Released in mono in 1961 and in stereo in 1962, this was Gordon’s second album on Blue Note, following quickly after Doin’ Allright and five years after Daddy Plays the Horn. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Gordon is joined by Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and Kenny Drew.…

  • Herbie Nichols, The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Volumes 1 & 2, 1955 on Blue Note

    Herbie Nichols, The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Volumes 1 & 2, 1955 on Blue Note

    This 2021 vinyl release in the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series was previously issued only in Japan in 1983 in this form. It combines two 1955 10″ releases onto a single LP with a gatefold cover reproducing the covers of the separate volumes. The band is Herbie Nichols on piano, Al McKibbon on bass, and…

  • Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, Ella at Duke’s Place, 1966 on Verve

    Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, Ella at Duke’s Place, 1966 on Verve

    The album is divided between “The Pretty, The Lovely, The Tender, The Hold-Me-Close Side” and “The Finger-Snapping, Head-Shaking, Toe-Tapping, Go-For-Yourself Side.” Recorded by Val Valentin and produced by Norman Granz (those are his black & white photos), this is Verve at its mid-60s best. In addition to Ellington and Fitzgerald, personnel included Louis Bellson on…