Gordon, Dexter
A Swingin [ Blue Note / LP - released 10/May/2013 ] |
Dexter Gordon
A Swingin' Affair (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 20/Jan/2023 ] Just 2 days after saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded his classic album GO! in August 1962 he brought the same quartet with pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Butch Warren, and drummer Billy Higgins back into Rudy Van Gelder's studio to record the equally... |
Dianne Reeves
The Best of Dianne Reeves [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 4/Mar/2002 ] Superb collection of songs spanning her brilliant career |
Dianne Reeves
The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 9/Apr/2001 ] Gleaming, pitch-perfect voice a multi-octave range, an harmonic sense that takes her on a soulfulness |
Donald Byrd
Ethiopian Nights (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 16/Dec/2022 ] For two days in August 1971, Donald Byrd took a powerhouse band to A&M studios in Los Angeles to record the jazz-funk exploration Ethiopian Knights, continuing his evolution from high-flying hard bop trumpeter to R&B/funk fusion pioneer. . Consisting... |
Donald Byrd
Live: Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux (LP) [ Blue Note (Usa) / LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Montreux, Switzerland to showcase several of the label's stars at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Produced by Blue Note President George Butler, live albums all titled Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux... |
Donald Byrd
Royal Flush Blue Note Classic (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Oct/2024 ] Donald Byrd was off to the races after joining the Blue Note roster in 1958 and had fully hit his hard bop stride by 1961 when he laid down his excellent album Royal Flush. Joining the trumpeter was a state-of-the-art rhythm section featuring a young... |
Jordan, Duke
Flight To Jordan 180G [ Blue Note / LP - released 10/May/2013 ] |
Elvis Costello And The Roots
Wise Up: Thought Remixes And Reworks [ Blue Note LP / LP - released 24/Jan/2014 ] Wise Up: Thought is the remix EP companion to the album "Wise Up Ghost", the genre-defying collaborative tour de force from Elvis Costello and The Roots. On the album, Costello and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson stirred this musical pot of gumbo,... |
Elvis Costello & The Roots
Wise Up Ghost [ Blue Note / LP - released 20/Sep/2013 ] With their astonishing new collaboration, Wise Up Ghost, Elvis Costello and the world's greatest hip-hop band, the Roots, have created one of the most striking and surprising works in either of their wide-ranging careers, an album that is sure to... |
Eric Dolphy
Out To Lunch! (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] In February 1964, Eric Dolphy assembled a formidable quintet of modern jazz visionaries with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Richard Davis on bass, and Tony Williams on drums, and headed into Rudy Van Gelder's studio to... |
Eric Dolphy
Out To Lunch [ Blue Note / CD - released 3/May/1999 ] "Recorded just four months before his tragic demise, Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch (1964) represents a pinnacle moment in avant-garde jazz of the 1960s. and an album to approach with a very open mind. It is also the only full studio record that Dolphy... |
Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Poppy Ajudha, Jordan Rakei, Jorja Smith & more
Blue Note Re:Imagined [ Blue Note / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Blue Note Re:imagined; a brand-new collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene's most exciting young talents. |
Freddie Hubbard
Ready For Freddie (180gm LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 22/Oct/2021 ] The Indianapolis-born trumpeter Freddie Hubbard introduced his prodigious talent on Blue Note Records with a run of remarkable albums recorded thru the early 1960s. At first rooted firmly in hard bop, Hubbard began to broaden his approach on his... |
Grant Green
Idle Moments (Blue Note 85 Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Time and troubles seem to melt away during the 15 enrapturing minutes of Idle Moments, the opening track of Grant Green's sublime 1963 album of the same name. As the piece unhurriedly unfurls all the unique colors of the ensemble present themselves... |
Stephane Grappelli
Live at The Blue Note [ Telarc Records / CD ] |
Gregory Porter
Nat "King" Cole & Me (Double LP) [ Blue Note / 2 LP - released 27/Oct/2017 ] Two-time Grammy-winning vocalist Gregory Porter's third Blue Note album, Nat King Cole & Me, is a heartfelt tribute to his idol, the legendary singer, pianist and Capitol recording artist Nat King Cole. With the help of six-time Grammy-winning... |
Gregory Porter
Nat King Cole & Me (2LP) [ Blue Note / 2 LP - released 24/Nov/2017 ] Grammy-winning singing sensation Gregory Porter - one of the most successful jazz artists of his generation - is back with a new album, 'Nat King Cole & Me'. It is a deeply personal tribute to Nat King Cole - the legendary crooner who ignited... |
Hank Mobley
No Room For Squares (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 20/Oct/2023 ] In addition to boasting one of Reid Miles' greatest album cover designs, Hank Mobley's 1963 album No Room for Squares is also a marvel for the music alone. The tenor saxophonist had already notched several hard bop masterpieces in his Blue Note belt... |
Herbie Hancock
Empyrean Isles (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Herbie Hancock debuted on Blue Note in 1962 and quickly established himself as both a remarkable pianist and a brilliant composer with three excellent albums-Takin' Off, My Point Of View, and Inventions & Dimensions-before making what is widely... |