The immensely talented Chet Baker had a complex relationship with the music scene and after almost 20 years of performing he withdrew from the business. In 1973 he vowed to make a comeback, returning to the straight-ahead jazz that started his career. She Was Too Good To Me was released in 1974 by Creed Taylor’s legendary CTI label, by then home to Freddie […]
LP – Limited Edition 180g High Definition Black Vinyl with bonus track. The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) remains Oliver Nelson’s most acclaimed album and features a line-up of top-class musicians: Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Roy Haynes, and George Barrow. The album is often noted for its unique ensemble arrangements […]
Roll Call is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. It features trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey. This quintet recorded this album on November 13, 1960 at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs and released it the following year.
INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK The sextet heard on “Three Blind Mice” (United Artists UAJ 14002) featured Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, and Cedar Walton, and is widely regarded as one of the finest formations of Art Blakey’s legendary Jazz Messengers.It began its run in 1961 with the LP Mosaic.By that time the bassist was […]
LP – This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. Wayne Shorter’s formidable and prolific output in 1964 produced his first three Blue Note albums as a leader each of which would become instant classics upon their release: […]
TRACKLIST: A1. Accordion A2. Curls A3. All Caps A4. Bistro A5. Fancy Clown A6. Raid B1. Madmix 1 B2. Great Day B3. Madmix 2 Led by Saxophonist Rob Mitchell, Abstract Orchestra have been a consistent presence on the u.k. music scene, touring constantly in promotion of their debut LP “Dilla” and follow up 45 “New […]
The protean Quincy Jones returned to the recording studio as a leader after a long stretch in Hollywood with this triumphantly contemporary big band album.</br>He re-established himself firmly with his big band jazz base while casting a keen eye on the pop scene and the world of electric instruments (even Ray Brown is caught playing […]
he Blues and the Abstract Truth is an album by American composer and jazz saxophonist Oliver Nelson recorded in February 1961 for the Impulse! label.It remains Nelson’s most acclaimed album and features a lineup of notable musicians: Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy (his second-to-last appearance on a Nelson album following a series of collaborations recorded for […]
When asked in a 1960 radio interview which was his favorite of all the albums he recorded up to that point, John Coltrane was quick to reply: Blue Train. Presented here is Coltrane’s complete 1957 LP Blue Train (Blue Note BLP1577), which was also the first on which the saxophonist was given the opportunity to […]
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 Gelders studio to record what would stand as his masterwork: Out to Lunch!. A genius artist of startling originality, […]
