Jazz - Vinyl

1. Product Details Collaborating once again with Black Acid Soul producer Chris Seefried, the pair produce a second album that not only embodies the freewheeling, emotive Lady Blackbird sound, but that also taps into deeply vulnerable lyrics that recount the singer's challenging ascent to...

King Cole, Nat

Detroit-born singer Sheila Jordan presented her inimitable vocal stylings on her 1962 debut Portrait Of Sheila, one of few vocal albums on Blue Note during that era. Accompanied by a trio with Barry Galbraith (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), and Denzil Best (drums), Jordan delivered...

Alfred Lion considered pianist/composer Andrew Hill as unique as Thelonious Monk and documented Hill's music with a fervor. Recorded in 1964 with a quartet of modern jazz visionaries - Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis & Elvin Jones - Judgment! was the third classic album Hill...

Bill Evans's return to full activity in 1962 came almost a year after his celebrated trio recordings at the Village Vanguard. Just ten days after that classic "live" session, bassist Scott LaFaro had died in a highway accident. Evans, deeply shaken, eventually reformed his...

Kenny Dorham's 1964 album Trompeta Toccata would be the final album that the great underrated trumpeter and composer would record as a leader, and it stands as a fitting testament to his prodigious talent. The album featured a stellar quintet with Dorham and his...

The new album from Sergio Mendes, In The Key of Joy, gives prominence to the forward-leaning sound that has come to define his music. It features an array of guest artists, including Common, Cali y El Dandee, Buddy, Hermeto Pascoal, Roge and more. The...

Revelator (Vinyl)

Brandee Younger is a performer, composer and educator. She leads her own ensemble and has worked with such musicians as Pharaoh Sanders, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, and Common. Somewhere Different was recorded in New York City and at the legendary Van Gelder Studios. The...

The gadabout - a carefree pleasure-seeker who is always in motion, seeking out fun no matter the circumstances. In the end, more than just the title track was impacted by that fortuitous word of the day. "The album reflects the journey - the search...

Shadow (Vinyl)

The coupling of star trombonist Kai Winding with some of the best country and western songs, old and new is a great combination; Winding is one of the most melodic trombonists in jazz history. Winding and producer Creed Taylor recorded the album in Nashville,...

A Blue Note essential, New Moon Daughter by Cassandra Wilson is part of the Blue Note 75 anniversary LP reissue campaign, featuring 100 titles. Key to the initiative is high quality audio at affordable prices. Also available this month on LP: Bud Powell's The...

Anthony Williams - "Spring (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)" Drummer and composer Tony Williams' adventurous 1965 album Spring-his second as a leader for Blue Note-found him convening a stellar line-up with saxophonists Wayne Shorter and Sam Rivers, pianist Herbie Hancock, and bassist Gary Peacock....

Double vinyl LP pressing. After making a striking appearance on Joel Ross' KingMaker, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins delivers an expansive opus about the Black experience in America on his own debut album Omega, which was produced by Jason Moran and features a next-generation quartet...

Originally released in 1959, Ben Webster & Associates marked the last of Norman Granz's ventures showcasing tenor saxophone icons Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins together. On this set, veteran Budd Johnson joins them on the same instrument, along with Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Les Spann...

LIVE AT THE YARDBIRD(LP)

Vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson's short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Watkins At Large was the first of only two albums that the great bassist Doug Watkins would make as a leader. The Detroit native had moved to New York...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in tip-on jacket. Leroy Vinnegar's first album as band leader - Leroy Walks! - is being released as part of Acoustic Sounds celebration of Contemporary Records. Originally released in 1958, the album sees Victor Feldman, Gerald Wilson, Teddy...

Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson is a brilliant undertaking in which Verve's legendary "house pianist" encountered one of jazz's most revered giants. Backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio - bassist Ray Brown, guitarist Herb Ellis and frequent fourth member Louis Bellson on drums -...

Hot House: The Complete Jazz At Massey" / 70 years on from the legendary 1953 concert at Massey Hall in Toronto - featuring jazz legends Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach on stage together - comes this complete 3-LP...

On his 3rd Blue Note album, pianist McCoy Tyner assembled a quartet with Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Herbie Lewis (bass), and Freddie Waits (drums) for an album rich in ethereal textures that deliver visceral performances of 3 expansive Tyner originals and 3 radically reinvented standards....

On Tender Moments, pianist/composer McCoy Tyner explored the colors and textures available, with an all-star cast: Lee Morgan (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bennie Maupin (tenor sax), James Spaulding (alto sax/flute), Bob Northern (French horn), Howard Johnson (tuba), Herbie Lewis (bass). Highlights include dedications to...

In 1967, pianist McCoy Tyner was ready for a new start, leaving seminal John Coltrane Quartet and Impulse! Records two years prior. His Blue Note debut, The Real McCoy, firmly established him as a creative force. Featuring a world class quartet with Joe Henderson...

McCoy Tyner looked to Africa on his far-reaching 1970 album Extensions, the only recorded collaboration between Tyner and Alice Coltrane who plays harp on 3 of the album's 4 tracks-including the expansive opener "Message from the Nile"-along with Wayne Shorter, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Pianist McCoy Tyner was an acknowledged force of nature. On the aptly named Expansions, Tyner fronts a remarkable band consisting of Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis, and Freddie Waits. Standouts in...

Stanley Turrentine's 1964 recording Mr. Natural featured the soulful tenor saxophonist and Blue Note stalwart at the helm of a cutting-edge modern jazz group with Lee Morgan on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, Elvin Jones on drums, and Ray Barretto...

Stanley Turrentine’s 1960s Blue Note output was reliably excellent, but this 1964 session featuring his thick, blues-drenched tenor saxophone backed by organist Shirley Scott, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Otis Finch, surely ranks with his very best. From the relentless groove...

Stanley Turrentine is at his blues-drenched best on Comin' Your Way. This 1961 session features the magnificent rhythm section of the Horace Parlan Trio (Horace Parlan, George Trucker & Al Harewood) at the peak of their collective power. Also featured is Tommy Turrentine on...

September Night (Vinyl)

Amazonas finds legendary vibraphonist Cal Tjader deep in his `70s Brazilian jazz fusion bag, operating at the sonic intersection between Rio and California, backed by a pairing of Airto Moreira on production, and George Duke on arrangements, and guest performances by Hermeto Pascoal, David...

Legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk made his earliest recordings as a leader for Blue Note in 1947-48 as heard on the 1956 compilation Genius of Modern Music, Volume One (Blue Note 1510), released as part of the 1500 series featuring timeless Monk compositions...

Backed alternately by bassists Percy Heath and Gary Mapp and drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach, Monk pours forth his idiosyncratic virtuosity in this set of tunes recorded by the inimitable Rudy Van Gelder. Beautifully rendered, 'Blue Monk' is the highlight of the album,...

Cecil Taylor - "Unit Structures (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)" The intrepid free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor made his Blue Note debut with the explosive 1966 album Unit Structures featuring trumpeter Eddie Gale, saxophonists Jimmy Lyons and Ken McIntyre, bassists Henry Grimes and Alan...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in tip-on jacket. Where I'm Coming From has all the hallmarks of Prestige Records at it's finest, with an all-star cast of sidemen who brought down Rudy Van Gelder's studio with electrifying grooves from top to bottom. Featuring...

Drawn from 3 sessions in 1958-59, Home Cookin' stands as one of the most deeply felt, soulful albums from the Hammond B3 organ virtuoso, Jimmy Smith. Featuring tenor saxophonist Percy France, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and drummer Donald Bailey, the quartet covers tunes by Ma...

2010 reissue of 1965 album with his trio featuring Kenny Burrell & Grady Tate. Includes 'Blues For J' & 'Satin Doll'.

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo - Vinyl LP pressing. Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo is a 1966 collaborative album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and electric organist Jimmy Smith, with arrangements by Oliver Nelson. It...

The Newport Jazz Festival had always brought the best out of Nina Simone. On July 2, 1966 the audience was treated to the full range of her artistry - from the opener, a breathtaking version of "You've Got To Learn" to a swinging take...

Simone, Nina

The 1965 album I Put a Spell on You features some of Nina Simone's best-known songs. With cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You". The original version gave it an ironic theme, but Simone transformed it into a thrilling love...