Jazz

Released in 1964, Crescent is one of John Coltrane's finest albums, featuring the talents of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. On April 27, the Classic Quartet went to the familiar surroundings of Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliff's studio to begin work on...

Dance, No One's Watching is an ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing, an album that musically guides you through a night out in the city, from the opening of possibilities as a new evening spans out ahead, to dawn's final hours...

On 1964's Into Somethin', Larry Young made it abundantly clear that he had his own unique approach to the Hammond B-3 organ. Young explored a more modal territory over the course of his six Blue Note albums including this tremendous session featuring tenor saxophonist...

Originally released as `The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster' for the Norgran label in 1954, Norman Granz changed the title to `King of the Tenors' and rereleased the album on his newly minted Verve Records in 1957. Accompanied on the session by the Oscar...

Tyrone Washingto - Natural Essence Blue Note Tone Poet Edition Tyrone Washington's 1967 debut 'Natural Essence' introduced a vital new voice whose unique conception moved between exploratory post-bop and groove-based soul jazz. Having emerged from Horace Silver's Quintet the saxophonist offered his own calling...

Alan & Marilyn Bergman, winners of two Academy Awards and members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, were husband and wife, and their professional collaboration produced memorable lyrics cherished by superstars from Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett and Johnny Mathis, to Sting, Barbra Streisand, and...

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Frank Sinatra's Nice 'n' Easy, the album will be remastered and released on vinyl on June 5th. Features the original 12 tracks like "The Nearness of You", as well as full sessions of "I've Got A Crush...

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic recordings of all time! Reissued for the first time in decades is the album My Way, first issued in 1969 and featuring the hit title song as well as Sinatra's indelible performance on "All...

Part of the 'Masters Of Jazz: The History Series 1949-1969'. 20 bit digitally remastered.

Up a Lazy River

The world has changed a lot since 1992, when Don Breithaupt first collected an album's worth of his irresistibly hooky and jazzy pop songs and formed Monkey House. Since then, the talented and prolific Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer has stamped...

Tenor saxophonist and Blue Note stalwart Hank Mobley was just 2 years into his fruitful 15-year association with the label when he cut his swinging sextet date 'Hank' in 1957 with Donald Byrd on trumpet, John Jenkins on alto sax, Bobby Timmons on piano,...

Inspired by Ornette Coleman, alto saxophonist Jackie McLean ventured into the realm of the avant-garde on his own terms, never abandoning his soulful sense swing and structure. With his 1963 album One Step Beyond he forged a distinctive inside-out sound with a unique quintet...

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...

Ensemble Vivant

This DVD features Paquito D'Rivera, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, and a who's who of Cuban and Canadian jazz stars.

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...

Hilario Duran makes a triumphant musical homecoming on his new album Contumbao. Internationally recognised as a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader of the highest order, the Cuban-Canadian Duran has been based in Toronto for the past two decades, but his musical heart and...

Revelator (Vinyl)

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Golden Flower: Live in Sweden" is the first official release of two concerts from Swedish television and radio archives of legendary saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded live in Sweden on September 13, 1967 with pianist Lars Sjösten, bassist Palle Danielson and drummer Albert...

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...

Brand New Life

Shadow (Vinyl)

Time And Space is a new compilation of jazz recordings by the prolific composer, arranger, producer and musician Jimmy Wisner, who has worked with some of the biggest names in the business including Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Carly Simon, Brigitte Bardot, Judy Collins, Neil...

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...