Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: Trane Whistle (1960) Esquire/ Prestige

This gallery contains 14 photos.

Barney Wilen: Guilde Du Jazz (1957) Sam Records (2024 re)

This gallery contains 8 photos.

Harry Beckett: Warm Smiles (1971) RCA Victor (UK)

This gallery contains 6 photos.

Horace Silver: Silver’s Serenade (1963) Blue Note

This gallery contains 12 photos.

Wayne Shorter: “Speak No Evil” (1964) Liberty

This gallery contains 5 photos.

Tubby Hayes: The Couriers of Jazz! (1959) Decca London

This gallery contains 9 photos.

Selection: After Tea (Hayes) . . .  Track List A1 Mirage 5:20A2 After Tea 7:50A3 Stop The World, I Want To Get Off 3:40A4 In Salah (M. Allison) 3:50B1 Star Eyes (Raye, DePaul) 4:10B2 The Monk 4:35B3 My Funny Valentine … Continue reading →

Miles Davis Quintet: unheard ’60s recordings discovered

This gallery contains 1 photo.

A never before heard series of live recordings, provisionally titled “MILES to go“, has been discovered in an abandoned filing cabinet in a derelict Los Angeles building, let at one time to Fantasy Records. The recordings were commissioned by music … Continue reading →

Leo Parker: Rollin’ With Leo (1961) Blue Note Classic LT Series 1980

This gallery contains 5 photos.

Selection: Bad Girl (Conover) .  .  . Track List A1 The Lion’s Roar  4:54A2 Bad Girl (Conover) 6:17A3 Rollin’ with Leo  6:25A4 Music Hall Beat (Illinois Jacquet) 4:56B1 Jumpin’ Leo  4:30B2 Talkin’ the Blues  6:30B3 Stuffy (Coleman Hawkins)  5:41B4 Mad … Continue reading →

Booker Ervin: Tex Book Tenor (1968) Tone Poet 2024

This gallery contains 4 photos.

Selection: In a Capricornian Way (Woody Shaw) .  .  . Track List A1  Gichi (Kenny Barron) 7:27A2  Den Tex 7:38A3  In a Capricornian Way (Woody Shaw) 5:52B1  Lynn’s Tune 6:16B2  204 10:21 Artists Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone; Kenny Barron, piano; Woody Shaw, trumpet; Jan … Continue reading →

Mike Westbrook: Metropolis (1971) RCA Neon

This gallery contains 6 photos.

Kenny Wheeler: Windmill Tilter (Fontana, 1968) Decca Remaster 2021

This gallery contains 14 photos.

Sun Ra: The Futuristic Sounds Of (1961) Craft (2022)

This gallery contains 14 photos.

Selection 1: Bassism .  .  . Selection 2: Jet Flight .  .  . Track List A1. Bassism  (4.07) A2. Of Sounds and Something Else  (2.54) A3. What’s That?  (2.15) A4. Where is Tomorrow?  (2.50) A5. The Beginning  (6.29) A6. China … Continue reading →

Kenny Burrell: K.B. Blues (1957) Blue Note Tone Poet (2023)

This gallery contains 13 photos.

Selection: Nica’s Dream (Silver) .  .  . Track List A1  Nica’s Dream (Horace Silver) – 9:37A2  Out for Blood (unknown) – 9:06B1  K.B. Blues – 6:24B2  D.B. Blues (Lester Young) – 5:50B3  K.B. Blues [alternate take] – 6:16 Lester Young’s … Continue reading →

Michael Gibbs: Michael Gibbs (1970) Deram

This gallery contains 10 photos.

Wes Montgomery: Complete Full House Recordings (1962) Craft Remaster 2023

This gallery contains 14 photos.

Selection: Full House – restored original Montgomery solo (7:22) . . . . Artists Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Wes Montgomery, guitar; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums. recorded live at Tsubo, Berkeley, CA, June 25, 1962 – … Continue reading →

Prince Lasha: Search for Tomorrow (Live at Berkeley,1974) Enja

This gallery contains 9 photos.

Selection : Mayflower (Lasha)  – long!,  all Side 2 .  .  . Track List A1 For The Child (8:57)A2 Tracking Train (6:22)B1 Mayflower (17:46) Artists Prince Lasha, flute, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone; Roy McCurdy, drums; Ron Carter, bass,  Hubert Eaves piano; Kenneth Nash, … Continue reading →

Don Rendell: Earth Music (1979) Spotlite

This gallery contains 7 photos.

Selection: Seven Seas Rock .  .  . Tracklist A1  Genesis Jump 3:58A2  Meridian Mango 5:17A3  Land Lovers 4:44A4  Seven Sea Rock 5:10B1  Blues Tones 3:26B2  Tenor Firma 4:30B3 Strata Dance 6:21B4  Ground Finale 6:45 Artists Don Rendell Nonet: Pete Hurt, … Continue reading →

Alberto Favero: Suite Trane (1970) Trova

This gallery contains 4 photos.

Sahib Shihab: Danish Radio Jazz Group (1965) Sam France Reissue (2023)

This gallery contains 8 photos.

Selection: Di-Da (Sam France reissue/Kevin Gray cut 2023) .  .  . Selection comparison: Di-Da (Oktav/Universal Japan reissue 2001) .  . . Track List A1 Di-Da 5:10 A2 Dance Of The Fakowees 4:14 A3 Not Yet 3:25 A4 Tenth Lament 6:20 … Continue reading →

Pharoah Sanders: “Live At The East” (1972) Impulse

This gallery contains 14 photos.

Blue Note 4000 Series original pressing mono Label Guide

This gallery contains 3 photos.

  Following Fred Cohen’s Guide  Fred Cohen’s definitive “Guide to First Pressing of Blue Note” (Jazz Record Centre, New York ) condenses the original pressing characteristics of each Blue Note title to a single line line, derived from the “collective … Continue reading →

Sahib Shihab: Summer Dawn (1964) Argo/Cadet

This gallery contains 18 photos.

Louis Hayes: The Real Thing (1977) Muse

This gallery contains 8 photos.

Pharoah Sanders: Harvest Time Live (1977) Luaka Bop 2023

This gallery contains 8 photos.

Art Blakey: BLP 4003 Moanin’ (1958) original 1st pressing status

This gallery contains 13 photos.

Readers Emmett  M and Bill D prompted me to re-examine my assumptions as to the history of BLP 4003, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers release “Moanin’”, in particular the status of the matrix etching 4003 A (previously not found) … Continue reading →