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 Track Selection: Love Song (Williams) . . . Track List A1 Extras A2 Echo A3 From Before B1 Love Song B2 Tee Artists Wayne Shorter or Sam Rivers, tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock, piano; Gary Peacock, bass; Tony Williams, drums; recorded Rudy … Continue reading
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(Pictures updated April 1, 2020) Track Selection: Mo Joe (Henderson) . . . Selection 2: Nardis (Miles Davis) . . . Artists Mike Lawrence, trumpet; Grachan Moncur III, trombone; Joe Henderson, tenor sax; Kenny Barron, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Louis Hayes, … Continue reading
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There seem so many hepcats out there I thought we would have a change from squinting at matrix codes, and check out your hep-ness quotient with a quiz. The subject: the compositions of Thelonious Monk. Everybody can play the same notes – it’s all about the order you … Continue reading
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 Track selection: All Blues, or maybe Flamenco Sketches, it’s the long first track on Side 2. I read somewhere the order is different from what the cover says. Artists: Miles Davis (tp) Cannonball Adderley (as) John Coltrane (ts) … Continue reading
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Everyone should know that audio quality and vinyl weight are not causally related, not that you would guess that from the volume of “180 gram audiophile pressings” burgeoning record shop shelves. The depth of groove is determined during the lacquer master cutting process, and … Continue reading
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Caveat Emptor, let the buyer beware. An occasional post on collecting life on Ebay: a case study The story begins two weeks ago with a seller who claims to be a collector of rare Blue Notes, forced to  sell some gems … Continue reading
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Track Selection:  Coming on the Hudson Artists Johnny Griffin (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b) Roy Haynes (d) recorded live at the “Five Spot Cafe”, NYC, August 7, 1958, Music The Track Listing: Light Blue Coming On The Hudson … Continue reading
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Track selection 1: In Twighlight (Zoller) . .. . Selection 2: Zores Mores (Mangelsdorff) . . . Artists: Barre Phillips, bass; Atilla Zoller. guitar; Martin, drums; Lee Konitz, alto saxophone; Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone; engineer Rolf Donner, recorded at MPS Studio, Villingen, Germany, March 13th … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1: Dahoud (Clifford Brown) w/ Chambers/Philly Joe Selection 2: Oleo (Sonny Rollins) – w/ Sam Jones/Hayes Artists Phineas Newborn Jr. (p) Paul Chambers or Sam Jones (b) Philly Joe Jones or Louis Hayes (d) recorded Contemporary Records’ Studio, Los Angeles, … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Tomorrow Afternoon (Williams) Artists Sam Rivers (ts) Gary Peacock, Richard Davis or Ron Carter (b)Tony Williams (d) Herbie Hancock (p) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 21, 1964 Music: This introduction to Blue Note five years ago was … Continue reading
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Collector’s Guide to the Blue Note catalogue number (post updated 10/11/12) Occasional post which may be of interest to Blue Note vinyl record collectors  (warning: Geek Rating 9/10. Contains statements some might consider controversial) The appearance of the catalogue number on … Continue reading
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OK, I’ve set the Time Machine for 1962, London, Soho, we have tickets, buckle up! Starting our descent…1964…1963…1962…July… June… May ….19th…18th…17th….23:00 hours. We’re here! Gentlemen, conceal your mobile phones, please. Damn. It’s raining. Track Selection: Half a Sawbuck (8:22) . Fifty … Continue reading
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Track Selection: How Can You Lose? (Benny Carter) A walking blues with a jaunty Benny Carter tune, and space for everyone to stretch out (more than the prison yard) Artists Jack Sheldon (tp) Art Pepper (as) Pete Jolly (p) Jimmy … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1: Nutville (Silver) A helter-skelter bop with pace without getting overly concerned with musical long-haul travel Track selection 2: Bonita AÂ latin bop slower groove with some delicious solos Artists Woody Shaw (tp) Joe Henderson (ts) Horace Silver (p) … Continue reading
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Track Selection: The Egyptian Artists Lee Morgan (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) Wayne Shorter (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Reggie Workman (b) Art Blakey (d) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 24 and May 15, 1964 Music: Late-bop, more urgency, … Continue reading
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