Home » Search Center » Results: Blue Note Records
Results for "Blue Note Records"
Steve Kuhn Trio: Live at Birdland
by J Hunter
You have to crank the volume hard to hear Bill Evans' whisper-soft intro to Miles' “So What" on Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959). When you hear it, though, you know something special this way comes. Steve Kuhn comes from the same school of subtlety as Evans, and Kuhn's one-finger opening to his trio's Blue Note debut, ...
Dinah Washington: Music for Lovers
by Chris M. Slawecki
Dinah Washington's biting, blues-smoked phrasing is often cited as the primordial ground from which singers such as Esther Phillips and Nancy Wilson blossomed, and through them, more contemporary vocalists like Chaka Khan and Patti Labelle subsequently bloomed. This new collection of ballads draws from Washington's 1962-63 recording prime, a fertile period when she released several albums ...
Lee Morgan: City Lights
by Samuel Chell
This album may not enjoy the same status as Charlie Chaplin's revered movie of the same title, but it's a session that evokes similar feelings. Like the beloved Tramp, Lee Morgan wins our respect with a performance of exceptional warmth and dignity, grace and beauty, sprinkled with moments of gentle humor. His playing on this session ...
Horace Silver Quintet: Silver's Serenade
by Samuel Chell
What's with the producers at Blue Note/EMI? Or is it engineer Rudy Van Gelder who decides what gets reissued? Silver's Serenade is vintage, nicely representative music by the pianist-composer's best known ensemble, but it was never out of print. By contrast, one of the few Silver sessions for which the term “inspired" might apply--Further Explorations by ...
Lee Morgan: The Cooker
by Samuel Chell
Although Lee Morgan had already made a handful of albums at the age of 19, The Cooker (1957) represents his throwing down the gauntlet as successor to Clifford Brown's vacated throne. It's close to being a pure bebop session, suggestive of a date like For Musicians Only (Verve, 1956), on which Gillespie, Stitt and Getz set ...
Lee Morgan: City Lights
by AAJ Italy Staff
È benvenuta la ristampa di uno tra i dischi meno conosciuti di Lee Morgan, per l’occasione spalleggiato da una fantastica front-line: George Coleman al sax tenore e Curtis Fuller al trombone. Con una ritmica tanto vigorosa quanto fluida, che vede impegnati Ray Bryant al pianoforte, Paul Chambers al contrabbasso ed Art Taylor alla batteria. Due sono ...
Jackie McLean: Demon's Dance
by Hrayr Attarian
Sometimes a work of art is best known because it ends a period in its creator's career. If, in addition to its historic importance, it has immense artistic value, then it becomes a masterpiece. Such is the case of Demon's Dance, the last recording from Jackie McLean's Blue Note period, during which he discovered his unique ...
Jackie McLean: Demon's Dance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Jackie McLean è stato, oltre che magnifico sassofonista e compositore, un testimone chiave della storia del jazz moderno. Fin dall’adolescenza ha frequentato infatti protagonisti come Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, figurando spesso in incisioni significative di questi autori. In veste di leader, ha vissuto molti cambiamenti stilistici e, pur fedele al linguaggio della ...
Charles Tolliver: With Love
by Jim Santella
Featuring the soulful trumpet soloing of Charles Tolliver and fiery band arrangements that he's created through a lifetime of paying dues, both in New York and Los Angeles, With Love drives with a powerful spirit and deep feeling. Tolliver's writing shows an influence from Gerald Wilson, with whom he worked in the late 1960s. ...
Don Byron: Do The Boomerang: The Music Of Junior Walker
by Chris M. Slawecki
Through previous recordings in honor of Sly Stone, Igor Stravinsky, Henry Mancini and other influences on his highly individualized muse, Don Byron has demonstrated a great feeling for tributes. His sixth Blue Note release honors Autry DeWalt, who blew as “Junior Walker a string of saxophone/organ hurricanes that contributed mightily to the rock-soul wing of Motown ...
Album Showcase
Trending
Interview
Lou Marini: A Solo Career Starting At The Age Of 80
Jazz Raconteurs
Julius Hemphill: Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne Remember a...
In Tribute To...
John Coltrane At 100: A Global Perspective
History of Jazz
John Coltrane in Detroit: A Brief History
Live Review
Detroit Jazz Festival 2026: A Gathering in a Great Jazz City
Interview
Jasur Khalilov: From Falak to Fusion
Profile
Sequoia Snyder: Growing in the Light of the Masters
VOTE!
