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New Faces - New Sounds

by C. Michael Bailey
May 21, 2020

Jazz is littered with musicians like Elmo Hope: young, talented and, ultimately, doomed because of racism, poverty, and chemical dependency. Born in New York City, the son of immigrants from the Caribbean, Hope managed to release more than a baker's dozen of studio recordings in as many years, before dying of drug addiction-related health problems in ...

Article: Reassessing

New Faces - New Sounds

by C. Michael Bailey
May 12, 2020

In the early 1950s, Blue Note Records introduced new artists in the label's series New Faces -New Sounds. It highlighted such young artists as Horace Silver (1952); Lou Donaldson (1952); Elmo Hope (1953); and Frank Foster (1954). All of these recordings were released as part of Blue Note Record's 5000 Modern Jazz Series, all on 10-inch ...

Article: Reassessing

New Faces - New Sounds

by C. Michael Bailey
May 8, 2020

The jazz name Wynton Kelly is typically associated with other artists' endeavors, such as John Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1959), Miles Davis' Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959) or Wes Montgomery's Smokin' at the Half Note (Verve, 1965), just to mention three landmark recordings. While he always seemed best cast in supporting roles, Kelly did have a ...

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New Faces - New Sounds

By Lou Donaldson

Label: Columbia
Released: 1953

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New Faces - New Sounds

By Kenny Drew

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1953
Track listing: Yesterdays; Stella by Starlight; Gloria; Be My Love; Be My Love; Lover Come Back to Me; Everything Happens to Me; It Might as Well Be Spring; Drew’s Blues.

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New Faces - New Sounds

By Elmo Hope

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1953
Track listing: Mo is On; Sweet and Lovely; Happy Hour; Hot Sauce; Stars Over Marakech; Freffie; Carving the Rock; I remember You.

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New Faces - New Sounds

By Horace Silver

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1952

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New Faces - New Sounds

By Wynton Kelly

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1951
Track listing: Cherokee; Crazy He Calls Me; Blue Moon; Born to the Blue; Moonlight in Vermont, There’ll Never Be Another You; I’ve Found a New Baby; Goodbye.