Flight to Jordan is an album by American pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label. It featured mostly original compositions by Duke Jordan including: ‘Star Brite’, ‘Split Quick’, ‘Squawkin’ and the bonus track featured in the remastered edition ‘Diamond Stud’. The album was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder Edition [...]
Duke Jordan | Flight To Jordan
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Dexter Gordon | Clubhouse
Clubhouse is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1965 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1979. The album includes Dexter’s original compositions: ‘Hanky Panky’, ‘Clubhouse’ and ‘Jodi’.
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Larry Young | Unity
Unity is jazz organist, Larry Young’s second album on the Blue Note label. Three of the six tracks were composed by Woody Shaw; “Zoltan”, “The Moontrane”, and “Beyond All Limits”. “If” is a Joe Henderson composition, “Monk’s Dream” is a Thelonious Monk composition, and “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise” is a Hammerstein & Romberg [...]
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Miles Davis | Ballads & Blues
Ballads and Blues is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 19, 1996. The album includes the tracks ‘One For Daddy-O’, ‘How Deep Is The Ocean’ and ‘Autumn Leaves’.
Anthony Williams | Life Time
Life Time was the debut album by American drummer Anthony Williams recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label. Includes the tracks ‘Barb’s Song To The Wizard’, ‘Tomorrow Afternoon’ and ‘Memory’.
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Eric Dolphy | Out To Lunch!
‘Out to Lunch!’ was Eric Dolphy’s only recording for Blue Note Records as a leader. Today it is generally considered one of the finest albums in the label’s history, as well as one of the high points in 1960s jazz avant garde and in Dolphy’s discography.
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Jimmy McGriff | The Worm
Recorded in the late 60s, Jimmy McGriff’s ‘The Worm’ includes the tracks ‘Heavey Weight’, ‘Lock It Up’, ‘Girl Talk’ as well as the title track.
Kenny Burrell | Midnight Blue
Midnight Blue is a 1963 album by Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell’s best-known works for Blue Note.
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Lee Morgan | The Sidewinder
The Sidewinder is a 1964 album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood, New Jersey. The title track was one of the defining recordings of the soul jazz genre, becoming a jazz standard. The album was to become highly influential – many subsequent Lee Morgan albums, and other Blue Note [...]
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