#bluenote — Public Fediverse posts

Released Nov 1993 well in what is mythical territory for the internet. That means a Wiki entry in only four languages and few sources. But this seemed interesting:
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/us3-hand-on-the-torch-feature/

Apparently the first platinum-certified album put out by #BlueNote Records.

#Jazz

No TIME:SPANS tonight, so listening to something a little jazzier, as Hiromi plays her Piano Quintet with the PUBLIQuartet at the Blue Note

#music #concert #BlueNote

“A brilliant version (and overall session, that for some reason #BlueNote shelved for around 15 years before finally releasing it), with Green’s perfect tone propelling the #song into the stratosphere.” #GrantGreen open.substack.com/pub/mrlee718... #music #MusicSky #guitar #GuitarSky #jazz #JazzSky

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#NowPlaying Jay Jay J (with help from Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Clifford Brown and others). Classic, iconic mid-50s #BlueNote.
#jazz

Nascido há 100 anos, Moacir Santos fundiu ancestralidade e erudição

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/07/26/nascido-ha-100-anos-moacir-santos-fundiu-ancestralidade-e-erudicao/

Lee Morgan, l’assassinio

🛑Prima l’ha fatto rinascere, poi l’ha ucciso 👇 👇 https://wp.me/pey833-5BL

#boomerissimo #leemorgan #truecrime #jazz #bluenote #UnoRadio

Herbie Hancock, My Point of View, 1963 on Blue Note

https://goatless.org/2026/05/28/herbie-hancock-my-point-of-view-1963-on-blue-note

Miles Dewey Davis III
May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991

#OneHundredYearsOfMiles #MilesDavis #Music #Jazz #Jazztodon #Prestige #BlueNote #CBS

Grant Green, Green is Beautiful, 1970 on Blue Note

https://goatless.org/2026/05/16/grant-green-green-is-beautiful-1970-on-blue-note

#NowSpinning No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin by Meshell Ndegeocello

I didn’t really have expectations when I threw this into my last #BlueNote order, but it seemed interesting when I read about it. What a wonderful surprise this has been so far.

https://album.link/us/i/1747673197

#Vinyl #RecordCollecting #VinylCommunity #VinylCollection #VinylRecords

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Lee Morgan, l’assassinio

🛑Prima l’ha fatto rinascere, poi l’ha ucciso 👇

#boomerissimo #leemorgan #truecrime #jazz #bluenote #UnoRadio

https://boomerissimo.it/2024/09/15/lassassinio-di-lee-morgan-una-storia-di-troppo-amore/

Cliff Jordan, Cliff Jordan, 1957 on Blue Note

https://goatless.org/2026/04/28/cliff-jordan-cliff-jordan-1957-on-blue-note

Horace Silver Quintet, Silver’s Serenade, 1963 on Blue Note

https://goatless.org/2026/04/25/horace-silver-quintet-silvers-serenade-1963-on-blue-note

Freddie Roach, Good Move!, 1964 on Blue Note

Freddie Roach’s third album as a leader, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliff with Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Eddie Wright (guitar), and Clarence Johnston (drums).

Tunes include “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (Gerswhin) and Pastel (Garner) as well as “T’Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It).” Great soul-jazz organ here.

My copy—via Amazon—is the Tone Poet Series reissue from 2024, with lacquer cut by Kevin Gray and pressing at RTI. As you can expect from this series it’s a great sounding pressing with lovely packaging.

Big John Patton, Let ‘Em Roll, 1966 on Blue Note

Patton joined by Otis Finch (drums), Grant Green (guitar), and Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), and recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Fantastic Hammond B3 driven mid-sixties Blue Note jazz – can’t go wrong.

My copy—direct from Amazon, which often has deals on these—is the Blue Note Tone Poet series reissue from 2023, with lacquer cut by Kevin Grey and Joe Harley and pressing at RTI.

Lou Donaldson, Midnight Creeper, 1968 on Blue Note

Donaldson joined here by Leo Morris (drums), George Benson (guitar), Lonnie Smith (organ) and Blue Mitchell (trumpet). Very groovy soul-jazz LP from late sixties Blue Note.

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs and produced by Francis Wolff.

My copy—via Amazon—is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2024, mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI.

Blue Mitchell, Down With It, 1966 on Blue Note

Another fantastic Blue Note jazz LP, this came out originally in 1966. It features Mitchell (trumpet) with Junior Cook (tenor sax), Chick Corea (piano), Gene Taylor (bass), and Aloysius Foster (drums), and was recorded at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey.

My copy- via a private sale – is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2024, cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at RTI. Great sound and packaging.

Bud Powell, Time Waits (The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 4), 1958 on Blue Note

Powell joined by Sam Jones and Philly Joe Jones, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack NJ, and produced by Alfred Lion. Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather.

My copy is the 2022 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series reissue, pressed at Optimal GmbH and mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent – wonderful pressing.

Herbie Hancock, Inventions and Dimensions, 1964 on Blue Note

Hancock is joined by Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo and Chihuahua Martinez—though it’s not really what you’d call a Latin jazz album so much as post-bop or modal.

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his Englewood Cliffs studio.

My copy—direct from Blue Note—is the 2019 Blue Note 80 Vinyl Series reissue mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray and pressed at Optimal Media GmbH – sounds great.

Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia, 1969 on Blue Note

Eleventh Wayne Shorter album, with Herbie Hancock, Curtis Fuller, Ron Carter, James Spaulding, and Joe Chambers. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, with Francis Wolff producing.

This is transitional between post-bop and free jazz – looser and closer to the edge than my normal taste, but worth a listen for anyone interested in post-bop or Shorter and Hancock.

My copy as part of the Story of Blue Note Records VMP Anthology, 2024 reissue.

Lou Donaldson, The Natural Soul, 1963 on Blue Note

Another album from the excellent Story of Blue Note Records VMP Anthology, this came five years after Blues Walk, and features Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon, and Tommy Turrentine (brother of Stanley).

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in his Englewood Cliffs NJ studio and produced by Alfred Lion.

My copy is part of the 2024 reissue of the 2019 Vinyl Me Please Anthology.

Bobby Hutcherson - "Montara" (1975)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTwS7778xV8Dsf0RHoTa9N-0_ls4FZ-Jk

#NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #BlueMitchell #WillieBobo #BlueNoteRecords #BlueNote #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

Momente des Müßiggangs beherrscht kein anderer so gut auf der Gitarre wie Grant Green. Anspieltip: Idle Moments
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Moments
#jazz #BlueNote #RudyVanGelder

Was kommt dabei heraus wenn Stanley Turrentine sein Saxophon Vibrato erklingen lässt und seine Ehefrau Shirley Scott auf der Hammond B3 antwortet? Eines der besten Alben der Jazzgeschichte in Sachen Saxophon und Hammond Orgel. Anspieltip: God Bless the Child
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Go_(Stanley_Turrentine_album) #jazz #BlueNote #RudyVanGelder

Jetzt etwas #Jazz mit #CannonballAdderley #SamJones #HankJones #ArtBlakey und #MilesDavis erschienen als #Japan Pressung im Jahr 1977 Original eingespielt 1958 auf #BlueNote.
Klingt fantastisch und macht echt viel Spaß.
#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #Bop #HardBop

Time for some #Coltrane - an #NC native! Add to that one of my favorite trumpet players - #LeeMorgan. Playing one of only a few #BlueNote #TonePoet issues I have…I love the way they sound, but I don’t know that they sound any better than the Classic Vinyl Series reissues…which are also absolutely fantastic. (And were on sale last week…I may have been a bit irresponsible…)

But I’m sure some audiophile with a much more expensive system will claim there is a huge difference…

Tone Poet or not it sounds amazing. Someday I need to get the RVG stereo mix.

#Vinyl #Jazz #RecordCollecting

Good morning for some #autumnleaves. Have a few copies of this, went with the original mono press which is in remarkable condition. Probably my cleanest OG #bluenote. So great. #cannonballadderly #milesdavis #hankjones #samjones #artblakey #vinyl #jazz #jazzrecords @vinylrecords

Great 1959 session with Clark accompanied by Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey. This Japanese pressing sounds crisp and warm.

Sonny Clark - My Conception

(1979 – Japan, Limited Edition, Blue Note – GXF 3056)

#nowplaying #nowspinning #jazz #jazzcommunity #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #sonnyclark #HankMobley #DonaldByrd #artblakey #paulchambers #bluenote

The second Japanese white label promo of Somethin' Else, which came in a King Record sample record sleeve. This 1977 pressing also sounds superb.

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else

(1977 – Japan, Promo, Blue Note – GXF-3001)

#nowplaying #nowspinning #jazz #jazzmusic #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #CannonballAdderley #milesdavis #hankjones #artblakey #bluenote #samjones

The first of two Japanese white label promo copies (1976 and 1977 pressings) of this 1958 classic album I received yesterday. It sounds superb.

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else

(1976 – Japan, Promo, Blue Note – LNJ-80064)

#nowplaying #nowspinning #jazz #jazzmusic #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #CannonballAdderley #milesdavis #hankjones #artblakey #bluenote #samjones

Morgan accompanied by Herbie Hancock, Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins, Hank Mobley and Larry Ridley. Very enjoyable album.

Lee Morgan - Cornbread

(2019 – Worldwide, Tone Poet, Stereo 180 Gram, Blue Note – B0029911-01, BST 84222)

#nowplaying #nowspinning #jazz #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #hardbop #HankMobley #leemorgan #billyhiggins #herbiehancock #jackiemclean #bluenote #tonepoet

“Again though, a recording has to speak to me. I’m not looking to chase down just any tape. It’s gotta hit a nerve. Just because I get to be a kid in a candy store doesn’t mean all that candy gets eaten or shown to the public. We must be guardians. We have to be the keepers of the flame. We need to look out for the best for these artists and their legacies. Especially when they’re not here to defend themselves. The project has to do something to complement their legacy, or we’re not going to put it out. ” - Zev Feldman

https://postgenre.org/keeping-flame-zev-feldman/

#zevfeldman #music #art #jazz #recordstoreday #blackfriday #resonancerecords #elementalmusic #bluenote #bluenoterecords #mccoytyner #joehenderson #jackdejohnette #henrygrimes #emilyremler #bbking #aljarreau #billevans #sunra #arkestra

Hank Mobley - Third Season

Yet another one of those “recorded in 1967 but released years later” Blue Note albums, this strong set by Mobley, Lee Morgan (trumpet), Cedar Walton (piano), Billy Higgins (drums), Walter Booker (bass), Sonny Greenwich (guitar), and James Spaulding (alto) is well worth seeking out.

I’m not sure the last track works, but the rest is a very enjoyable, swinging hard bop set.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #HankMobley #BlueNote #LeeMorgan #CedarWalton #BillyHiggins

“[Little Big] feels like … a project that I’m going to keep turning to throughout the years. All of us in the band have a feeling of fellowship that we’ve started to build that is very special. The band also feels like an outlet for something I’m after creatively. I feel there’s something here with this particular intersection of different styles of music in the music we’re making. There’s still a lot more to find.” - Aaron Parks

Check out our conversation with Aaron Parks. ‘Little Big III’ out now on Blue Note Records.

#aaronparks #littlebig #littlebigiii #music #art #postgenre #postgenremusic #postgenremedia #jazz #bluenote #bluenoterecords #interview #jazz #piano

https://postgenre.org/aaron-parks-little-big-iii/

Ike Quebec, Easy Living, 1987 on Blue Note

Though this was first released / issued by Blue Note in 1987, it was actually recorded in 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in New Jersey, and represents that early 60s jazz era. It was originally going to be issued as BST-84103 – but the tracks on side one did ultimately make it on Blue Note LT-1089 (1981).

Quebec is joined here by fellow tenor sax master Stanley Turrentine and Bennie Green (on the first three tracks) plus Sonny Clark, Milt Hinton, and Art Blakey (on all six).

Unfortunately both Ike Quebec and Sonny Clark died in January of 1963, three days apart.

My copy via Joe’s Albums in Worcester MA.

#1960s #1962 #1987 #ArtBlakey #BennieGreen #BlueNote #IkeQuebec #jazz #JoeSAlbums #MiltHinton #RudyVanGelder #SonnyClark #StanleyTurrentine #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA

Joe Henderson, Mode for Joe, 1966 on Blue Note

This was Henderson’s fifth studio album (as a band leader), joined by: Lee Morgan (trumpet), Chris Fuller (trombone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes), Cedar Walton (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Joe Chambers (drums). Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Really wonderful Blue Note 60s jazz.

My copy is a 2024 reissue in the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series – all-analog 180g vinyl pressings mastered […]

#1960s #1966 #BlueNote #BlueNoteClassicVinylSeries #BobbyHutcherson #CedarWalton #ChrisFuller #jazz #JoeChambers #JoeHenderson #KevinGray #LeeMorgan #OptimalGmBH #RonCarter #RudyVanGelder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

https://wp.me/p4tTZ-6Fw

Some Saturday night #jazz with #sonnyclark. These early 80s #japanese #bluenote pressings used to be a great value but like all other older BNs they’ve gone up a ton in the last few years. Great record. #jazzrecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollection @vinylrecords

Wayne Shorter - "Odyssey of Iska" (1971)

This is a really great sounding #TonePoet reissue. Sounds fantastic.

#NowPlaying #WayneShorter #BlueNote #CecilMcBee #RonCarter #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPewEuwcE0IbfruQZJyHre6_IReECPQ72&si=WpvcmW_dlLe0FQRK

Grant Green - Green Street

Grant Green is on so many LPs I’ve got, but I think I’ve only featured Club Mozambique, which was a relatively late recording.

So, back to near the start, April 1961, with a great bassist (Ben Tucker) and drummer (Dave Bailey), in RvG’s studio, laying down some great tracks.

He’s such a distinctive & great jazz artist…

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #GrantGreen #DaveBailey #BenTucker #rudyvangelder #bluenote

new today in
#wolfsmixedbag
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#jazz #vinyl
#BlueNote #TonePoet
#ECM #Luminessence

Kenny Burrell - "K.B. Blues"

#NowPlaying #KennyBurrell #HankMobley #HoraceSilver #DougWatkins #LouisHayes
#BlueNote #TonePoet #vinylrecords #vinyl @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljhgLNEPEQ8Fb1BM9-DXe945lsXqwewak&si=vrv46a2_v_w0NCFM

Wayne Shorter - "Schizophrenia" (1969)

#WayneShorter #NowPlaying #BlueNote #HerbieHancock #RonCarter #JoeChambers #CurtisFuller #JamesSpaulding #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljzWVjkKEWrh_41GZ89W1Yxka0IxTAQXA&si=qcvLQC8ZAz2yT3QA

The Horace Silver Quintet - "The Tokyo Blues" (1962)

I found this original mono #BlueNote lp at a thrift store yesterday - and at a place that never has decent records. It's in shockingly nice condition.

#NowPlaying #HoraceSilver #BlueMitchell #JuniorCook #GeneTaylor #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords #ThriftStoreFinds @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbQFuIWoiQJYMiksLnHPUbAhB5zM8DZlc&si=mC8Gn94HgUPirPqw

Jackie McLean - "New and Old Gospel" (1967)

#NowPlaying #JackieMcLean #OrnetteColeman #BillyHiggins #BlueNote #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/dgxqi-ivFVY?si=uNMgo8qXPxAxZRPC

McCoy Tyner - "Extensions" (1972)

This #TonePoet release is stunning. Super quiet background, dynamic, channel separation that really jumps out at you. It actually sounds better than my original pressing, which is no small feat.

#NowPlaying #McCoyTyner #AliceColtrane #WayneShorter #RonCarter #ElvinJones #GaryBartz #jazz #vinyl #BlueNote #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/IHKaNCMh3Rc

Jackie McLean - "Demon's Dance" (1970)

#JackieMcLean #NowPlaying #BlueNote #WoodyShaw #ScottHolt #JackDeJohnette #LaMontJohnson #jazz #TonePoet #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mnBrjvdHUAH2yunIt1l7ZpCC-u5mQ3-gw&si=bsA01B05e5aDjuXW

Chet Baker - "Chet Baker Sings" (1954)

A lovely #BlueNote #TonePoet reissue of the classic #PacificJazz recording.

#ChetBaker #NowPlaying #jazz #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0zMoP82GYyDyIo8xXmEQuYRTpTvZ2KVD&si=S0hhxA63rnXYrcgZ

sometimes the cd 💿 is really hard to find or expensive, so that a Tone Poet release just fits perfectly & seems reasonably priced. ⚫
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jack wilson - easterly winds
1967/11.2023 blue note records
lee morgan
garnett brown
jackie mclean
jack wilson
bob cranshaw
billy higgins

#jazz @jazz #vinyl @vinylrecords
#JackWilson #LeeMorgan #bluenote #tonepoet #recordcollection

#caturday #CatsAndVinyl

McCoy Tyner - "Time For Tyner" (1968)

#NowPlaying #McCoyTyner #BlueNote #TonePoet #BobbyHutcherson #HerbertLewis #FreddieWatts #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k0Ly5F8YkPHv00JhNjoXQlVAJNH0RpyZc

#NowPlaying John Coltrane & Friends - Sideman: Trane’s Blue Note Sessions

#JohnColtrane #PaulChambers #JohnnyGriffin #SonnyClark

#HiRes #jazz #jazzmusic #BlueNote #BlueNoteRecords