Jimmy Smith- Complete Sermon Sessions (1957-1958) (2 CD, 2009) [FLAC]

 This release contains Jimmy Smith's complete classic Sermon sessions for the first time ever on a single set, in chronological order. These are his only preserved collaborations with Lee Morgan, the formidable trumpet player whose life came to a tragic end after being shot by his girlfriend at the tender age of 33. Tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks is also featured here. The outstanding reedman would pass away at the age of 42 after a life of drug addiction and self abuse. When these recordings were made, all of these musicians were in their early or late twenties.

Blue Note Works 1500 series Vol.1581-1590

 

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label, owned by Universal Music Group and currently operates in conjunction with Decca Records. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. While the original company did not itself record many of the pioneers of bebop, significant exceptions are Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell.

Many great jazz musicians recorded for Blue Note, but the man responsible for the quality of label’s recordings – their high dynamic and tonal range and lifelike presence – was sound engineer, Rudy Van Gelder. It was his recording equipment, choice and placement of microphones, the work at the mixing desk, the selection and rejection of takes, and the active supervision of the whole recording process from monitoring the dials through to cutting of the master lacquer, that created the “Blue Note sound”.

Van Gelder always sought to be at the forefront of recording technology – the Scully lathe he used for cutting lacquer masters was the first to feature variable pitch/depth control to optimise groove-width and loudness. He deployed the newest Neumann/ Telefunken U-47 condenser microphone, which he had specially modified for use very close to instruments. His recordings were made on the latest Ampex tape recorders.

Blue Note made the switch to 12" LPs late in 1955. The Modern Jazz Series continued with the following 12" LPs. Many of these were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 81500 series), sometimes in electronically rechanneled stereo. In certain cases, the stereo versions of recordings from 1957 onwards only appeared many years later. Beginning in 1956 with BLP 1509, Reid Miles designed most of the Blue Note LP covers. The 1500 series has been systematically reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 1500" series, 20-bit 88.2 kHz CDs); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-1501, etc.

 

BN.1581- Sonny Rollins- 1957- A Night at the Village Vanguard {RVG Remaster}
BN.1582- Clifford Jordan- 1957- Cliff Craft
BN.1583- Curtis Fuller- 1957- Curtis Fuller Vol.3
BN.1584- Louis Smith- 1957- Here Comes Louis Smith {RVG Remaster}
BN.1585- Jimmy Smith- 1957- Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise vol.1 {RVG Remaster}
BN.1586- Jimmy Smith- 1957- Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise vol.2 {RVG Remaster}
BN.1587- Bennie Green- 1958- Back On The Scene
BN.1588- Sonny Clark- 1958- Cool Struttin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.1589- Horace Silver- 1958- Further Explorations {RVG Remaster}
BN.1590- Lee Morgan- 1958- Candy {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 1500 series Vol.1566-1580

 

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label, owned by Universal Music Group and currently operates in conjunction with Decca Records. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. While the original company did not itself record many of the pioneers of bebop, significant exceptions are Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell.

Many great jazz musicians recorded for Blue Note, but the man responsible for the quality of label’s recordings – their high dynamic and tonal range and lifelike presence – was sound engineer, Rudy Van Gelder. It was his recording equipment, choice and placement of microphones, the work at the mixing desk, the selection and rejection of takes, and the active supervision of the whole recording process from monitoring the dials through to cutting of the master lacquer, that created the “Blue Note sound”.

Van Gelder always sought to be at the forefront of recording technology – the Scully lathe he used for cutting lacquer masters was the first to feature variable pitch/depth control to optimise groove-width and loudness. He deployed the newest Neumann/ Telefunken U-47 condenser microphone, which he had specially modified for use very close to instruments. His recordings were made on the latest Ampex tape recorders.

Blue Note made the switch to 12" LPs late in 1955. The Modern Jazz Series continued with the following 12" LPs. Many of these were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 81500 series), sometimes in electronically rechanneled stereo. In certain cases, the stereo versions of recordings from 1957 onwards only appeared many years later. Beginning in 1956 with BLP 1509, Reid Miles designed most of the Blue Note LP covers. The 1500 series has been systematically reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 1500" series, 20-bit 88.2 kHz CDs); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-1501, etc.

 

BN.1566- Lou Donaldson- 1957- Swing And Soul
BN.1567- Curtis Fuller- 1957- The Opener {RVG Remaster}
BN.1568- Hank Mobley- 1957- Hank Mobley {RVG Remaster}
BN.1569- Paul Chambers- 1957- Bass on Top {RVG Remaster}
BN.1570- Sonny Clark- 1957- Dial 'S' for Sonny {RVG Remaster}
BN.1571- Bud Powell- 1957- Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol.3)
BN.1572- Curtis Fuller- 1957- Bone & Bari {RVG Remaster}
BN.1573- John Jenkins- 1957- John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell
BN.1574- Hank Mobley & Lee Mogran- 1958- Peckin' Time {RVG Remaster}
BN.1575- Lee Morgan- 1957- City Lights {RVG Remaster}
BN.1576- Sonny Clark- 1957- Sonny's Crib
BN.1577- John Coltrane- 1957- Blue Train {RVG Remaster}
BN.1578- Lee Morgan- 1957- The Cooker {RVG Remaster}
BN.1579- Sonny Clark- 1957- Sonny Clark Trio {RVG Remaster}
BN.1580- Johnny Griffin- 1957- The Congregation {RVG Remaster}

John Coltrane - The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions (2 CD, 2004/FLAC)

 

Digitally remastered two CD set containing three albums from the Jazz great plus six bonus tracks. The albums, which appear here in their entirety along with of the all existing alternate takes from the dates, were Mainstream 1958, Tanganyika Strut and Jazz Way Out. These outstanding tracks were among Coltrane's last recordings as a sideman.

• Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn
• Curtis Fuller - trombone
• John Coltrane - tenor sax
• Tommy Flanagan, Howard Williams - piano
• Alvin Jackson, Doug Watkins - bass
• Louis Hayes, Art Taylor - drums

Yusef Lateef - Yusef's Mood : Complete 1957 Sessions with Hugh Lawson (4 CD, 2008/FLAC)

 

This massive four-disc set of Yusef Lateef's first recordings as a leader was issued by Spain's Fresh Sound imprint and contains a total of eight different records, all but one recorded under the guidance of engineer Rudy Van Gelder for the Savoy, Verve, and Prestige/New Jazz imprints. Considering he was 37 when he began recording as a leader -- and had served tenures in New York with Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldridge, and Ernie Fields -- Lateef was fully developed as a composer and arranger. His band for these sessions is stellar. His Detroit crew was comprised of monsters even as the band mutated a bit: the original unit featured Lateef with trombonist Curtis Fuller, bassist Ernie Farrow, pianist Hugh Lawson, and drummer Louis Hayes. Changes would take place later in the year: Oliver Jackson replaced Hayes, and flugelhorn boss Wilbur Harden took over the chair vacated by Fuller. In the Lateef vision, these differences were all part of the plan: exploring his passions in uniting African and Asian folk traditions with American music. 

Curtis Fuller - Complete Blue Note / UA Sessions [3 CD,1996/FLAC]

 

Curtis DuBois Fuller (born in Detroit, December 15, 1934) is a United States hard bop trombonist, primarily known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

Trombonist Curtis Fuller, who developed his sound out of the style of J.J. Johnson, recorded prolifically as a leader from 1957-1962. After recording three dates for Prestige and New Jazz within a seven-day period in 1957, Fuller made four albums for Blue Note from 1957-1958, and after three albums for Savoy, he cut a lone session for United Artists in 1959. All of the five Blue Note and United Artists records (plus an alternate take of "Down Home") are on this excellent three-CD limited box set, released in 1996.