Hank Mobley - Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions (6 CD, 1998) [FLAC]

 

This is a typically remarkable box set from Mosaic. The six-CD limited-edition package has all of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley's recordings as a leader for Blue Note from a three-year period, all of the music originally included in the albums titled The Hank Mobley Quartet, Hank Mobley Sextet, Hank Mobley & His All-Stars, Hank Mobley Quintet, Hank, Hank Mobley, Curtain Call, Poppin', and Peckin' Time; not a lot of imagination went into these records' original titles. There is only one previously unissued selection (the alternate take of "Barrel of Funk"), but two of the albums were only out previously in Japan, and most of the others had not been previously available on CD. Mobley, an underrated player with a distinctive sound (influenced at times by Sonny Rollins), would continue to grow as an improviser and composer throughout the 1960s, but even on his earliest date here, he is a strong (if unsung) soloist. Featured along with the leader is a who's who of 1950s hard bop, including trumpeters Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Bill Hardman, Kenny Dorham, and Art Farmer, pianists Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Sonny Clark, and Wynton Kelly, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassists Doug Watkins, Paul Chambers, Wilbur Ware, and Jimmy Rowser, and drummers Art Blakey, Charlie Persip, Philly Joe Jones, and Art Taylor. A must for Hank Mobley and 1950s Blue Note fans, but this deluxe box (released in 1998) promises to go out of print quickly.

VA - Blue Note : Music for Lovers [9 CD, 2006/FLAC]

 

CD compilation series by the Blue Note label

Kenny Burrell - All Day Long / All Night Long (2 CD, 2010/FLAC)

 

These two Prestige LPs were recorded within a week of each other in '57, and find the young guitar great flanked by the likes of Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley and Tommy Flanagan. Includes both epic title tracks; Boo-Lu; Slim Jim; A.T. , and more! 

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4186-4199]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4186- Hank Mobley- 1965- The Turnaround {RVG Remaster}
BN.4187- Larry Young- 1964- Into Somethin'
BN.4188- Donald Byrd- 1964- I'm Tryin' to Get Home
BN.4189- Joe Henderson- 1964- Inner Urge {RVG Remaster}
BN.4190- Frederick Roach- 1964- All That's Good
BN.4191- Duke Pearson- 1964- Wahoo!
BN.4192- John Patton- 1965- Oh Baby!
BN.4193- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1964- Indestructible {RVG Remaster}
BN.4194- Wayne Shorter- 1964- Speak No Evil {RVG Remaster}
BN.4195- Herbie Hancock- 1965- Maiden Voyage {RVG Remaster}
BN.4196- Freddie Hubbard- 1965- Blue Spirits {RVG Remaster}
BN.4197- The Three Sounds- 1962- Out of This World
BN.4198- Bobby Hutcherson- 1965- Dialogue {RVG Remaster}
BN.4199- Lee Morgan- 1965- The Rumproller {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4141-4150]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4141- Jimmy Smith- 1963- Rockin' the Boat {RVG Remaster}

BN.4142- Blue Mitchell- 1963- Step Lightly

BN.4143- John Patton- 1963- Blue John

BN.4144- Johnny Coles- 1963- Little Johnny C

BN.4145- Don Wilkerson- 1963- Shoutin'

BN.4146- Dexter Gordon- 1963- Our Man In Paris {RVG Remaster}

BN.4147- Herbie Hancock- 1963- Inventions and Dimensions {RVG Remaster}

BN.4148- George Braith- 1963- Two Souls in One

BN.4149- Hank Mobley- 1963- No Room for Squares {RVG Remaster}

BN.4150- Stanley Turrentine- 1963- A Chip Off The Old Block {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4071-4085]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###


BN.4071- Grant Green- 1961- Green Street {RVG Remaster}
BN.4073- Freddie Hubbard- 1961- Hub Cap {RVG Remaster}
BN.4074- Horace Parlan- 1961- On The Spur Of The Moment {RVG Remaster}
BN.4075- Donald Byrd- 1961- The Cat Walk {RVG Remaster}
BN.4076- Horace Silver- 1961- Doin' The Thing- At the Village Gate {RVG Remaster}
BN.4077- Dexter Gordon- 1961- Doin' Allright {RVG Remaster}
BN.4078- Jimmy Smith- 1960- Midnight Special {RVG Remaster}
BN.4079- Lou Donaldson- 1961- Gravy Train {RVG Remaster}
BN.4080- Hank Mobley- 1961- Workout {RVG Remaster}
BN.4081- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Dearly Beloved {RVG Remaster}
BN.4082- Horace Parlan- 1961- Up & Down {RVG Remaster}
BN.4083- Dexter Gordon- 1961- Dexter Calling... {RVG Remaster}
BN.4084- Baby Face Willette- 1961- Stop and Listen {RVG Remaster}
BN.4085- Freddie Hubbard- 1961- Ready For Freddie {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4051-4060]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###



BN.4051- Jackie McLean- 1959- Jackie's Bag {RVG Remaster}
BN.4052- Tina Brooks- 1960- Back to the Tracks
BN.4053- Lou Donaldson- 1958- Light-Foot
BN.4054- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1960- Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World vol.1
BN.4055- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1960- Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World vol.2
BN.4056- Freddie Hubbard- 1960- Goin' Up
BN.4057- Stanley Turrentine With The Three Sounds- 1960- Blue Hour. The Complete Sessions
BN.4058- Hank Mobley- 1960- Roll Call {RVG Remaster}
BN.4059- Kenny Drew- 1960- Undercurrent {RVG Remaster}
BN.4060- Donald Byrd- 1960- At the Half Note Cafe vol.1 {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4031-4040]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###


 

BN.4031- Hank Mobley- 1960- Soul Station {RVG Remaster}
BN.4032- Sonny Red- 1960- Out Of The Blue
BN.4033- Dizzy Reece- 1960- Soundin' Off {RVG Remaster}
BN.4034- Lee Morgan- 1960- Lee-Way {RVG Remaster}
BN.4035- Duke Pearson- 1959- Tender Feelin's {RVG Remaster}
BN.4036- Lou Donaldson- 1960- Sunny Side Up
BN.4037- Horace Parlan- 1960- Us Three
BN.4038- Jackie McLean- 1960- Capuchin Swing {RVG Remaster}
BN.4039- Stanley Turrentine- 1960- Look Out! {RVG Remaster}
BN.4040- Freddie Hubbard- 1960- Open Sesame {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}

Blue Note Works 1500 series Vol.1551-1565

  

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.1551- Jimmy Smith- 1957- Jimmy Smith At The Organ Volume 1
BN.1554- Art Blakey- 1957- Orgy In Rhythm Vol. 1
BN.1555- Art Blakey- 1957- Orgy In Rhythm Vol. 2
BN.1556- Jimmy Smith- 1957- The Sounds Of Jimmy Smith {RVG Remaster}
BN.1557- Lee Morgan- 1957- Lee Morgan Vol.3 {RVG Remaster}
BN.1558- Sonny Rollins- 1957- Volume Two {RVG Remaster}
BN.1559- Johnny Griffin- 1957- A Blowin' Session {RVG Remaster}
BN.1560- Hank Mobley- 1957- Hank {RVG Remaster}
BN.1561- Sabu Martinez- 1957- Palo Congo
BN.1562- Horace Silver- 1957- The Stylings Of Silver {RVG Remaster}
BN.1563- Jimmy Smith- 1957- Plays Pretty Just For You
BN.1564- Paul Chambers- 1957- Paul Chambers Quintet {RVG Remaster}
BN.1565- Cliff Jordan- 1957- Cliff Jordan {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 1500 series Vol.1541-1550

 

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.1541- Lee Morgan- 1956- Lee Morgan Vol.2. Sextet {RVG Remaster}
BN.1542- Sonny Rollins- 1956- Sonny Rollins Vol.1
BN.1543- Kenny Burrell- 1956- Kenny Burrell Volume 2
BN.1544- Hank Mobley- 1957- Hank Mobley and His All Stars
BN.1545- Lou Donaldson- 1957- Wailing with Lou
BN.1546- Thad Jones- 1957- The Magnificent Thad Jones Vol.3
BN.1547- Jimmy Smith- 1957- A Date With Jimmy Smith, Vol. 1
BN.1548- Jimmy Smith- 1957- A Date With Jimmy Smith, Vol. 2
BN.1549- Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore- 1957- Blowing In From Chicago {RVG Remaster}
BN.1550- Hank Mobley- 1957- Hank Mobley Quintet {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 1500 series Vol.1531-1540

 

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.1531- Fats Navarro- 1953- The Fabulous Fats Navarro Vol.1
BN.1532- Fats Navarro- 1953- The Fabulous Fats Navarro Vol.2
BN.1533- Johnny Griffin- 1956- Introducing Johnny Griffin {RVG Remaster}
BN.1534- Paul Chambers- 1956- Whims Of Chambers
BN.1535- Kenny Dorham- 1955- Afro-Cuban {RVG Remaster}
BN.1536- J.R. Monterose- 1956- J.R. Monterose {RVG Remaster}
BN.1537- Lou Donaldson- 1954- Quartet Quintet Sextet
BN.1538- Lee Morgan- 1956- Lee Morgan Indeed! {RVG Remaster}
BN.1539- Horace Silver- 1956- Six Pieces Of Silver {RVG Remaster}
BN.1540- Hank Mobley- 1956- With Donald Byrd & Lee Morgan

Hank Mobley - The Complete Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 (8 CD, 2019/FLAC)

 Mosaic Records Presents "The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70" - 8 CDs with 74 tracks from the second great phase of Hank Mobley's career in state-of-the-art sound. With all the developments in recent years with analogue to digital converters and hi-res transfers that bring the CD to almost the same quality as analogue LPs, we have returned to the original analogue tapes of these Mobley master tapes in order to make them available like never before.

Hank Mobley, as a member of the original Jazz Messengers, was one of the founding fathers of the hard bop and the Blue Note sound. From 1954 to 1961, he had fruitful relationships in the bands of Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Max Roach and Miles Davis among others. He logged 13 sessions for Blue Note alone during that period which also highlighted his considerable talents as a composer. But through all his recording and touring activity, he remained a musician's musician , largely overlooked by the jazz press and fans at large. His fluid improvisations, harmonic brilliance, hypnotic lyricism and warm round tone didn't get the attention that more extroverted tenormen like Coltrane and Rollins could command.

Larry Young - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Larry Young (6 CD, 1991/FLAC)

 Larry Young, one of the most significant jazz organists to emerge after the rise of Jimmy Smith, is heard on this limited-edition six-CD set at the peak of his creativity. Formerly available as nine LPs, the set includes the original Larry Young albums Into Somethin', Unity, Of Love and Peace, Contrasts, Heaven on Earth, and Mother Ship, while drawing from the compilations 40 Years of Jazz, The History of Blue Note (Dutch), The World of Jazz Organ (Japanese), and The Blue Note 50th Anniversary Collection Volume Two: The Jazz Message, and also including guitarist Grant Green's Talkin' About, Street of Dreams, and I Want to Hold Your Hand. Young was still very much under Smith's influence on the first four sessions released as Talkin' About, Into Somethin', Street of Dreams, and I Want to Hold Your Hand (all featuring a trio with Green and drummer Elvin Jones plus guests Sam Rivers or Hank Mobley on tenor and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson). However, starting with the monumental Unity session (a quartet outing with Joe Henderson on tenor, trumpeter Woody Shaw, and Jones), Young emerged as a very advanced and original stylist in his own right. Young's final four dates (Of Love and Peace, Contrasts, Heaven on Earth, and Mother Ship) are generally pretty explorative and feature such notable sidemen as altoist James Spaulding and Byard Lancaster, guitarist George Benson, and trumpeter Lee Morgan along with some forgotten local players. This definitive Larry Young set is highly recommended. 

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.