Saturday, October 31, 2015

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Drums Around the Corner (1958)

1. Moose the Mooche
2. Blakey's Blues
3. Lee's Tune
4. Let's Take 16 Bars
5. Drums in the Rain
6. Lover
7. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
8. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Tracks 1-6

Lee Morgan – trumpet
Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones – drums, timpani
Roy Haynes – drums
Ray Barretto – congas

Tracks 7-8

Paul Chambers - bass
Art Blakey - drums

Produced by Alfred Lion

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around (1965)

1. Manhã de Carnaval
2. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
3. Heartaches
4. Shiny Stockings
5. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
6. Le Coiffeur
7. Very Saxily Yours
8. Flick of a Trick

Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Barry Harris - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

Produced by Alfred Lion

Friday, October 23, 2015

The Three Sounds - Live at the Lighthouse (1967)

1. Still I'm Sad
2. Crying Time
3. June Night
4. I Thought About You
5. I Held My Head in Shame
6. Summertime
7. Makin' Bread Again
8. Here's That Rainy Day
9. Blues March
10. Takin' It Easy
11. Drown in My Own Tears
12. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
13. Never Say Yes
14. River Shallow
15. Sunny
16. Bad, Bad Whiskey
17. C Jam Blues

Gene Harris - piano, organ
Andrew Simpkins - bass
Donald Bailey - drums

Monday, October 19, 2015

Richard "Groove" Holmes ‎– Night Glider (1973)

1. Night Glider
2. Flyjack
3. It's Going To Take Some Time
4. Pure Cane Sugar
5. Go Away Little Girl
6. One Mint Julep
7. Young And Foolish

Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
Lloyd Davis - guitar
Horace Ott - electric piano
Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone
Garnett Brown - trombone
Paul Martinez - bass
Kwasi Jayourba - congas
Bernard Purdie - drums

Friday, October 16, 2015

Abbey Lincoln - That's Him! (1957)

1. Strong Man
2. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
3. My Man
4. Tender as a Rose
5. That's Him
6. I Must Have That Man!
7. I Must Have That Man! (take 3)
8. Porgy
9. Porgy
10. When a Woman Loves a Man
11. Don't Explain

Abbey Lincoln - vocals
Kenny Dorham - trumpet
Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly - piano, bass ("Don't Explain")
Paul Chambers - bass (except "Don't Explain")
Max Roach - drums

Monday, October 12, 2015

Hank Mobley - Hank (1957)

1. Fit for a Hanker
2. Hi Groove, Low Feedback
3. You'd Be So Easy to Love
4. Time After Time
5. Dance of the Infidels

Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
John Jenkins - alto saxophone
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Bobby Timmons - piano
Wilbur Ware - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Produced by Alfred Lion

Friday, October 9, 2015

George Benson - Giblet Gravy (1968)

1. Along Comes Mary
2. Sunny
3. What’s New?
4. Giblet Gravy
5. Walk on By
6. Thunder Walk
7. Sack O’ Woe
8. Groovin’
9. Low Down and Dirty
10. Billie’s Bounce
11. What’s New (alternate)
12. What’s New (alternate 2)

George Benson – Guitar
Pepper Adams – Baritone sax
Ron Carter – Bass
Bob Cranshaw – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums
Eric Gale – Guitar
Carl Lynch – Guitar
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Johnny Pacheco – Conga, Tambourine
Alan Raph – Bass Trombone
Jimmy Owens – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ernie Royal – Trumpet
Snooky Young – Trumpet
Lois Winter – Vocals
Eileen Gilbert – Vocals
Albertine Robinson – Vocals

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Stanley Turrentine - Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)

1. And Satisfy
2. What Could I Do Without You
3. Feeling Good
4. Shake
5. Walk On By
6. Baptismal

Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
Blue Mitchell - trumpet
James Spaulding - alto saxophone
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
McCoy Tyner - piano
Grant Green - guitar
Bob Cranshaw - bass, electric bass
Mickey Roker - drums

Arranged by Duke Pearson
Produced by Alfred Lion

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Willie Mitchell - Solid Soul (1968)

1. Prayer Meetin'
2. Grazing in the Grass
3. Windy
4. Sunrise Serenade
5. The Horse
6. Groovin'
7. San-Ho-Zay
8. Up Hard
9. Monkey Jump
10. Strawberry Soul
11. Hideaway
12. Willie Wam

Willie Mitchell - Trumpet
Charles Hodges - Organ, Keyboards
Leroy Hodges - Bass
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - Guitar
Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums