Your Top 10 Blue Notes:

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    Don Wilkinson - Preach Brother
    Horace PArlan - On The SPur of The Moment
    GRachan Moncur III - Evolution
    Destination....Out! - Jackie Maclean
    Mustang - Donald Byrd
    Fuego - DOnald Byrd
    Una Mas - KEnny Dorham
    Dexter Calling - Dexter Gordon
    Cool Struttin - Sonny Clark
    ....and the Grant Green gospel/spirituals one with HErbie on piano - can't remember the name and am too tired to look.

    K in Canada.

  • VitaminVitamin 631 Posts

    Wayne Shorters: Schizofrenia, Speak No Evil and as was mentioned the incomparable Juju.

    Donald Byrds: Free Flight. Have not heard ethiopian nights, but want it badly.

    Song for my father: Horace Silver
    Reach Out: Hank Mobley

    The obvious classics:

    Dolphy: Out to lunch
    Herbie: Maiden Voyage
    Trane: Blue Train
    Lee Morgan: Tomcat
    Feldman

  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts

    6. Reuben Wilson "Blue Mode"
    i heard Reynaldo
    likes paid out the ass for that one. And add "The Phantom" to my list, too. that record rules.
    It's only a lot of money if you are poor.
    im sayin, that would be alot of money to you, Reynaldo, if it wasnt for your parents

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    A dozen. Anybody remember the Collectors Choice series?

  • Grant Green gospel/spirituals one with HErbie on piano - can't remember the name and am too tired to look.

    K in Canada.

    Sunday Morning

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Favorite 11 Blue Note Sessions that went unreleased for years (no order):














    Booker Ervin-Back From the Gig (compiled on 2LPs in the 70s)














  • kennykenny 1,024 Posts
    At this point:









    though i'm yet to discover the ones y'all mentioned.

    cosign on Hank Mobley's "Ricardo Bossa Nova" too.

  • nickjnickj 53 Posts
    apropos of "unreleased" Blue Notes, this one has to be my favorite:

    Nigeria[/b] (can't find a jpg of the much nicer Japanese cover; it's also on the Grant/Sonny Clark 2cd set)

    Grant Green, Art Blakey and Sonny Clark = Grant sounds sooo raw, and I love how you can hear Blakey hollering right behind him. So fucking good, anyone who loves Grant and hasn't heard this is in for a surprise. It's kind of like the antithesis of Idle Moments, my other favorite.

    Otherwise, my top ten would have to include
    Larry Young, Unity
    Joe Henderson, Mode For Joe
    Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
    Cannonball, Something Else
    Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil and/or Adam's Apple
    Hank Mobley, Soul Station
    Hutcherson, Happening, Stick-Up, San Francisco
    can't really decide on one Blakey, Hubbard, Silver, Jimmy Smith, etc.

    honorable mentions:
    Duke Pearson, The Phantom
    Lee Morgan, Search for the New Land
    John Patton, Let em Roll
    Pete La Roca, Basra








    oh, and how could I forget




  • BELIEVEBELIEVE 257 Posts

    So many good records have been mentioned, so let me just add one of my favorites:



    title track is just such a great line that develops and drops out as needed...stripped down to bare bass, then brought back with joe's sax solo. liner notes describe henderson walking around the streets of (i think) NYC humming the main theme of the song--he couldn't get it out of his head, so he had to record it.



    the rest of the LP is no slouch either...many styles/sounds on this record.




    i'm looking for a clean copy BTW.

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    Only 10? This is damn near impossible, 10 that I really like-

    Lou Donaldson- say it loud
    Grant Green- green is beautiful or the final comedown ost
    Joe Henderson- page one
    Hank Mobley- roll call or soul station
    Donald Byrd- ethiopian knights
    Duke Pearson- the phantom
    Ike Quebec- heavy soul
    Eric Dolphy- out to lunch
    Bobby Hutcherson- san francisco or stick up
    Wayne Shorter- juju

  • Strider79itStrider79it 1,176 Posts
    yah, I forgot this wasn't on blue note when it first came out..



    ok so I take that back, and I bring this........

  • jaybreeziejaybreezie 161 Posts


    Can't forget this one.

  • jaybreeziejaybreezie 161 Posts
    More Monk Higgins goodness.


    and a couple more stolen from O-Dub's site:

  • anasarcasmanasarcasm 365 Posts






    and donald byrd-places and spaces

  • mistercmisterc 329 Posts
    Most of my favorites have already been mentioned but there's a few new ones here:

    1) Art Blakey - Moanin
    2) Lou Donaldson - Mr Shing-A-Ling
    3) Stanley Turrentine - The Look of Love. It's kind of sappy w/ the string arrangements, but it has a nice mellow vibe. It's different from all the other Blue Notes I've heard.
    4) Gene Harris - Elegant Soul
    5) Horace Silver - Song for My Father
    6) Grant Green - Alive
    7) Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tommorow
    8) Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
    9) John Coltrane - Blue Trane
    10) Elvin Jones - The Prime Element

  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts
    impossible, but fun to try. in no particular order...

    Idle Moments / Grant Green
    Fushcia Swing Song / Sam Rivers
    Components / Bobby Hutcherson
    Inner Urge / Joe Henderson
    Real McCoy / McCoy Tyner
    Unity / Larry Young
    Some Other Stuff / Grachan Moncur III
    Andrew! / Andrew Hill
    JuJu / Wayne Shorter (barely edges out Speak No Evil)
    Maiden Voyage / Herbie Hancock

    10 already? honorable mention to Search for New Land, Speak Like a Child, Destination Out...

    I love a lot of 70s Blue Note too, but for me 60s BN is pretty much the ultimate godhead music.

    I NEED PHANTOM AND BASRA SOMETHING TERRIBLE[/b]!!


  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts


    6. Reuben Wilson "Blue Mode"


    i heard Reynaldo likes paid out the ass for that one. And add "The Phantom" to my list, too. that record rules.

    It's only a lot of money if you are poor.



    a. disgusting



    b. it's a lot of money in the context of the record's actual value. I just sold a copy for $50 and thought I was getting away with highway robbery.





    I don't see:





    True Blue

    Two Souls In One

    Let Em Roll

    No Room For Squares

    Samba Soul



    etc

  • Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music
    Hank Mobley - A Slice of the Top
    Larry Young - Unity
    Bobby Hutcherson - Patterns
    Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land
    Gil Melle - Complete Blue Note Recordings (collection of EPs)
    Horace Silver - Song For My Father
    McCoy Tyner - Tender Moments
    Tina Brooks - True Blue
    Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    apropos of "unreleased" Blue Notes, this one has to be my favorite:

    Nigeria[/b] (can't find a jpg of the much nicer Japanese cover; it's also on the Grant/Sonny Clark 2cd set)

    Grant Green, Art Blakey and Sonny Clark = Grant sounds sooo raw, and I love how you can hear Blakey hollering right behind him. So fucking good, anyone who loves Grant and hasn't heard this is in for a surprise. It's kind of like the antithesis of Idle Moments, my other favorite.

    I think this covers the bases. If you ain't got it, get it.



    Anything Sonny Clark played on is worth a listen.

  • montymonty 420 Posts
    Raj's fav

  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    holy shit, cant believe I forgot this one:


  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    holy shit, cant believe I forgot this one:


    Wasn't the original pressing on United Artists?

    The earliest pressing I've seen is on a tan deep groove United label. The blue note issues I've seen have been 80s issues. The 60s issue is on Solid State. Confusing!!!

  • holy shit, cant believe I forgot this one:






    Technically not a Blue Note. Originally released on UA (I think...) and reissued on Blue Note after EMI swallowed the UA catalog.

    That nitpickery aside...a fantastic album.





    ***That Paychex is fast...

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    holy shit, cant believe I forgot this one:


    Wasn't the original pressing on United Artists?

    Yes, it came out on both UA and Solid State in 1962 (a green cover with abstract floral cover) and then it was re-issued on Blue Note.

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts

    That nitpickery aside...a fantastic album.

  • generiquegenerique 625 Posts


    This must be my favorite.

    I love Money Jungle too. First bought it on CD but that's such a weird production. They have all these alternate takes, which are of course great to be able to listen to, but they have put them right after the initial track so you go into timewarps all the time when you listen to it. That CD needs to be programmed.



  • 6. Reuben Wilson "Blue Mode"
    i heard Reynaldo
    likes paid out the ass for that one. And add "The Phantom" to my list, too. that record rules.
    It's only a lot of money if you are poor.

    a. disgusting

    b. it's a lot of money in the context of the record's actual value. I just sold a copy for $50 and thought I was getting away with highway robbery.
    50 is a lot for that lp in my opinion. i'd say about 30-40 for a minty copy

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts

    6. Reuben Wilson "Blue Mode"
    i heard Reynaldo
    likes paid out the ass for that one. And add "The Phantom" to my list, too. that record rules.
    It's only a lot of money if you are poor.

    a. disgusting

    b. it's a lot of money in the context of the record's actual value. I just sold a copy for $50 and thought I was getting away with highway robbery.
    50 is a lot for that lp in my opinion. i'd say about 30-40 for a minty copy

    That's one that I was very happy to find a sealed 'rare groove' series 90s reish for $3 (that and Wilson's 'Love Bug', same deal).

    These are nice records, but not really $50 nice.

  • facesdfacesd 236 Posts
    Can someone elaborate on the "Duke Pearson- the phantom" LP (i.e. How much $$$ and raer status). I heard a cut from that the other day "Christo *****" something and shit was nice

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Can someone elaborate on the "Duke Pearson- the phantom" LP (i.e. How much $$$ and raer status). I heard a cut from that the other day "Christo *****" something and shit was nice

    "Christo Redentor"

    I'm not up on my Duke Pearson, but that is a nice song. Blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite did a great extended version on his Tennessee Woman album on Vanguard.

    But the thread is about Blue Note, so I'll just say that John Patton's Understanding is my fave...somebody had the genius idea to add Harold Alexander's avant-garde sax to a basic chitlin'-circuit jazz lineup and hijinks ensue...organist John Patton playing "in," Alexander playing way, way out, and a drummer keepin' it together...Patton will be playing through blues chord changes and then all of a sudden here comes Alexander playing out of the goddamned stratosphere...this is one of those sessions that shouldn't work but it does! The jook joint meets the loft party...
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