Seminal deep soul jazz from Blakey and the Messengers (Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Benny Golson, Jymie Merritt) with the definitive version of "Moanin'"
Other Releases by Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
There are more versions of 'A Night In Tunisia' than perhaps any other jazz tune - but this is the mother of them all. Art Blakey on drums, Lee Morgan...
After having recorded early classics like Afro-Cuban for Blue Note in the mid-1950s, trumpeter Kenny Dorham made an invigorating return to the label in...
McCoy Tyner had been increasingly looking to Africa for inspiration on his Blue Note records of the late-60s. With 1970’s Asante he brought those influences...
Donald Byrd was deep in a groove in 1960 as the trumpeter turned out one hard bop classicafter another including The Cat Walk featuring Byrd’s quintet...
Stanley Turrentine’s 1966 album Easy Walker was right in the soulful tenor saxophonist’s sweet spot with Mr. T fronting a versatile quartet with McCoy...
In addition to appearing as a sideman with Blue Note organists Baby Face Willette and Big John Patton, the brawny tenor saxophonist Fred Jackson also cut...
Trumpeter Blue Mitchell’s soulful, swinging style embodied the Blue Note ethos and his 1964 debut for the label The Thing To Do showcased his sound across...
Following his melancholy masterpiece In The Wee Small Hours, the legendary vocalist Frank Sinatra brightened the mood considerably with his exuberant album...
Stanley Turrentine’s stellar 1964 album, In Memory Of, traversed swinging hard bop, beautiful balladry and African rhythms with the saxophonist fronting...
Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach began a run of Blue Note leader dates with his excellent 1962 debut Down To Earth. The deeply soulful set was a showcase...
Beautiful, a different Hammond B3 sound than Smith, fabulous ballads, great swing, this man should have been huge but disappeared back to Cook County in...
Pianist Andrew Hill burst onto the scene in 1963–64 with a torrent of creativity that produced five remarkable albums including Andrew!!! featuring saxophonist...
Classic jazz funk album written and produced by the magnificent Mizell brothers! Includes 'Lansana's Priestess'.
Personnel playing on the album include...
Duke Pearson’s great 1964 album Wahoo! was a perfect encapsulation of his talents as a pianist, composer and bandleader. Writing for a sextet featuring...
Trumpeter Booker Little made only a few albums during his tragically short life including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in...
An expanded 3xLP edition of Sonny Rollins’ essential and legendary live trio album A Night At The Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters is added to...
Booker Ervin cut two stellar Blue Note records in the late-60s including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait until 2005 for its first standalone release....
Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby...
Super killer dance jazz classic Blue Note. 'Chilli Peppers' is one of the toughest tunes ever, a mainstay of Gilles Peterson/jazz dance back in the days...
Wayne Shorter's debut for Blue Note, with six original compositions. A transitional record but a classic one with Shorter joined by Lee Morgan, McCoy...
SEMINAL MONSTER LP!!The definitive jazz funk album produced by the Mizell brothers. A classic all the way featuring the essential rare groove cuts 'Change',...
All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...
Another Blue Note killer coming!
Grant Green killer 1970 super funky soul jazz LP from Liberty-era Blue Note Records. This is one of the best Blue Note...
100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...
Featuring "We Live In Brooklyn Baby" and "He's A Superstar"!
Surely the most essential Roy Ayers album - everyone a killer. Super deep, heavy funk jazz....
Saxophonist Henderson's 1964 debut album featuring all star line up of heavyweights - Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, Pete La Roca, McCoy Tyner and Butch...
Jazz titan Kamasi Washington’s EP, the deep and spiritual, 'Harmony of Difference', the first new music from Washington since his universally acclaimed...
A definitive selection of music from legendary label Mainstream recorded between 1970 and 1973; showcasing the label's superb blend of funk, soul and jazz....
Lonnie Smith's second organ funk album for Blue Note, recorded in 1969. Funky but with seriously heavyweight allstar jazz line-up. Check this out.....
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Reissue of this hugely in-demand South African disco BOMB from 1979! The anthemic a-side 'It's Hot' is backed with the more cosmic vibes of 'Searchin''. This...
Legendary funk album with loads of great tracks and much sampled breaks, recorded by a group of American musicians living in Paris in the early 1970's.Strut...
This album coincides with the massive new exhibition Soul of A Nation - Art in the Age of Black Power at Tate Modern, London.
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Moton records launches its offshoot label with an incredible, posthumous release from the much-missed, best-dressed gentleman of techno, the great Andrew...
Following-up on his 2009 LP for Prime Numbers, Linkwood touches down on Firecracker with 'Expressions'. The album is an expanisive body of work, cleverly...