• 1. ping pong
      • 2. roots and herbs
      • 3. the back siders
      • 4. united
      • 5. look at the birdie
      • 6. master mind
      • 7. CD Bonus Track – the back siders (alt take)
      • 8. CD Bonus Track – ping pong (alt version)
      • 9. CD Bonus Track – united (alt version)

      As close to perfect as any album we've ever heard. The best Messenger lineup at the absolute top of their game, the Shorter/Morgan/Timmons team was simply meant to be. "Ping Pong' is a jazz dance killer, a much played track at Dingwalls dance sessions from Gilles Peterson and La Forge.

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        • LP 6514964£27.99
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        Art Blakey And The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (1958)Blue Note
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        • – moanin

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        • – stepping into tomorrow
        • – think twice
        • LP (180 gram) 6581682£24.00
          Expected 18 JulPreorder
        Eddie HendersonHeritage (1976)Blue Note
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          • LP (180 gram) 6581683£24.00
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              Horace SilverFurther ExplorationsBlue Note
                • Original LP 31C 052 82962£20.00
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                Eliane EliasIllusionsBlue Note
                  • Original LP BLJ-46994£18.00
                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, ex-radio station copy with radio station stickers on front
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                  Horace SilverSilver 'N Brass (1975)Blue Note
                  Mid 70s blue note, very deep Original USA vinyl
                    • Original LP£30.00
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                    Jimmy SmithRockin' The BoatBlue Note
                      • Original LP BST-84141£15.00
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                      Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
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                        • LP 6510372£27.99
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                          Gene Harris And The Three SoundsLive At The 'It Club'Blue Note
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                            • – Juju
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                              • LP 6514965£27.99
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                              Booker ErvinTex Book TenorBlue Note
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                                  KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
                                  • – On Children
                                  • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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                                  Herbie Nichols TrioHerbie Nichols TrioBlue Note
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                                    • – Night Dreamer
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                                    • – Two Bass Hit
                                    • – Tadd's Delight
                                    • – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
                                    • – I'll Remember April
                                    Earl KlughCaptain Caribe - The Best Of Earl KlughBlue Note
                                      • Original LP GP-3205£15.00
                                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Secondhand Japanese vinyl, no Obi, some sleeve staining
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                                      Donald ByrdSlow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                      Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
                                        • New LP (180g) 3856842£39.00
                                          Tone Poet Edition
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                                        Freddie HubbardBlue Spirits (1966)Blue Note
                                        Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.
                                        • – soul surge
                                        • – jodo
                                        • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3856838£34.99
                                          Tone Poet Edition
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                                        Walter Smith IIIReturn to CasualBlue Note
                                        Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III enters a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable Blue Note debut return to casual, the long-anticipated...
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                                                Grant GreenGreen is Beautiful (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
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                                                • – The Windjammer
                                                • – Dracula
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                                                • – Uno Esta
                                                Donald ByrdLive Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (1973)Blue Note
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                                                • – You've Got It Bad Girl (Live)
                                                • – The East (Live)
                                                • – Introductions (Live)
                                                • – Kwame (Live)
                                                • – Poco-Mania (Live)
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                                                  • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
                                                    Gatefold sleeve
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                                                  Bobby HutchersonStick-Up!Blue Note
                                                  Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and...
                                                    • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3573216£36.00
                                                      Tone Poet Edition
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                                                    • – Moment's Notice
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                                                    • – Mystique
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                                                    • – Eclipse
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                                                    • Original LP£65.00
                                                      Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGorig blue white label liberty first press Blue Note, top spine part undone, few non audible surface marks
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