• 1. Tell It Like It Is
      • 2. The Freedom Rider
      • 3. El Toro
      • 4. Petty Lacerny
      • 5. Blue Lace

      Originally released in 1961, with a seminal 'Messengers' line-up of Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt.

      Other Releases by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

      Art Blakey And The Jazz MessengersLike Someone In LoveBlue Note
      An album resulting from exactly the same 1960 sessions as the better-known 'A Night in Tunisia'.
        • LP 6514964£27.99
          Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
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        Art Blakey And The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (1958)Blue Note
        Seminal deep soul jazz from Blakey and the Messengers (Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Benny Golson, Jymie Merritt) with the definitive version of "Moanin'"
        • – moanin

        Other Releases on Blue Note

        Horace SilverSilver 'N Brass (1975)Blue Note
        Mid 70s blue note, very deep Original USA vinyl
          • Original LP£30.00
            Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, some sleeve wear
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          Sidney BechetJazz Classics Volume 2Blue Note
            • Original LP BNS 40002£10.00
              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK Vinyl Reissue BNS 40002
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            Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
            Classic jazz funk album written and produced by the magnificent Mizell brothers! Includes 'Lansana's Priestess'. Personnel playing on the album include...
            • – Lansana's Priestess
            • – Miss Kane
            • – Sister Love
            • – Street Lady
            • – Witch Hunt
            • – Woman of The World
            • New LP (180g) MOVLP3396£31.99
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            • Original LP£65.00
              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, blue label Liberty, Blue Note orig inner, some sleevewear from age
            Duke PearsonWahoo!Blue Note
            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...
              • LP 6510372£27.99
                Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
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              Booker LittleBooker Little & Max RoachBlue Note
              Trumpeter Booker Little made only a few albums during his tragically short life including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in...
                • LP 4881948£36.99
                  Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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                Gene Harris And The Three SoundsLive At The 'It Club'Blue Note
                The Three Sounds were one of the most prolific groups on the Blue Note roster from the late-1950s into the early 1970s. Led by pianist Gene Harris the...
                  Wayne ShorterOdyssey Of IskaBlue Note
                  Odyssey of Iska is the fourteenth album by American jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, released on Blue Note Records in 1971. Musicians include...
                    • LP 3896360£36.99
                      Tone Poet Series
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                    Freddie HubbardHere To StayBlue Note
                    Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard burst out of the gates in 1960 with a torrent of creativity that produced six classic albums in two years including Here To Stay...
                      • LP 6514965£27.99
                        Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
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                      Booker ErvinTex Book TenorBlue Note
                      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....
                        Joe HendersonMode for Joe (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                        Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby...
                          Jack WilsonEasterly WindsBlue Note
                          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
                          One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....
                            Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
                            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...
                            • – Night Dreamer
                            Sonny ClarkSonny Clark Trio (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                            Pianist and composer Sonny Clark only lived for 32 years but more than left his mark on the jazz world in that time, with countless seminal albums such...
                            • – Be-Bop
                            • – I Didn't Know What Time It Was
                            • – 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 ByrdPlaces And Spaces (1975)Blue Note
                              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',...
                              • – Change
                              • – Wind Parade
                              • – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
                              • – Places And Spaces
                              • – You And The Music
                              • – Night Whistler
                              • – Just My Imagination
                              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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                                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...
                                  Jackie McLeanBluesnikBlue Note
                                  Widely regarded as one of Jackie McLean's finest, not to mention most accessible albums, Bluesnik gets the reissue treatment on Blue Note to bring it to...
                                    Horace Parlan QuintetSpeakin' My PieceBlue Note
                                    Horace Parlan struck out in style as a bandleader in 1960 with a swathe of albums for Blue Note, amongst which was this dazzling display with his quintet....
                                      Transmissions from Total Refreshment CentreBlue Note
                                      All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...
                                        Grant GreenGreen is Beautiful (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                        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...
                                        • – Ain't It Funky Now
                                        • – The Windjammer
                                        • – Dracula
                                        Bobby HutchersonSan Francisco (1971)Blue Note
                                        100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...
                                        • – Goin' Down South
                                        • – Prints Tie
                                        • – Ummh
                                        • – A Night In Barcelona
                                        Bobbi HumphreyFancy Dancer (1975)Blue Note
                                        Classic jazz funk album produced by the awesome Mizell Brothers which includes the ESSENTIAL track 'Uno Esta'!
                                        • – Uno Esta
                                        Donald ByrdLive Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (1973)Blue Note
                                        "I’ve been waiting over 30 years for this to come out officially" Gilles Peterson "Donald Byrd in a super rare 1973 public appearance of the Mizell...
                                        • – Black Byrd (Live)
                                        • – You've Got It Bad Girl (Live)
                                        • – The East (Live)
                                        • – Introductions (Live)
                                        • – Kwame (Live)
                                        • – Poco-Mania (Live)
                                        Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                        In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet in to the Half Note Café in New York City to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable...
                                          • 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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                                            John ColtraneBlue TrainBlue Note
                                            **Late 50s hard bop! Coltrane's second on Blue Note.** John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, bandleaderPaul Chambers – double bassKenny Drew – pianoCurtis...
                                            • – Moment's Notice
                                            Lou DonaldsonEverything I Play Is Funky (1970)Blue Note
                                            Blue Note take a leaf out of their rivals at Prestige for an all-star soul jazz line-up. Blue Mitchell, Idris Muhammad, Melvin Sparks, Charles Earland,...
                                              Kenny CoxIntroducing Kenny Cox and The Contemporary Jazz QuintetBlue Note
                                              Recorded in 1968, Introducing Kenny Cox and The Contemporary Jazz Quintet was the debut album by this under-recognized Detroit band led by pianist Kenny...
                                              • – Mystique
                                              • – You
                                              • – Trance Dance
                                              • – Eclipse
                                              • – Number Four
                                              • – Diahnn
                                              • 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
                                              • LP 3829360£22.00
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                                              Sidney DeParis' Blue Note JazzmenOriginal Blue Note Jazz Volume IIBlue Note
                                              VOLUME 2
                                                • Original LP B-6506£15.00
                                                  Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Blue Note vinyl
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                                                Stanley TurrentineRough 'N TumbleBlue Note
                                                Stanley Turrentine’s 1966 soul jazz classic Rough ‘N Tumble finds a deep and bluesy groove that doesn’t let up from start to finish. Joining Turrentine...
                                                  • LP 3538218£31.99
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                                                  • Original LP BST-84240£35.00
                                                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl Blue label liberty pressing, w/Blue Note house inner, cutout top right
                                                  Ornette ColemanRound Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note (Tone Poet Edition)Blue Note
                                                  Iconoclastic saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman shook the jazz world when he arrived at the Five Spot Café in New York City in 1959 and began his...
                                                    Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersFirst Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 RecordingsBlue Note
                                                    'First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings' is a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya...
                                                      Makaya McCravenDeciphering The MessageBlue Note
                                                      Across numerous albums and mixtapes, Makaya McCraven has proven his mastery of the loop akin to hip-hop’s most celebrated beatmakers like J Dilla and...
                                                      • – A Slice Of The Top
                                                      • – Sunset
                                                      • – When Your Lover Has Gone
                                                      • – Ecaroh
                                                      • – Tranquility
                                                      • – Wail Bait
                                                      • – Coppin’ The Haven
                                                      • – Frank’s Tune
                                                      • – Autumn In New York
                                                      • – Monaco
                                                      • – Mr. Jin
                                                      • – C.F.D.
                                                      • – Black Rhythm Happening

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