Art Hodes The Funky Piano Of Art Hodes

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...

The final Blue Note album by organist Larry Young, 1969’s Mother Ship bristled with unbridled kinetic energy while delivering soulful grooves. First...

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...

All time-rare groove Mizell brothers production. Includes the massive 'Think Twice'.

Killer late 60s funky jazz on Blue Note, including the much sampled version of 'Ode To Billy Joe'.

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...

Trumpeter Eddie Henderson came to prominence as a member of Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi in the early-70s after which he recorded a pair of seminal jazz-funk...

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...

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...

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...

KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.

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...

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',...

Madlib invades Blue Note! Hip hop producer extroardinaire and world class jazz fiend Madlib gets let loose in the Blue Note vaults with his sampler!

Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.

All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...