Saxophonist Henderson's 1964 debut album featuring all star line up of heavyweights - Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, Pete La Roca, McCoy Tyner and Butch...
Though it wouldn’t first be released until 1980 as part of the LT Series, Stanley Turrentine’s Mr. Natural is a standout recording in the soulful tenor...
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...
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 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....
All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...
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...
In 1963, tenor saxophonist Harold Vick made his sole album as a leader for Blue Note, the underrated soul jazz gem Steppin’ Out. The record finds its...
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...
The first thing that strikes you about Kenny Burrell’s second Blue Note album, simply titled Kenny Burrell (BLP 1543) and released as part of Blue Note’s...
**Late 50s hard bop! Coltrane's second on Blue Note.**
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, bandleaderPaul Chambers – double bassKenny Drew – pianoCurtis...
Soul jazz instrumental sounds on Blue Note from trumpeter Blue Mitchell joined by Ernie Watts, Paul Humphrey and Monk Higgins - who also produced the set.
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...
Classic Grant Green album featuring Willie Bobo and Patato Valdes on percussion.
Tone Poet Edition all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape...
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...
Another wicked fusion of jazz, electronics and hip vibes from duo, Blue Lab Beats. Featuring guest spots from the likes of Ghetto Boy, Kiefer, Kofi Stone,...
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...
Gregory Porter’s 'Greatest Hits' double album. This will be the first EVER hits collection from the seven-time Grammy nominated, two-time Grammy winner,...
On his second, 1969 Blue Note album 'Love Bug', organist Reuben Wilson fronted an exceptional quintet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, George Coleman on tenor...
'First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings' is a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya...
On his first Blue Note date since relinquishing The Jazz Messengers moniker to Art Blakey, Horace Silver struck gold with this sterling set of hard bop...
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...
Definitive version of the essential 1969 deep jazz record. Reissued on 180g audiophile vinyl and mastered from the original analog tapes as part of Blue...
Saxophonist Henderson's 1964 debut album featuring all star line up of heavyweights - Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, Pete La Roca, McCoy Tyner and Butch...
UNBELIEVEABLE!
Not every day you get a previously unknown, unreleased 1966 album from Yusef Lateef! This is incredible - Lateef at the height of his creative...
Coltrane's first for Impulse, in 1962, was also the first recording for the classic quartet line-up and is a beautiful blend of extended modal solos, as...
Gary Bartz was in the artistic eye of the hurricane that was the Black Power movement at the turn of the 70s and here, with the group he was calling...
100% Stone-cold rare groove classic. "Walk that Walk" is a heavyweight monster tune. ESSENTIAL!By 1974, 31 year-old Weldon Irvine was ready for the next...
Tough Brazilian meets Jazz fusion from Airto Moreira, produced by Creed Taylor in 1972 for CTI! Line-up includes Flora Purim, Ron Carter, Chick Corea,...
Probably the best J.B's album in the world ! Full of great tracks.Every track on this album is a funk classic - 'Pass the Peas', 'Gimme Some More' 'Hot...
Heavy, heavy, heavy latin funk and jazz!!!! This is a serious album. "Smoke", "There You Go", "Mama Guela", "Viva Tirado" , "Soul Makossa" are as good...
Lateef recorded classic soul jazz material at Atlantic during the 1970s that belied some serious experimentalism that lies beneath the music - early sampling...
Originally released in 1967. Deep, deep,deep. Roy is joined by Charles Tolliver, Joe Henderson, Bruno Carr, Reggie Workman, Jack Wilson, Harold Land and...
Soul Jazz Records/Universal Sound are releasing here the third album from deep jazz flautist and composer Lloyd McNeill (alongside the earlier ‘Asha’...
Oddball space disco tracks compiled from library tracks composed between 1975 and 1978. From the early 70s to the mid-80s, this self-taught musician composed...
Soul Jazz Records’ new release Black Fire! New Spirits! is a deluxe double CD (and limited triple LP) exploring deep, radical and spiritual jazz in the...
'Sextant' from 1972 was recorded just before 'Headhunters', and can be seen in the same vein, but it's more than just an introduction to a masterpiece....