• LP 6514970£27.99
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    • Lou Donaldson – Say It Loud I'm Black And Proud
    • Lou Donaldson – Snake Bone
    • 1. Say It Loud I'm Black And Proud
    • 2. Brother Soul
    • 3. Snake Bone
    • 4. Summertime
    • 5. Caravan

    One of the great Blue Note funk albums from 1969! Features Idris Muhammad on drums and Charles Earland on B3!

    Other Releases by Lou Donaldson

    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,...
      Lou DonaldsonA Different Scene (1976)Cotillion
      Jazz funk 76 from sax player Donaldson post-Blue Note
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        Lou DonaldsonMidnight Creeper (1968)Blue Note
        Midnight Creeper was the third in a series of stellar soul jazz outings saxophonist Lou Donaldson made for Blue Note in the late-1960s with key players...
        • – Midnight Creeper
        • – Love Power

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        Horace SilverSerenade to a Soul SisterDecca / Blue Note
        Horace Silver had been delivering hard bop classics for over a decade when he moved into more groovy territory in the late-’60s on albums including Serenade...
          • LP 6514969£27.99
            Expected 21 MarPreorder
          Hank MobleyA Slice Of The TopDecca / Blue Note
          Hank Mobley was inspired by Birth of the Cool on his 1966 album A Slice of the Topfeaturing Duke Pearson’s arrangements for an octet that added euphonium...
          • – Hank's Other Bag
          • – There's A Lull In My Life
          • – Cute 'N Pretty
          • – A Touch Of Blue
          • – A Slice Of The Top
          • LP 5505978£36.99
            Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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          Freddie RoachGood MoveDecca / Blue Note
          After appearing on Blue Note albums by Ike Quebec, Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach made his own run of soul jazz classics for the label including the...
            • LP 5505973£36.99
              Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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            Lee MorganThe GigoloDecca / Blue Note
            After the runaway success of The Sidewinder in 1964, trumpeter Lee Morgan continued his musical hot streak in 1965 on albums including The Gigolo featuring...
            • – Yes I Can, No You Can't
            • – Speedball
            • LP (180 gram) 5880785£27.99
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            Bobby HutchersonMedinaDecca / Blue Note
            Bobby Hutcherson’s cutting-edge 1969 session Medina found the vibraphonist with a remarkable band featuring Harold Land on tenor saxophone & flute, Stanley...
              • LP (180 gram) 4849856£36.99
                Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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              Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLeanInta Somethin’ (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
              This spirited 1961 live date for Pacific Jazz captured Kenny Dorham leading a quintet with Jackie McLean, Walter Bishop Jr., Leroy Vinnegar, and Art Taylor...
                Doug WatkinsWatkins At Large (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
                Recorded in 1956 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, Watkins At Large was the first of two albums bassist Doug Watkins made as a leader. With a first-rate...
                  Bobby HutchersonTotal Eclipse (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
                  Killer deep jazz from vibist Bobby Hutcherson on Blue Note, 1970. With Harold Land, Chick Corea, Reggie Johnson and Joe Chambers. Bobby Hutcherson’s...
                  • – Herzog
                  Bobby HutchersonHappeningsDecca / Blue Note
                  Hardcore deep jazz with Bobby joined by Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw and Joe Chambers
                  • – Rojo
                  Anthony WilliamsLife Time (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
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                    Donald ByrdByrd's Eye View (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
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                      Blue Note Re:imagined II (feat. Yazz Ahmed, Theon Cross, Oscar Jerome & more)Decca / Blue Note
                      Legendary labels Decca and Blue Note have joined forces again for Blue Note Re:imagined II; a collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly...
                      • – Yazz Ahmed - It (Chick Correa)
                      • – Conor Albert - You Make Me Feel So Good (Bobbi Humphrey)
                      • – Parthenope - Don’t Know Why (Norah Jones)
                      • – Swindle - Miss Kane (Donald Byrd)
                      • – Nubiyan Twist - Through The Noise (Chant No.2) (Donald Byrd)
                      • – Ego Ella May - Morning Side Of Love (Chico Hamilton)
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                      • – Reuben James - Infant Eyes (Wayne Shorter)
                      • – Binker Golding - Fort Worth (Joe Lovano)
                      • – Cherise - Sunrise (Norah Jones)
                      • – Franc Moody - Cristo Redentor (Donald Byrd)
                      • 1. – Yazz Ahmed - It (Chick Correa)
                      • 2. – Conor Albert - You Make Me Feel So Good (Bobbi Humphrey)
                      • 3. – Parthenope - Don’t Know Why (Norah Jones)
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                      Blue Note Re:Imagined 1 (2020)Decca / Blue Note
                      A collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents. Representing a bridge...
                      • Jorja Smith – Rose Rouge (from St Germain Tourist, 2000)
                      • Ezra Collective – Footprints (from Wayne Shorter Adam’s Apple, 1966)
                      • Poppy Ajudha – Watermelon Man (Under The Sun) (from Herbie Hancock Takin’ Off, 1962)
                      • Jordan Rakei – Wind Parade (from Donald Byrd Places and Spaces, 1975)
                      • Skinny Pelembe – Illusion (Silly Apparition) (from Andrew Hill One for One, 1969)
                      • Alfa Mist – Galaxy (rom Eddie Henderson Sunburst, 1975)
                      • Steam Down feat. Afronaut Zu – Etcetera (from Wayne Shorter Etcetera, 1965)
                      • Yazmin Lacey – I’ll Never Stop Loving You (from Dodo Greene My Hour of Need, 1962)
                      • 1. Jorja Smith – Rose Rouge (from St Germain Tourist, 2000)
                      • 2. Ezra Collective – Footprints (from Wayne Shorter Adam’s Apple, 1966)
                      • 3. Poppy Ajudha – Watermelon Man (Under The Sun) (from Herbie Hancock Takin’ Off, 1962)
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                      Herbie HancockSpeak Like A ChildDecca / Blue Note
                      Seminal Herbie Hancock on Blue Note, produced by Duke Pearson.
                        Lonnie SmithDrivesDecca / Blue Note
                        Drivin' organ soul jazz on Blue Note, 1970, with sax work by Dave Hubbard and Ronnie Cuber
                          • LP 6514860£27.99
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