Brother Paul, You are such a natural genius at giving superb accounts of musicians, music genres and labels!!! I am always glued to the screen as your video starts playing, and any thing that made me pause will invoke my impatience as I wanted to get back to hearing what you are going to say next in the course of your video!!! Thank you for all that effort at sharing all your opinions AND information to us, in your sincere and lively manner. We all enjoy your videos and effort. Thank you Paul! Your friend, Ian.
Coltrane's 'Blue Train' was not Coltrane's stepping off point to the Impulse years. In between he did about six albums for Atlantic including 'Giant Steps.' I enjoy your videos.
I know it's two years later, but I got to this video and am glad! You mentioned a couple of artists I am not familiar with and will pick them up. Thanks!
Thanks so much for doing this. Before you even show an album I can say that I definitely gravitate towards the blues stuff as well. It is what drew me to jazz and blue note in the first place.
KILLER!!! I got lucky last year and scored 6 OG Blue Notes at a thrift for a buck each!!! That doesn't happen often!!! I would have added in Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch and in my opinion, No Room For Squares is my favorite Hank Mobley, but that is just my thoughts!! Lee Morgan really shines on that LP!! Need Search Of New Lands like yesterday!!! HAHAHAHA!! Do have Sidewinder, though. One of the records I scored for a buck!!
Fantastic video! I have been going back, watching almost all your videos thees past two days and i have to say "well done sir... well done!" Great blend of records with the biggest bulk being jazz and very informative. Just what i seek in VC. Even continued yesterday evening with watching the BN doc. Iv seen it before but i got such a urge after this video! Keep doing what you do and talk soon. //Jonas
SublimMedia Thanks Jonas. You were one of the guys that inspired me to finally start making videos. I have been watching yours for three years now I think. It may have been when you started.
Thanks for this great selection of Blue Note records. 1. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia (Blue Note #84049) 2. Cannonball Adderley et al. - Somethin' Else (Blue Note #1595) 3. Kenny Burrell et al. - Midnight Blue (Blue Note #84123) 4. John Coltrane - Blue Train (Blue Note #1577) 5. Grant Green et al. - Idle Moments (Blue Note #84154) 6. Jimmy Smith et al. - Midnight Special (Blue Note #84078) 7. Sonny Rollins et al. - Volume 2 (Blue Note #1558) 8. Lee Morgan et al. - Search for the New Land (Blue Note #84169) 9. Hank Mobley et al. - Soul Station (Blue Note #84031) 10. The Horace Silver Quintet - Song for my Father (Blue Note #84185)
Did not listen to his whole video. That was his list?. Have all of those except one. I have an extensive collection, but would be hard pressed to pick a top ten. The ten list would/could change depending on my mood from week to week.
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Hi Paul, a very interesting video about Blue Note! I was happy to see a Jimmy Smith there. I'm hoping to find at least one Jimmy-album a year and i hope that one will be one of those i find this year! I haven't got any Lee Morgan-albums yet, but i got interested in "Side winder" a couple of months back. He's really a great musician! Great respons! Take care! :)
Great video! the blakey is still on my wantlist; you are right I think about people wanting to get into jazz....blue note is probably a great place to start with!
Great video!!! Im with you on the hard bop from the 50's and 60's. I was weened on jazz from my dad and he had around 300 LP's mostly jazz he used to play every night after he got home from work. i unfortunately have very few Blue Note and no OG's unfortunately but love the ones I have. Love horace and jimmy Smith especially!!!
5671050 Great to meet another Horace lover here. His records get shown so rarely and I consider him a great and underrated composer. It's also cool that your Dad was into Jazz. I had to discover it on my own and I don't think my parents or grand parents even owned a single Jazz album. Thanks for watching!
dixielandfarm Thanks Kris...digital or vinyl it's all good. I think I have more digitally than on vinyl because a lot of the Blue Notes (at least in decent shape) go for more money than I care to spend.
Lee Morgan is also my favourite trumpeter of all time and I agree with y about search for a new land. He switches it up on that session and it's incredible.
Ten other essential Blue Note albums - Sonny Rollins - At The Village Vanguard Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil John Coltrane/Thelonious Monk - At Carnegie Hall Jackie MacLean - Let Freedom Ring! Art Blakey - Free For All John Scofield - Time On My Hands Hank Mobley - Soul Station Terence Blanchard - The Comedian Tina Brooks - True Blue Joe Henderson - The Inner Urge Nobody will be disappointed with this selection of classics !
@@BarakaPDub It's a killer album. Apparently it is the soundtrack to a Robert De Niro film, which nobody saw. Now that brother Roy Hargrove has sadly gone, TB is the last man standing......
@@BarakaPDub Here are another ten Blue Note gems which deserve your attention.... Johnny Griffin - Chicago Calling Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris Sam Rivers - Contours Freddie Hubbard - Hub Tones Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' Joe Lovano - From The Soul Greg Osby - Banned In New York Bobby Watson - Post Motown Bop Bobby Hutchinson - Dialogue Dizzy Reece - Blues In Trinity Rudy Van Gelder/Blue Note are to jazz music, what Michael Jordan is to basketball. Nobody has come even close.
As a Grant Green fan, I notice that Idle Moments gets constantly mentioned as his best. My favorite of his is Street of Dreams. I think Wayne Shorter & Horace Silver's style is the best way for people to understand jazz. Their compositions stand out while the improvisations stay clearly connected so the new fan can have an idea of what's going on. There are some artists that have cheap 10 second intros & then even they don't know what's going on after. Sometimes they even start improvising on other standards, like if they were telling the leader, "See what you made me do with your crappy composition".
I urge folks to sample (online) some Blue Notes in the 7000 series. These were the trad/New Orleans Revival-jazz releases and reissues of Blue Note recordings from 1939 to 1955 featuring some pre-bebop jazz greats such as Sidney Bechet, James P Johnson, Edmond Hall et al. Also, don't miss the post-1940s bebop Blue Notes of Fats Navarro, Bud Powell and Howard McGhee. The trad records will probably not be to the liking of most (>85%?) modern jazz fans but at least it will give a little historical perspective of Blue Note and jazz.
Sidney Bechet cut some good records with Blue Note and I have a couple of his early outings that were compiled from the 7000 series. It would nice to see some of those get reissue treatment.
Great picks! It's hard to make a top 10 list of Blue Notes because you would have to leave many great ones out. Sonny Clark-Leapin' and Lopin' would be on my list.
Top ten was very difficult to do and really, a top 50 would be easier. With their catalog though, with a top 50, many people would have a wide bit of differences on what they pick. Thanks for commenting Daniel.
Thanks for this video and insight. I am a wannabe collector, but just seem to fess the $ up now. I mostly like the bluesy and slower jazz. I can appreciate the hard bop/bop/free but it is just to fast. This helped me. I checked these out:....I really liked Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Burrell,and my goodness Grant Green was so beautiful. I know the other cats. Now these you mentioned were not what thought hard bop is, fast and chaotic. Steve
***** Yeah, the terminology can get confusing and I am not an expert by any means. What I do know is (or have read) the Hard Boppers wanted to break away from the Bop style of Charlie Parker and focus on well crafted, rehearsed music for a smaller ensemble. Amongst the Hard Boppers you get a mix of swing, funk, blues, experimental (before breaking into free). All of these also could be classified into their own Jazz genres. Glad you like the Grant Green.
Thank you so much for channelling my jazz, especially hard bop, interest into a bunch of albums to listen to. I have now listened to at least one track off all your recommendations and saved them on TH-cam. Lots more to discover but now I’m even more hooked!
Hello Paul and sorry for the delayed reply. I've been busy as of late. So cool you've been bitten by the Jazz bug and thanks so much for taking the time to watch my blather. To me when I first discovered Jazz, it was a whole new world digging into the past and finding a genre that rarely gets exposed.
Hi Paul, You showed some essential and fantastic albums there. Question for you: Have you ever heard Dolphy's 'Out To Lunch' 45 rpm from Music Matters? I was thinking on grabbing a few of these and I was wondering which ones are upbeat and funky? Thanks for sharing these and all of the info behind them. Always interesting~ Rob/Boston
Paneeks1960 I do have Dolphy's 'Out To Lunch' album on 45 rpm and ironically 33 rpm as well due to my subscription. While I do recognize it to be a milestone album, you really need to be in the right mood to listen to the record. It's very Avant garde and too free for my ear most of the time. I do want to listen to it again but I think my brain wants patterns or some structure to the music. If you're into the freer type of Jazz (i.e. Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, etc.), this might be up your alley. 'Out To Lunch' was Dolphy's only album with Blue Note as a leader and sadly his last before he died. If you're looking for upbeat and funky, Horace Silver would be a good place to start.
Hey Paul, great video and very nice selections, congrats! You seem to be very fond of Hank Mobley's Soul Station, and that's a great album for sure. What do you think of Workout, another Blue Note album of his?
Workout is fantastic. As is Another Workout which I think was dropped in the 80's or something like that. To me, I love sixties Mobley. I got a sweet spot for Soul Station though, that's the album where I was introduced to him.
So for this one, I did use the Music Matters Blue Note reissues for good visuals. Not everything I have is a reissue though. I do have a lot of Blue Note reissues since early originals can be hard to come by in great shape. Thanks for watching Aliyah.
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Blue Mitchell - The Thing to Do might be the only two artists I'd put here, but heck if I know which albums they'd replace. The Eminent J.J. Johnson, Vol. 2 is a favorite, as are Blues-Ette by Curtis Fuller, The Sermon by Jimmy Smith, The Clifford Brown Memorial Album, and Cornbread by Lee Morgan.
Newk's Time really is a great record and why is it that Sonny's records are overlooked by Blue Note now?? It's really a shame. Thanks for chiming in Ursula.
All great choices and 10 it is surely too few for an immense catalogue as that of Blue Note... I would have to include Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch, Art Blakey's Indestructible, McCoy Tyner's The Real McCoy and a few others though, at the expense of some fom your list.
Hello Musa Musashi! Yeah...10 titles really doesn't even scratch the surface on the Blue Note catalog at all. The three you mentioned are all fantastic albums and The Real McCoy is my favorite in his entire discography.
@@BarakaPDub mine too. A stellar album. The 3 i mentioned are my 3 favorite in the respective artists' discographies, and they all happen to be on Blue Note and to feature my 3 favorite Jazz drummers.
Wow my amazon and eBay shopping cart filled fast! This video was perfect for me right now just getting into blue note. So far all I have is cannonball adderly and one piece of a 3 piece blue note compilation set. Keep up the videos man. By the way was your a night in Tunisia an original or re issue. I see originals on eBay but very pricey, just wondering.
Jimmy M Yeah...Blue Notes can be like a heroin addiction once you latch on to a few. I hope you enjoy exploration into their catalog and I have been through the same thing you're going through watching videos on TH-cam. There multiple other folks that show records that hits my wallet. I am happy, I can be a little bit of an inspiration even though I feel I have only scratched the surface of the Blue Note Catalog. The copy of 'A Night In Tunisia' was a Music Matters 45 rpm pressing that I think is now out of print. If you can find a copy I highly recommend it and I am hoping that they will press it as a part of their 33 rpm series. While I only own around a dozen or so early to mid 60's Blue Notes, A Night In Tunisia is one of them. The copy I have probably rates a VG at best and the cover has seen better days but I am happy to have it.
***** Because of your awesome blue note videos and descriptions of said videos I have been opened to a whole new record label and genre totally and am totally grateful. I am subbed for life to your channel. I have one of all the albums on your video here aka the cannonball album which your previously recommended which is one of my all time favorite albums now not even kidding you on that. Watch out wallet here comes the Jazz vinyl punch by BarakaPdub. Seriously im ordering half of those albums tonight and expect to fall in love with art blakey and the countless others you mentioned immediately. Ive got that blue note fever man! Keep this up man! You deserve way more subscribers than you have now!
Jimmy M You give me far too much praise but I am glad I can open a window for someone. Enjoy the journey and let me know of the exciting things you pick up. I only have a small percentage of the Blue Note catalog so I am anxious to hear of other peoples discoveries.
***** Recently did pick up lee morgan's cornbread. Was very good. Couldn't find sidewinder at my local store so I got that instead. I did order blue train and midnight blue. Just haven't arrived yet.
thanks for mentioning cannonball Adderley in one of your videos. heard "stars fell on alabama" from the "in Chicago" LP and im hooked to his sax playing. super fluid and natural. also agree with one of the posters here about "something else". one has gotta get another LP to hear real cannonball in the driver's seat.. hehe
Hey Paul. Thanks again for these Jazz videos. I listened to all of these titles on Tidal and ended up grabbing several from Music Matters. They are fantastic pressings. You really should make a playlist for the Jazz curious! Is your Music Matters "Midnight Blue" record slightly transparent? Out of the MM LPs I have, this is the only one that is like that. It kind of reminds me a little of the early Mofi/Quiex pressings in the way it looks black until you shine light through it.
No my 'Midnight Blue' is solid black. I wonder if you got the 'Blue' vinyl version by mistake? It's funny, I put in an order for the 'Blue' version just the other day. I swore off getting their 'Blue' colored variants but I am looking to do a Black versus Colored vinyl comparison here in the near future. I wanted to have a few data points for the video and this was an excuse to get the 'Blue' version of this record. I figure, worst case, I can easily get my money back later. I am kicking myself now for not getting the Blue Train variant though. Who knows, maybe you got an early run on a colored vinyl test case?
Looks black on the table and in the hand: www.knizefamily.net/images/pool/vinyl-midnight-blue-mm-1.png www.knizefamily.net/images/pool/vinyl-midnight-blue-mm-2.png But hold it up to the light and it's a sort of grey-blue: www.knizefamily.net/images/pool/vinyl-midnight-blue-mm-3.png ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Interesting video! Are many of those Music Matters pressings? I've thought of getting some but I always see the 2x45 instead of 1x33 pressings and I don't like getting up so often.
Andy Glover All but two were Music Matters pressings. It was a mix of 45 rpm and 33 rpm titles. All of the 45 rpm titles that went out of print are being re-released on 33 rpm. In my humble opinion, they are every bit as good as an original press...at least for the ones I have been able to do a direct compare. The Jimmy Smith record was an Analogue Productions release and the Sonny Rollins was a Classic Records Test Press. I hope that Music Matters will issue this one since Analogue Productions lost their Blue Note rights. Complaints about getting up to change sides was one of the drivers for Music Matters to go to 33 rpm...in addition to lower their cost and the cost for the consumer. I personally can't recommend them enough since may of the originals go for way out of my price range. Thanks for watching Andy.
***** I'd love if they would reissue some of the later Liberty albums that are becoming harder to find. I've been trying to get a NM copy of Bobby Hutcherson's Happenings for a while now. I have the CD, but that album cover needs to be in full 12'' to really appreciate.
Sigh...no but if I did my list again, they might show up. There is some changes I would make after watching this video again. Both Herbie and Wayne had a lot of great stuff on Blue Note before they jumped ship.
BarakaPDub they both have great records on blue note Speak no Evil, Night dreamer, Empyrian Islands and Maiden Voyage are masterpieces. You should make another video with the best 1500s series and 4000s series.
Thanks Craig. I hope you find it helpful. There are varying opinions out there for what to start with and this just worked for me. Many others suggest fusion from the 70's as a starting point.
Cool! I hope you can find some decent pressings of these albums there. The Blue Note 75th Anniversary issues are cheap and good place to start if you're looking for them on vinyl. For CDs, I would go with the Rudy Van Gelder remasters and they can be had pretty cheaply. I would start out with something cheap if you wanted to dip your toes into the genre, just in case you find out it doesn't work for you.
Wow - stumbled upon your channel - as I step back into vinyl world I am so grateful. Excellent work. And needless to say musicmatters got some orders because of this video. Thanks for an excellent channel.
I have 18 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers original pressings and A Night In Tunisia keeps escaping me somehow. It will come off the want list here soon enough.
IMO, if there is one album to seek out, it's this one. I personally think it was one of the finest with the Shorter/Morgan/Timmons/Merritt line up. Just be cautious though because Art cut two albums with this title. The Blue Note one is the one to get. Thanks for watching!
Personally Witch Doctor, The Big Beat, and The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia Vol 1 & 2 are my top Blakey cuts but I have a feeling A Night In Tunisia is going to fit right in there.
Hi Paul: I know this is an old video and was hoping you wouldn't mind me contacting you this way... You turned me onto MusicMattersJazz records way back when. One I was never able to get when it was in print was Dexter Gordon's "Our Man In Paris" MusicMattersJazz. They're all over $200 now so this record out in the wild was perpetually on my radar. Today, I found a different copy in the wild and wanted to see what you knew of this release. According to discogs, it appears this is from 1986 and a DMM copy. At first listen, sounds better than I could have imagined. Do you know anything about 1986 Blue Note DMM issues? Thanks in advance!
Feel free to ask me questions in the comments ;) Blue Note did a lot of DMM issues in the mid eighties of all of their well known titles. Honestly, I don't think they sound that bad. I do have a couple in my own collection. Some of critics slam the DMM process for lacking bass frequencies but in reality, a lot of the records being cut in Europe are being done DMM. Honestly, I am hoping Blue Note Classics will issue Our Man In Paris this year or the next.
@@BarakaPDub hoping for that too.. Blue Note Classics… but seeing it out in the wild, especially at $26, didn’t feel I should leave it there. It will provide a nice stop gap until the next proper re-issue. Thanks for responding!
Are you familiar with the Blue Note Dmm french recording, i think 1984? I found one of these John Coltrane Blue Train. Near mint. I know it wont be music matters quality, or 1st press quality, but is it any good?
DMMs can be really good or really bad. Sometimes they are challenged in the lower end but have a really good high end. The theory is that they were trying to compete with the CD sound at the time. I don't have any of the French DMM pressings but I do have a US one from the 80's. I haven't listened to it in awhile but it felt kind of thin sounding. Do you like the sound of the record? I do think the French put some good care into how their records sounded.
@@BarakaPDub Unfortunately mine has a stuck groove on Track 6 of side 1, Ugh! LOL. I need to find a way to fix it, any Ideas? It was listed as VG, but it had quite a few scuffs, marks, etc. But that's the chance I took. I paid $7 for it also, as it was a NYC, RVG, Plastylite. Grading is VERY subjective.
I've had cases like this. There are a couple of options I have used. My first go to option is to use a painters pad and Scrubbing Bubbles. I let the Scrubbing Bubbles soak in for 30 minutes and I then go back and forth in the groove with the painters pad. I've also used Goo Gone which works well for price sticker adhesive. I haven't let the stuff sit on the vinyl long enough though to know if it does any damage. I am doubtful though.
Right now I am using Bags Unlimited 6 mil outer sleeves. I have a bunch of 200 gram, 2 LP sets in them. It's a snug fit but they work well. They are not sealed though. Some like the sealable flaps but I find them to be a bit of a hassle when I have listening sessions.
BarakaPDub thanks! perfect. same here - no flaps for me, either. also a huge thank you for your videos, namely your thoughts and walk throughs on your jazz titles. i’m very new to the jazz world and i’ve throughly enjoyed your input. cheers from austin.
The albums are so good I want to comment on each one. So much to say. Such amazing music. Midnight blue. Can't say enough about that. I have never heard the Stevie version of chitlins. I have to hear that. Idle moments amazing. Blue train goes without saying. A night in Tunisia of course. These are all among my top blue note albums. The ones that made me fall in love with jazz. Essential.
Needle Groove Hey, thanks for putting together the thread. I had to ponder a bit about what I was going to show. I think I could have easily grabbed ten Blakey or ten Lee Morgan albums and called it good but that would have made it far too easy ;)
Just started getting into jazz collecting about a half year ago. Your suggestions really helped me out. Thanks for pointing me in the general direction. I am having fun finding my own way now. Like you, I love hard Bop the best and Blue Note is my label of choice. I am getting a lot of the Blue Note 75 Series. For $16.99 at Best Buy You can’t go wrong.....Excellent channel and like the Deadwax Series also.
Thanks William. The 75 series is the best way to get a foot hold in on the Blue Note vinyl stuff. Now that Music Matters has stopped their prices are going through the roof.
Geez...that's a tough one. For me it depends on my mood. If I want something bluesy and laid back, the Grant Green is the way to go. If I want something a little more playful and lively, I would go for the Burell. They're both solid albums but it would be hard for me to pick one over they other. They are both my favorite Jazz albums with a guitar being the lead.
@@BarakaPDub Thanks for your reply. In the meantint I got Introducing Kenny Burell mono reissue which is also very nice ! (Blues for skeeter). I could have added Wes Montgomery's Incredible jazz guitar in the choice and we would have been even more confused ;-)
Wes Montgomery is great but I don't think he ever cut a song for Blue Note. Wes, Kenny, and Grant were really the Jazz guitarist to listen too in the 60's.
Great selections, "Songs for my Father" being one of my favorites. Loved your input on each album. I've yet to hear Grant Green, though I've heard of him. I have Kenny Burrell's Christmas album, which is great, but not the album you showed. Looks like more albums for my wish list.
Matthew Smith Thanks for watching Matt. Grant Green was highly prolific and some of his albums I find to be hit or miss but Idle Moments is a masterpiece.
@@BarakaPDub Hope so! Whilst I was looking I did find a film called "Chasing Trane" on Netflix, which looks like it might be worth watching. Unfortunately at the current stage of digital streaming it is very much a one size fits all approach, so specialised material is very thin on the ground... Good selection of albums on your vid BTW!
Enjoyed your thoughts on these albums. I'm another Lee Morgan and Art Blakey fan. I was in NY for the weekend and purchased lee-way and Lee Morgan on Classic records. It's great to see Music Matters releasing these great albums with such care.
mahler62 Lee-way is an incredible album and I bet the Classic pressing of that must be good. I have a few Classic pressings and I have always been impressed with their packaging and mastering. It's cool to meet a fellow Lee Morgan/Art Blakey fan.
I would love to do Emarcy someday but for some odd reason, no one has really bothered to reissue much of their stuff which is a shame. I probably have a dozen originals but nothing too exciting. I think the most exciting Emarcy releases I have are some of the Max Roach albums.
The Gil Melle Quartet was had a couple of recordings on Blue Note back in the 50s and later on Prestige. Gil Melle then went to Hollywood to write TV and film scores. Guitarist Joe Cinderella was featured in these groups along with Tal Farlow and Lou Mecca.
Gil Melle did some fantastic work and Music Matters just did the one record of his work. I think it was compiled from some ten inch albums from the early 50's. I would really love to hear some of his Prestige output. Thanks for the great comment George.
@@BarakaPDub thank you very much! I'm a layman myself but my father's always been an audiophile and recently I've started exploring his record collection.
7:08 My favourite John Coltrane album. It just pains me that Rudy Van Gelder's remaster is so compressed and heavy on the treble. The cymbals on "Locomotion" practically sizzle on my CD.
Drives me nuts because his reissue of A Love Supreme (also '03) was quite tastefully done, however it could also be down to the recordings. But I'll definitely keep that SACD in mind, thank you.
Somethin' Else makes me angry. What should have been Adderley's album turned into a showcase for Miles Davis. Cannonball is a mere guest on his own record. Shame.
Miles Davis is the most influential Jazz musician in history of Jazz period. Maybe in the top 5 musicians of all time. i have no problem whatsoever listening to this masterpiece.
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Brother Paul,
You are such a natural genius at giving superb accounts of musicians, music genres and labels!!! I am always glued to the screen as your video starts playing, and any thing that made me pause will invoke my impatience as I wanted to get back to hearing what you are going to say next in the course of your video!!! Thank you for all that effort at sharing all your opinions AND information to us, in your sincere and lively manner.
We all enjoy your videos and effort.
Thank you Paul!
Your friend,
Ian.
Coltrane's 'Blue Train' was not Coltrane's stepping off point to the Impulse years. In between he did about six albums for Atlantic including 'Giant Steps.' I enjoy your videos.
Correct. Blue Train was a diversion, one off album. He even rejoined Miles after his one Blue Note outing was cut.
I know it's two years later, but I got to this video and am glad! You mentioned a couple of artists I am not familiar with and will pick them up. Thanks!
Thanks for watching this old video. But I think it's one of my more popular older ones.
Thanks so much for doing this. Before you even show an album I can say that I definitely gravitate towards the blues stuff as well. It is what drew me to jazz and blue note in the first place.
Good selection. Thanks for sharing. Was fortunate to buy about 60+ Blue Note Pathe Marconi reissues in the 80's.
Some of those Pathe Marconi issues are really not that bad at all. I think I have one or two of those in my collection.
KILLER!!! I got lucky last year and scored 6 OG Blue Notes at a thrift for a buck each!!! That doesn't happen often!!!
I would have added in Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch and in my opinion, No Room For Squares is my favorite Hank Mobley, but that is just my thoughts!! Lee Morgan really shines on that LP!! Need Search Of New Lands like yesterday!!! HAHAHAHA!! Do have Sidewinder, though. One of the records I scored for a buck!!
Larry Young's album Unity is without doubt the finest modern Jazz record of all time it's a pity not many people acknowledge this masterpiece.
Unity is definitely a classic and Larry Young's finest moment. I am happy to have picked up a reissue of it.
Very true , a great album .
Maybe not THE finest, but surely one exceptional one.
I think I once read somewhere, that "Unity" was Michael Brecker's favourite album.
Fantastic video! I have been going back, watching almost all your videos thees past two days and i have to say "well done sir... well done!" Great blend of records with the biggest bulk being jazz and very informative. Just what i seek in VC. Even continued yesterday evening with watching the BN doc. Iv seen it before but i got such a urge after this video! Keep doing what you do and talk soon. //Jonas
SublimMedia Thanks Jonas. You were one of the guys that inspired me to finally start making videos. I have been watching yours for three years now I think. It may have been when you started.
Thanks for this great selection of Blue Note records.
1. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia (Blue Note #84049)
2. Cannonball Adderley et al. - Somethin' Else (Blue Note #1595)
3. Kenny Burrell et al. - Midnight Blue (Blue Note #84123)
4. John Coltrane - Blue Train (Blue Note #1577)
5. Grant Green et al. - Idle Moments (Blue Note #84154)
6. Jimmy Smith et al. - Midnight Special (Blue Note #84078)
7. Sonny Rollins et al. - Volume 2 (Blue Note #1558)
8. Lee Morgan et al. - Search for the New Land (Blue Note #84169)
9. Hank Mobley et al. - Soul Station (Blue Note #84031)
10. The Horace Silver Quintet - Song for my Father (Blue Note #84185)
Thank you sir! Maybe I'll do a sequel to this one at some point as 10 doesn't even scratch the surface at all.
Did not listen to his whole video. That was his list?. Have all of those except one. I have an extensive collection, but would be hard pressed to pick a top ten. The ten list would/could change depending on my mood from week to week.
Hi Paul,
a very interesting video about Blue Note! I was happy to see a Jimmy Smith there. I'm hoping to find at least one Jimmy-album a year and i hope that one will be one of those i find this year!
I haven't got any Lee Morgan-albums yet, but i got interested in "Side winder" a couple of months back. He's really a great musician!
Great respons! Take care! :)
JörgenS Lee Morgan is definitely worthwhile and if there is a place to start, Sidewinder is good place to begin. Thanks for watching.
Great video! the blakey is still on my wantlist; you are right I think about people wanting to get into jazz....blue note is probably a great place to start with!
Great video!!! Im with you on the hard bop from the 50's and 60's. I was weened on jazz from my dad and he had around 300 LP's mostly jazz he used to play every night after he got home from work. i unfortunately have very few Blue Note and no OG's unfortunately but love the ones I have. Love horace and jimmy Smith especially!!!
5671050 Great to meet another Horace lover here. His records get shown so rarely and I consider him a great and underrated composer. It's also cool that your Dad was into Jazz. I had to discover it on my own and I don't think my parents or grand parents even owned a single Jazz album. Thanks for watching!
Great edition ! Search for the new land is the jam. Bad cats cookin'. All these album are masterpieces. Respect from France
+Raphaël L Thanks Raphael. I can't agree more with the bad cats cookin' comment. It is indeed. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I've got a few of these on vinyl, most digitally... great choices, Paul!
dixielandfarm Thanks Kris...digital or vinyl it's all good. I think I have more digitally than on vinyl because a lot of the Blue Notes (at least in decent shape) go for more money than I care to spend.
At maggie's store, apparently they are like $10! The cheapest I've seen the reissues here are $20...
Lee Morgan is also my favourite trumpeter of all time and I agree with y about search for a new land. He switches it up on that session and it's incredible.
Needle Groove Yeah...that's exactly why I had to go with that one. I find it so interesting artistically.
Ten other essential Blue Note albums -
Sonny Rollins - At The Village Vanguard
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
John Coltrane/Thelonious Monk - At Carnegie Hall
Jackie MacLean - Let Freedom Ring!
Art Blakey - Free For All
John Scofield - Time On My Hands
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
Terence Blanchard - The Comedian
Tina Brooks - True Blue
Joe Henderson - The Inner Urge
Nobody will be disappointed with this selection of classics !
I agree. That's a good list but I think the only one I have not heard is Terence Blanchard's The Comedian. I'll have to look at that one.
@@BarakaPDub It's a killer album.
Apparently it is the soundtrack to a
Robert De Niro film, which nobody
saw. Now that brother Roy Hargrove
has sadly gone, TB is the last man
standing......
@@BarakaPDub Here are another ten Blue
Note gems which deserve your attention....
Johnny Griffin - Chicago Calling
Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris
Sam Rivers - Contours
Freddie Hubbard - Hub Tones
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
Joe Lovano - From The Soul
Greg Osby - Banned In New York
Bobby Watson - Post Motown Bop
Bobby Hutchinson - Dialogue
Dizzy Reece - Blues In Trinity
Rudy Van Gelder/Blue Note are to
jazz music, what Michael Jordan is
to basketball. Nobody has come even
close.
Thanks. I'll check it out.
Weeeeeell u forgot. Lee morgan search for a new land timeless
As a Grant Green fan, I notice that Idle Moments gets constantly mentioned as his best. My favorite of his is Street of Dreams. I think Wayne Shorter & Horace Silver's style is the best way for people to understand jazz. Their compositions stand out while the improvisations stay clearly connected so the new fan can have an idea of what's going on. There are some artists that have cheap 10 second intros & then even they don't know what's going on after. Sometimes they even start improvising on other standards, like if they were telling the leader, "See what you made me do with your crappy composition".
I really like Grant's First Stand.
"Street Of Dreams" is awesome, Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young (my favourite organ player), Elvin Jones, that's a dream team band right there.
I urge folks to sample (online) some Blue Notes in the 7000 series. These were the trad/New Orleans Revival-jazz releases and reissues of Blue Note recordings from 1939 to 1955 featuring some pre-bebop jazz greats such as Sidney Bechet, James P Johnson, Edmond Hall et al. Also, don't miss the post-1940s bebop Blue Notes of Fats Navarro, Bud Powell and Howard McGhee. The trad records will probably not be to the liking of most (>85%?) modern jazz fans but at least it will give a little historical perspective of Blue Note and jazz.
Sidney Bechet cut some good records with Blue Note and I have a couple of his early outings that were compiled from the 7000 series. It would nice to see some of those get reissue treatment.
Great picks! It's hard to make a top 10 list of Blue Notes because you would have to leave many great ones out. Sonny Clark-Leapin' and Lopin' would be on my list.
Top ten was very difficult to do and really, a top 50 would be easier. With their catalog though, with a top 50, many people would have a wide bit of differences on what they pick. Thanks for commenting Daniel.
Just managed to buy a copy of it on Music Matters
Absolutely love that album from start to finish
I just picked up a Desmond Blue original Mono for 2 bucks. beautiful music and sound. Some of those old RCAs are pretty good
Great album! RCA put out some great Jazz and a lot of those old records hold up really well. I have several that still sound fantastic.
dont know how i missed this one! great video brother, just realised that i have to fill a couple of blue note holes that i have ;)
Great response! I enjoyed your video a lot!
You showed all the important classics.
Thanks for sharing :)
Armien
Great video! I'm starting my Jazz collection and these are very good recommendations :-)
Thank you Ms. LadySoul. This is a good sampling of some of the more popular Blue Notes but there is still a whole treasure trove out there to uncover.
Thanks for this video and insight. I am a wannabe collector, but just seem to fess the $ up now. I mostly like the bluesy and slower jazz. I can appreciate the hard bop/bop/free but it is just to fast. This helped me. I checked these out:....I really liked Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Burrell,and my goodness Grant Green was so beautiful.
I know the other cats. Now these you mentioned were not what thought hard bop is, fast and chaotic. Steve
***** Yeah, the terminology can get confusing and I am not an expert by any means. What I do know is (or have read) the Hard Boppers wanted to break away from the Bop style of Charlie Parker and focus on well crafted, rehearsed music for a smaller ensemble. Amongst the Hard Boppers you get a mix of swing, funk, blues, experimental (before breaking into free). All of these also could be classified into their own Jazz genres. Glad you like the Grant Green.
Thank you so much for channelling my jazz, especially hard bop, interest into a bunch of albums to listen to. I have now listened to at least one track off all your recommendations and saved them on TH-cam. Lots more to discover but now I’m even more hooked!
Hello Paul and sorry for the delayed reply. I've been busy as of late. So cool you've been bitten by the Jazz bug and thanks so much for taking the time to watch my blather. To me when I first discovered Jazz, it was a whole new world digging into the past and finding a genre that rarely gets exposed.
Hi Paul,
You showed some essential and fantastic albums there.
Question for you: Have you ever heard Dolphy's 'Out To Lunch' 45 rpm from Music Matters? I was thinking on grabbing a few of these and I was wondering which ones are upbeat and funky?
Thanks for sharing these and all of the info behind them. Always interesting~
Rob/Boston
Paneeks1960 I do have Dolphy's 'Out To Lunch' album on 45 rpm and ironically 33 rpm as well due to my subscription. While I do recognize it to be a milestone album, you really need to be in the right mood to listen to the record. It's very Avant garde and too free for my ear most of the time. I do want to listen to it again but I think my brain wants patterns or some structure to the music. If you're into the freer type of Jazz (i.e. Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, etc.), this might be up your alley. 'Out To Lunch' was Dolphy's only album with Blue Note as a leader and sadly his last before he died. If you're looking for upbeat and funky, Horace Silver would be a good place to start.
Excellent info Paul. Thank you. I will surely remember these suggestions and order one of these for sure~
Rob
Paneeks1960 {Rob/Boston} Eric Dolphy’s Out to Lunch is a Great Album!!
Very cool. I love that Kenny Burell record. I need to check out the Cannonball Adderly. He's such a great alto player
I promise if you like a little Miles Davis and dig Kenny Burrell, then you can't go wrong with this record.
cool i really like herbie hancocks maiden voyage, thanks man.
Thanks for watching Richard. Maiden Voyage is one of the best in his discography. At least in my opinion anyway.
Mozart didn’t compose most of his requiem mass. He passed away before it was completed and was subsequently finished by a fellow composer.
Did I mention Mozart in this video?!? I hate watching my own vids but you're correct on the Requiem piece.
Hey Paul, great video and very nice selections, congrats!
You seem to be very fond of Hank Mobley's Soul Station, and that's a great album for sure. What do you think of Workout, another Blue Note album of his?
Workout is fantastic. As is Another Workout which I think was dropped in the 80's or something like that. To me, I love sixties Mobley. I got a sweet spot for Soul Station though, that's the album where I was introduced to him.
Hi! Love the knowledge and info in this video. Are all your record re issues, they look just about brand new?
So for this one, I did use the Music Matters Blue Note reissues for good visuals. Not everything I have is a reissue though. I do have a lot of Blue Note reissues since early originals can be hard to come by in great shape. Thanks for watching Aliyah.
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Blue Mitchell - The Thing to Do
might be the only two artists I'd put here, but heck if I know which albums they'd replace.
The Eminent J.J. Johnson, Vol. 2 is a favorite, as are Blues-Ette by Curtis Fuller, The Sermon by Jimmy Smith, The Clifford Brown Memorial Album, and Cornbread by Lee Morgan.
Speak No Evil and The Thing to Do are great records for sure! Not sure if I have heard Blues-Ette though. I may have to check that one out!
Hello BarakaPDub, what kind of outer sleeves do you use? Thank you, great content, one of my favorite channels.
So I am going with the Bags Unlimited 6 mil. It might be overkill to many but I like the good thick quality stock. Thanks for the comment Alvaro.
Great suggestions!
Thanks Iwan.
Love this video. Thank you sharing.
Thanks Rakeem! If you have any suggestions for other Blue Notes worthy of a first time collector, feel free to drop in a comment.
Solid list, but I'm not sure, that "Vol. 2" is Sonny Rollins' best on Blue Note, since "Newk's Time" has always been my favourite.
Newk's Time really is a great record and why is it that Sonny's records are overlooked by Blue Note now?? It's really a shame. Thanks for chiming in Ursula.
All great choices and 10 it is surely too few for an immense catalogue as that of Blue Note...
I would have to include Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch, Art Blakey's Indestructible, McCoy Tyner's The Real McCoy and a few others though, at the expense of some fom your list.
Hello Musa Musashi! Yeah...10 titles really doesn't even scratch the surface on the Blue Note catalog at all. The three you mentioned are all fantastic albums and The Real McCoy is my favorite in his entire discography.
@@BarakaPDub mine too.
A stellar album. The 3 i mentioned are my 3 favorite in the respective artists' discographies, and they all happen to be on Blue Note and to feature my 3 favorite Jazz drummers.
Wow my amazon and eBay shopping cart filled fast! This video was perfect for me right now just getting into blue note. So far all I have is cannonball adderly and one piece of a 3 piece blue note compilation set. Keep up the videos man. By the way was your a night in Tunisia an original or re issue. I see originals on eBay but very pricey, just wondering.
Jimmy M Yeah...Blue Notes can be like a heroin addiction once you latch on to a few. I hope you enjoy exploration into their catalog and I have been through the same thing you're going through watching videos on TH-cam. There multiple other folks that show records that hits my wallet. I am happy, I can be a little bit of an inspiration even though I feel I have only scratched the surface of the Blue Note Catalog.
The copy of 'A Night In Tunisia' was a Music Matters 45 rpm pressing that I think is now out of print. If you can find a copy I highly recommend it and I am hoping that they will press it as a part of their 33 rpm series. While I only own around a dozen or so early to mid 60's Blue Notes, A Night In Tunisia is one of them. The copy I have probably rates a VG at best and the cover has seen better days but I am happy to have it.
***** Because of your awesome blue note videos and descriptions of said videos I have been opened to a whole new record label and genre totally and am totally grateful. I am subbed for life to your channel. I have one of all the albums on your video here aka the cannonball album which your previously recommended which is one of my all time favorite albums now not even kidding you on that. Watch out wallet here comes the Jazz vinyl punch by BarakaPdub. Seriously im ordering half of those albums tonight and expect to fall in love with art blakey and the countless others you mentioned immediately. Ive got that blue note fever man! Keep this up man! You deserve way more subscribers than you have now!
Jimmy M You give me far too much praise but I am glad I can open a window for someone. Enjoy the journey and let me know of the exciting things you pick up. I only have a small percentage of the Blue Note catalog so I am anxious to hear of other peoples discoveries.
***** Recently did pick up lee morgan's cornbread. Was very good. Couldn't find sidewinder at my local store so I got that instead. I did order blue train and midnight blue. Just haven't arrived yet.
Jimmy M Cornbread is an excellent pick up. Please let me know your impressions of Blue Train and Midnight Blue.
my top 3 will be sidewinder(mentioned) song 4 my father & blue train. also love mosaic by Blakey. thanks for sharing paul
Thanks Jason ;) Your top three are all classics to me and Mosaic is also a damn fine album.
thanks for mentioning cannonball Adderley in one of your videos. heard "stars fell on alabama" from the "in Chicago" LP and im hooked to his sax playing. super fluid and natural. also agree with one of the posters here about "something else". one has gotta get another LP to hear real cannonball in the driver's seat.. hehe
im rite now considering night in Tunisia.. major fan of lee morgan and so glad he is in the lineup. thank you for sharing paul
Hey Paul. Thanks again for these Jazz videos. I listened to all of these titles on Tidal and ended up grabbing several from Music Matters. They are fantastic pressings. You really should make a playlist for the Jazz curious!
Is your Music Matters "Midnight Blue" record slightly transparent? Out of the MM LPs I have, this is the only one that is like that. It kind of reminds me a little of the early Mofi/Quiex pressings in the way it looks black until you shine light through it.
No my 'Midnight Blue' is solid black. I wonder if you got the 'Blue' vinyl version by mistake? It's funny, I put in an order for the 'Blue' version just the other day. I swore off getting their 'Blue' colored variants but I am looking to do a Black versus Colored vinyl comparison here in the near future. I wanted to have a few data points for the video and this was an excuse to get the 'Blue' version of this record. I figure, worst case, I can easily get my money back later. I am kicking myself now for not getting the Blue Train variant though.
Who knows, maybe you got an early run on a colored vinyl test case?
Hmmm...I dunno. It's not obviously blue like the 'A' Train from B&N was. Maybe I'll snap a picture and post it somewhere.
Looks black on the table and in the hand:
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But hold it up to the light and it's a sort of grey-blue:
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Interesting video! Are many of those Music Matters pressings? I've thought of getting some but I always see the 2x45 instead of 1x33 pressings and I don't like getting up so often.
Andy Glover All but two were Music Matters pressings. It was a mix of 45 rpm and 33 rpm titles. All of the 45 rpm titles that went out of print are being re-released on 33 rpm. In my humble opinion, they are every bit as good as an original press...at least for the ones I have been able to do a direct compare. The Jimmy Smith record was an Analogue Productions release and the Sonny Rollins was a Classic Records Test Press. I hope that Music Matters will issue this one since Analogue Productions lost their Blue Note rights. Complaints about getting up to change sides was one of the drivers for Music Matters to go to 33 rpm...in addition to lower their cost and the cost for the consumer. I personally can't recommend them enough since may of the originals go for way out of my price range. Thanks for watching Andy.
*****
I'd love if they would reissue some of the later Liberty albums that are becoming harder to find. I've been trying to get a NM copy of Bobby Hutcherson's Happenings for a while now. I have the CD, but that album cover needs to be in full 12'' to really appreciate.
No Wayne Shorter and no Herbie hancock?
Sigh...no but if I did my list again, they might show up. There is some changes I would make after watching this video again. Both Herbie and Wayne had a lot of great stuff on Blue Note before they jumped ship.
BarakaPDub they both have great records on blue note Speak no Evil, Night dreamer, Empyrian Islands and Maiden Voyage are masterpieces. You should make another video with the best 1500s series and 4000s series.
Great video nice vinyl collection I want to get in to jazz music
Thanks Craig. I hope you find it helpful. There are varying opinions out there for what to start with and this just worked for me. Many others suggest fusion from the 70's as a starting point.
@@BarakaPDub yes thanks
I am from the United kingdom
Cool! I hope you can find some decent pressings of these albums there. The Blue Note 75th Anniversary issues are cheap and good place to start if you're looking for them on vinyl. For CDs, I would go with the Rudy Van Gelder remasters and they can be had pretty cheaply. I would start out with something cheap if you wanted to dip your toes into the genre, just in case you find out it doesn't work for you.
@@BarakaPDub yes thanks so much
Wow - stumbled upon your channel - as I step back into vinyl world I am so grateful. Excellent work. And needless to say musicmatters got some orders because of this video. Thanks for an excellent channel.
Thanks for the kind comment. I do hope it helped them a little as I hoped they would keep things going a lot longer. Sadly, they will end next year :(
I have 18 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers original pressings and A Night In Tunisia keeps escaping me somehow. It will come off the want list here soon enough.
IMO, if there is one album to seek out, it's this one. I personally think it was one of the finest with the Shorter/Morgan/Timmons/Merritt line up. Just be cautious though because Art cut two albums with this title. The Blue Note one is the one to get. Thanks for watching!
Personally Witch Doctor, The Big Beat, and The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia Vol 1 & 2 are my top Blakey cuts but I have a feeling A Night In Tunisia is going to fit right in there.
Hi Paul: I know this is an old video and was hoping you wouldn't mind me contacting you this way... You turned me onto MusicMattersJazz records way back when. One I was never able to get when it was in print was Dexter Gordon's "Our Man In Paris" MusicMattersJazz. They're all over $200 now so this record out in the wild was perpetually on my radar. Today, I found a different copy in the wild and wanted to see what you knew of this release. According to discogs, it appears this is from 1986 and a DMM copy. At first listen, sounds better than I could have imagined. Do you know anything about 1986 Blue Note DMM issues? Thanks in advance!
Feel free to ask me questions in the comments ;) Blue Note did a lot of DMM issues in the mid eighties of all of their well known titles. Honestly, I don't think they sound that bad. I do have a couple in my own collection. Some of critics slam the DMM process for lacking bass frequencies but in reality, a lot of the records being cut in Europe are being done DMM. Honestly, I am hoping Blue Note Classics will issue Our Man In Paris this year or the next.
@@BarakaPDub hoping for that too.. Blue Note Classics… but seeing it out in the wild, especially at $26, didn’t feel I should leave it there. It will provide a nice stop gap until the next proper re-issue. Thanks for responding!
Are you familiar with the Blue Note Dmm french recording, i think 1984? I found one of these John Coltrane Blue Train. Near mint. I know it wont be music matters quality, or 1st press quality, but is it any good?
DMMs can be really good or really bad. Sometimes they are challenged in the lower end but have a really good high end. The theory is that they were trying to compete with the CD sound at the time. I don't have any of the French DMM pressings but I do have a US one from the 80's. I haven't listened to it in awhile but it felt kind of thin sounding. Do you like the sound of the record? I do think the French put some good care into how their records sounded.
Jimmy's Home Cookin' is pretty great too!
Just found an OG NY label RVG the other day.
Wish I could find that one on vinyl!
@@BarakaPDub Unfortunately mine has a stuck groove on Track 6 of side 1, Ugh! LOL. I need to find a way to fix it, any Ideas? It was listed as VG, but it had quite a few scuffs, marks, etc. But that's the chance I took. I paid $7 for it also, as it was a NYC, RVG, Plastylite. Grading is VERY subjective.
I've had cases like this. There are a couple of options I have used. My first go to option is to use a painters pad and Scrubbing Bubbles. I let the Scrubbing Bubbles soak in for 30 minutes and I then go back and forth in the groove with the painters pad. I've also used Goo Gone which works well for price sticker adhesive. I haven't let the stuff sit on the vinyl long enough though to know if it does any damage. I am doubtful though.
Brilliant recommendations! Always looking for jazz albums to seek out.....Herbie Hancock Takin' Off is worth adding on the next ten.......:-)
Hello Jamie! Your absolutely right about Takin' Off. I love that one and it's one of my favorites in Herbie's extensive discography.
What outer sleeves would you recommend for the larger items like a 200g 2xlp?
Right now I am using Bags Unlimited 6 mil outer sleeves. I have a bunch of 200 gram, 2 LP sets in them. It's a snug fit but they work well. They are not sealed though. Some like the sealable flaps but I find them to be a bit of a hassle when I have listening sessions.
BarakaPDub thanks! perfect. same here - no flaps for me, either. also a huge thank you for your videos, namely your thoughts and walk throughs on your jazz titles. i’m very new to the jazz world and i’ve throughly enjoyed your input. cheers from austin.
The albums are so good I want to comment on each one. So much to say. Such amazing music. Midnight blue. Can't say enough about that. I have never heard the Stevie version of chitlins. I have to hear that. Idle moments amazing. Blue train goes without saying. A night in Tunisia of course. These are all among my top blue note albums. The ones that made me fall in love with jazz. Essential.
Needle Groove Hey, thanks for putting together the thread. I had to ponder a bit about what I was going to show. I think I could have easily grabbed ten Blakey or ten Lee Morgan albums and called it good but that would have made it far too easy ;)
Just started getting into jazz collecting about a half year ago. Your suggestions really helped me out. Thanks for pointing me in the general direction. I am having fun finding my own way now. Like you, I love hard Bop the best and Blue Note is my label of choice. I am getting a lot of the Blue Note 75 Series. For $16.99 at Best Buy You can’t go wrong.....Excellent channel and like the Deadwax Series also.
Thanks William. The 75 series is the best way to get a foot hold in on the Blue Note vinyl stuff. Now that Music Matters has stopped their prices are going through the roof.
Thank you mate!
+Michael Jordan My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Which guitar album do you prefer between Kenny Burell and Grant Green both presented here ?
Geez...that's a tough one. For me it depends on my mood. If I want something bluesy and laid back, the Grant Green is the way to go. If I want something a little more playful and lively, I would go for the Burell. They're both solid albums but it would be hard for me to pick one over they other. They are both my favorite Jazz albums with a guitar being the lead.
@@BarakaPDub Thanks for your reply. In the meantint I got Introducing Kenny Burell mono reissue which is also very nice ! (Blues for skeeter). I could have added Wes Montgomery's Incredible jazz guitar in the choice and we would have been even more confused ;-)
Wes Montgomery is great but I don't think he ever cut a song for Blue Note. Wes, Kenny, and Grant were really the Jazz guitarist to listen too in the 60's.
Great selections, "Songs for my Father" being one of my favorites. Loved your input on each album. I've yet to hear Grant Green, though I've heard of him. I have Kenny Burrell's Christmas album, which is great, but not the album you showed. Looks like more albums for my wish list.
Matthew Smith Thanks for watching Matt. Grant Green was highly prolific and some of his albums I find to be hit or miss but Idle Moments is a masterpiece.
Hmm - annoyingly that documentary has been taken down on copyright grounds. Some people are real kill joys.
Damn. That's sucks! I wonder if it will pop up somewhere else. It's probably the best documentary I've found on Blue Note.
@@BarakaPDub Hope so! Whilst I was looking I did find a film called "Chasing Trane" on Netflix, which looks like it might be worth watching. Unfortunately at the current stage of digital streaming it is very much a one size fits all approach, so specialised material is very thin on the ground... Good selection of albums on your vid BTW!
You are dead on with this list.
Thank you sir! Glad to know another Blue Note lover thinks much the same ;)
Kenny Burrell, bland, trite, take your pick. I could play those lines at age 13. He couldn’t shine Joe Pass or Barney Kessel’s shoes
To each his own...I guess.
Enjoyed your thoughts on these albums. I'm another Lee Morgan and Art Blakey fan. I was in NY for the weekend and purchased lee-way and Lee Morgan on Classic records. It's great to see Music Matters releasing these great albums with such care.
mahler62 Lee-way is an incredible album and I bet the Classic pressing of that must be good. I have a few Classic pressings and I have always been impressed with their packaging and mastering. It's cool to meet a fellow Lee Morgan/Art Blakey fan.
How about emarcy?
I would love to do Emarcy someday but for some odd reason, no one has really bothered to reissue much of their stuff which is a shame. I probably have a dozen originals but nothing too exciting. I think the most exciting Emarcy releases I have are some of the Max Roach albums.
The Gil Melle Quartet was had a couple of recordings on Blue Note back in the 50s and later on Prestige. Gil Melle then went to Hollywood to write TV and film scores. Guitarist Joe Cinderella was featured in these groups along with Tal Farlow and Lou Mecca.
Gil Melle did some fantastic work and Music Matters just did the one record of his work. I think it was compiled from some ten inch albums from the early 50's. I would really love to hear some of his Prestige output. Thanks for the great comment George.
Interesting choices - I must admit I was expecting to know all of your choices but am actually surprised by some
I will concede most of my favorites are the normal war horses though. Thanks for watching.
@@BarakaPDub thank you very much! I'm a layman myself but my father's always been an audiophile and recently I've started exploring his record collection.
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My favourite John Coltrane album. It just pains me that Rudy Van Gelder's remaster is so compressed and heavy on the treble.
The cymbals on "Locomotion" practically sizzle on my CD.
That's one of the bigger complaints on some of the RVG issues. If you can find the Kevin Gray mastered SACD, it's definitely worth your time.
Drives me nuts because his reissue of A Love Supreme (also '03) was quite tastefully done, however it could also be down to the recordings.
But I'll definitely keep that SACD in mind, thank you.
Descent vid and great jazz but perhaps next time a lot less sign language
Thanks for watching.
No Clifford Brown? Like not even as a side man. That's just a travesty 😄.
Yeah...Clifford Brown is great. IMO, his best stuff was on EmArcy with Max Roach.
@@BarakaPDub thats a great point. Those albums are off the hook!
And I am glad he's getting his due on an audiophile repress from Analogue Productions soon.
Somethin' Else makes me angry. What should have been Adderley's album turned into a showcase for Miles Davis. Cannonball is a mere guest on his own record. Shame.
+Tojazzer You nailed it for sure. It's a Miles album in all but name.
Miles Davis is the most influential Jazz musician in history of Jazz period. Maybe in the top 5 musicians of all time. i have no problem whatsoever listening to this masterpiece.