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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 01, 2026
Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday after a swim with Blue & Sentimental an album by American jazz saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded for Blue Note on December 16 & 23, 1961 and released the following year. The album features a quartet made up of Quebec (occasionally doubling on piano), guitarist Grant Green, and rhythm section Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. The album features rare rhythm guitar accompaniment by Green, who was more typically a soloist. The AllMusic review by Steve Huey calls Blue & Sentimental "a superbly sensuous blend of lusty blues swagger and achingly romantic ballads" and "a quiet, sorely underrated masterpiece".[4] In 2004, critic Richard Cook wrote that the album "might be Quebec's masterpiece" - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwf9NnOQ03k&list=OLAK5uy_l4I1mw03e57sIv-9VXdv7e1HonWFQtdCU #IkeQuebec #GrantGreen #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones #Jazz #BlueNote #Music
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
Green Is Beautiful is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label. The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Green Is Beautiful finds the guitarist growing more comfortable with harder, funkier R&B than he seemed on the softer-hued Carryin' On... Green Is Beautiful proves that Green's reinvention as a jazz-funk artist wasn't the misguided disaster it was initially made out to be". - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL8NuQZWXnI&list=OLAK5uy_kRTGSbXj3oUyw6vseRCT8e9JEsoKXu9-8 #GrantGreen #BlueNote #Jazz #Funk #JamesBrown #TheBeatles #JazzGuitar #Music
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
Goin' West is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1969. It is a loose concept album inspired by Western music. It features pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Billy Higgins. The All About Jazz review by Colin Fleming stated "Goin' West, though nominally a country and western recording, moves us into the realm of folk music—bluegrass folk music and clippity-clappity cowboy tunes... Having said that, it would be hard to imagine Goin' West being a greater delight, a straight forward, unencumbered jazz delight—finesse jazz is a readily applicable moniker... Goin' West is an intriguing release nonetheless" - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a5DpNbwJe8&list=RD_a5DpNbwJe8&start_radio=1 #GrantGreen #BlueNote #HerbieHancocck #ReggieWorkman #BillyHiggins #Jazz #Country #Music #BlueNote
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
Time for Tyner is the ninth album as a leader by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his third released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in May 1968 and features performances by Tyner with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Freddie Waits. Harvey Pekar, writing for DownBeat in a contemporary review, said Tyner's playing was "quite inspired and vigorous" and that Tyner "seemingly always performs with discipline and good taste."[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "a powerhouse performance from first to last." - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCzsjz6OC1g&list=RDCCzsjz6OC1g&start_radio=1 #McCoyTyner #BobbyHutcherson #Jazz #BlueNote #Music
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
Think! is the second album by American organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1968 and released on the Blue Note label. The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Think!, organist Lonnie Smith's 1968 release for Blue Note, is easily one of the strongest dates the Hammond B-3 master would produce for the label". - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V5Yg3xI8Bs&list=OLAK5uy_mVxAEm7NTC8pGwOQ4rRDe58BzJXy0-L2M&index=1 #LonnieSmith #HammondOrgan #LeeMorgan #DavidNewman #Melvin Sparks #Jazz #SoulJazz #Music #BlueNote #Funk #ArethaFranklin
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra is a 1966 big band jazz album recorded by Joe Williams with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label. Review by Scott Yanow Accompanied by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, the singer is heard at the peak of his powers. The big band primarily functions as an ensemble (Snooky Young gets off some good blasts on "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"), but the inventive Thad Jones arrangements ensure that his illustrious sidemen have plenty to play. Many of the selections (half of which have been in the singer's repertoire ever since) are given definitive treatment on this set (particularly a humorous "Evil Man Blues," "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You," and "Smack Dab in the Middle"), and Williams scats at his best on "It Don't Mean a Thing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNn4JqOZ8A&list=OLAK5uy_mQWlXcOTk-X3S6U3aOctsTXxNI9BPV81M #JoeWilliams #ThadJones #MelLewis #BigBand #Jazz #VocalJazz #Music #SoildState #BlueNote
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 02, 2026
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 is a ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at WOR Studios in New York on August 14, 1953 and released on Blue Note the following year. Powell is backed by rhythm section George Duvivier and Art Taylor. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings. - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAW6iHusLk0&list=OLAK5uy_mLmq-tHEaRwAODag1Z_pelq8-GUPb9nC8 #BudPowell #JazzpIanoTrio #Jazz #BeBop #BlueNote #Music
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 28, 2026
Right Now! is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean in a quartet with pianist Larry Willis, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Clifford Jarvis. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Altoist McLean was at the peak of his powers during this period and, inspired by the versatile rhythm section... a particularly strong example of Jackie McLean's unique inside/outside music of the 1960s." - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poz_xCQMRSU&list=RDpoz_xCQMRSU&start_radio=1 #JackieMcLean #Jazz #FreeJazz #BlueNote #Music
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 25, 2026
Soul Stirrin' is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green, recorded on April 28, 1958, and released on Blue Note later that year. Marc Davis of All About Jazz wrote, "This is a bluesy, almost pre-bop record... Soul Stirrin' is an unexpected pleasure from a jazz man who is largely forgotten. Now that I've discovered Bennie Green, I want to hear more." - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQcIGdqmSUk&list=PLyHn3f7-9IUJytpLkuf23PTYGlZwtzoUY&index=1 #BennieGreen #BlueNote #HardBop #Trombone #GeneAmmons #ElvinJones #Jazz #Music #BabsGonzales
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 17, 2026
Hootin' 'n Tootin' is the debut album by American saxophonist Fred Jackson, and the sole recording under his leadership, recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Hootin' 'n Tootin' is a thoroughly enjoyable set of funky soul-jazz with hard bop overtones. It is true that Jackson doesn't try anything new on the set, but he proves to be a capable leader... the result is a modest but highly entertaining set of earthy, bluesy soul-jazz that should have been heard by a wider audience" - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAf0UfDG_00&list=PLqvV6qdeqPXoA87EwDrzf1ODeDHgv6kHc&index=1 #FredJackson #SoulJazz #HardBop #BlueNote #Music #Jazz #EarlVanDyke
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 16, 2026
The Amazing Bud Powell is a ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded on August 8, 1949, and May 1, 1951, and released on Blue Note in April 1952. In the first session, Powell performed in quintet with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes, and in trio with Potter and Haynes. In the second, Powell performed in trio with Curley Russell and Max Roach, and solo. The album is rated highly within Powell's musical library, described by All About Jazz as "among the pianist's most important recordings"[5] and by The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jazz (in conjunction with volume two) as "a great introduction to this awesome pianist".[6] Jazz critic Scott Yanow characterized it in his book Jazz on Record as "full of essential music".[7] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings. - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJY5Y9aMRkU&list=RDtJY5Y9aMRkU&start_radio=1 #BudPowell #BeBop #SonnyRollins #Jazz #BlueNote #Music
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