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【PlayList 271】

THE PRISONER - HERBIE HANCOCK

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940; age 81) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and occasional actor. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd’s group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles, utilizing a wide array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this period that he released perhaps his best-known and most influential album, Head Hunters.
The Prisoner is the seventh Herbie Hancock album, his final on the Blue Note label, released and recorded in 1969. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

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【PlayList 272】

DEARLY BELOVED - STANLEY TURRENTINE

Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 - September 12, 2000; aged 66) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion during a stint on CTI in the 1970s. In the 1960s Turrentine was married to organist Shirley Scott, with whom he frequently recorded, and he was the younger brother of trumpeter Tommy Turrentine.
Dearly Beloved is an album by Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961 and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott and Roy Brooks. 

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【PlayList 273】

BONE & BARI - CURTIS FULLER

Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932 - May 8, 2021; aged 88) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records first heard Fuller playing with Miles Davis in the late 1950s. Lion featured him as a sideman on record dates led by Sonny Clark (Dial "S" for Sonny, Sonny's Crib) and John Coltrane (Blue Train).
Bone & Bari is an album by Curtis Fuller, recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 1572. 

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【PlayList 274】

COMPONENTS - BOBBY HUTCHERSON

Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 - August 15, 2016; aged 75) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. "Little B's Poem", from the 1966 Blue Note album Components, is one of his best-known compositions. Hutcherson influenced younger vibraphonists including Steve Nelson, Joe Locke, and Stefon Harris.
Components is an album by Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1966. The first side of the LP features compositions by Hutcherson, in a hard bop style, whilst the second side features Joe Chambers' compositions, more in the avant-garde style. 

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【PlayList 275】

LIFE TIME - TONY WILLIAMS

Anthony Tillmon Williams (December 12, 1945 - February 23, 1997; aged 51) was an American jazz drummer.
Williams first gained fame in the band of trumpeter Miles Davis and pioneered jazz fusion. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1986.
At 17 Williams gained attention by joining Miles Davis in what was later dubbed Davis's Second Great Quintet. Williams was a vital element of the group, called by Davis in his autobiography "the center that the group's sound revolved around." Meanwhile, he recorded his first two albums as leader for Blue Note label, Life Time (1964) and Spring (1965). He also recorded as a sideman for the label including, in 1964, Out to Lunch! with Eric Dolphy and Point of Departure with Andrew Hill. 

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【PlayList 276】

SERENADE TO A SOUL SISTER - HORACE SILVER

Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 - June 18, 2014; aged 85) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
Serenade to a Soul Sister is an album by Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1968, featuring performances by Silver with Charles Tolliver, Stanley Turrentine, Bennie Maupin, Bob Cranshaw, John Williams, Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham. 

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【PlayList 277】

ROLLIN' WITH LEO - LEO PARKER

Leo Parker (April 18, 1925 - February 11, 1962; aged 36) was an American jazz musician, who primarily played baritone saxophone.
In 1945 he was a member of the so-called "Unholy Four" of saxophonists, with Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons. He played on 52nd Street in New York with Dizzy Gillespie in 1946 and Illinois Jacquet in 1947-48, and later recorded with Fats Navarro, J.J. Johnson, Teddy Edwards, Wardell Gray and Charles Thompson.
Rollin' with Leo is the second, and final, album as a leader by Leo Parker, recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980. 

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【PlayList 278】

BACK TO THE TRACKS - TINA BROOKS

Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks (June 7, 1932 - August 13, 1974; aged 42) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer best remembered for his work in the hard bop style.
Back to the Tracks is a hard bop album by Tina Brooks recorded in 1960 and released posthumously. The album was originally intended as BLP 4052, but, for some reason, it was shelved at the time.  

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【PlayList 279】

WHISTLE STOP - KENNY DORHAM

McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972; aged 48) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public recognition from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did. Dorham composed the jazz standard "Blue Bossa", which first appeared on Joe Henderson's album Page One.
Whistle Stop is a jazz studio album by Kenny Dorham, featuring performances by acclaimed musicians Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. It was recorded in January 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, in Englewood Cliffs, and was originally released on Blue Note Records as BST 84063 and BLP 4063. 

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SOME OTHER STUFF - GRACHAN MONCUR III

Grachan Moncur III (born June 3, 1937; age 84) is an American jazz trombonist. He is the son of jazz bassist Grachan Moncur II and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Al Cooper.
He took part in two Jackie McLean albums for Blue Note in the early 1960s, One Step Beyond and Destination... Out!, to which he also contributed the bulk of compositions. He recorded two albums of his own for Blue Note, Evolution (1963) with Jackie McLean and Lee Morgan, and Some Other Stuff (1964) with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.
Some Other Stuff is the second album by Grachan Moncur III recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label in 1965. 

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