Playlist 681 ~ 690

【PlayList 681】

EXTENSIONS - McCOY TYNER

Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020; aged 81) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career. He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy winner. Not a player of electric keyboards and synthesizers, he was committed to acoustic instrumentation. Tyner, who was widely imitated, is one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists in jazz history.
Extensions is an album by McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded on February 9, 1970 but not released until January of 1973. It has performances by Tyner with alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Elvin Jones, and features Alice Coltrane playing harp on three of the four tracks. 

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【PlayList 682】

A.T.'S DELIGHT - ART TAYLOR

Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 - February 6, 1995; aged 65) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".
A.T.'s Delight is an album by Art Taylor recorded and released in 1960, his only recording as a leader for Blue Note.  

(2022/4/21)
 

【PlayList 683】

HORACE-SCOPE - THE HORACE SILVER QUINTET

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.
Horace-Scope is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1960 featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks.  

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【PlayList 684】

HOLIDAY FOR SKINS Volume 2 - ART BLAKEY

Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990; aged 71) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. In the mid-1950s, Horace Silver and Blakey formed the Jazz Messengers, a group that the drummer was associated with for the next 35 years. The group was formed as a collective of contemporaries, but over the years the band became known as an incubator for young talent, including Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Johnny Griffin, Curtis Fuller, Chuck Mangione, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Cedar Walton, Woody Shaw, Terence Blanchard, and Wynton Marsalis.
Holiday for Skins is a 1959 album by Art Blakey. Recorded for the Blue Note label in November 1958, the album was released in two volumes before being reissued together in a CD set in 2006. 

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(2022/4/22)
 

【PlayList 685】

'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT AT THE CAFE BOHEMIA - 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.
'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia is a live album by Kenny Dorham. The album was recorded in 1956 at the Café Bohemia and released in 1957 on the Blue Note label. The original release featured 6 tracks; another 11 tracks, including some alternate takes was released in 1984 on the Japanese Blue Note label, as BNJ 61003/61004. A complete edition was released as a double-CD set in 2002.  

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【PlayList 686】

WAHOO - DUKE PEARSON

Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 - August 4, 1980; aged 47) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record producer."
Wahoo! is an album by Pearson, featuring performances recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label in 1964.  

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【PlayList 687】

ACTION - JACKIE McLEAN

John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 - March 31, 2006; aged 74) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat Hall of Fame in the year of their death.
Action is an album by Jackie McLean recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Charles Tolliver, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Billy Higgins.  

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【PlayList 688】

HOUSE PARTY - JIMMY SMITH

James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1925 - February 8, 2005: aged 79) was an American jazz musician whose albums often charted on Billboard magazine. He helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music.
House Party is the fourteenth album by Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1957 and 1958 and released on the Blue Note label.  

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【PlayList 689】

HERE COMES - LOUIS SMITH

Edward Louis Smith (May 20, 1931 - August 20, 2016; aged 85) was an American jazz trumpeter from Memphis, Tennessee. Smith decided to forgo being a full-time musician to take a music teaching job at Atlanta's Booker T. Washington High School. During this time he continued playing jazz in clubs, eventually going on to record two albums for Blue Note Records.
Here Comes is the debut album by Louis Smith recorded in 1958 and released on the Blue Note label. Originally recorded for the Transition label, the company went out of business shortly afterwards and before the recording could be released. The album masters were acquired by Blue Note's Alfred Lion.  

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【PlayList 690】

CITY LIGHTS - LEE MORGAN

Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 - February 19, 1972; aged 33) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's Blue Train (1957) and with the band of drummer Art Blakey before launching a solo career. After leaving Blakey for the final time, Morgan continued to work prolifically as both a leader and a sideman with the likes of Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter, becoming a cornerstone of the Blue Note label.
City Lights is an album by Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1575. It was recorded on August 25, 1957, and features a sextet comprising Morgan, Curtis Fuller, George Coleman, Ray Bryant, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.  

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