Playlist 741 ~ 750

【PlayList 741】

TOM CAT - 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.
Tom Cat is an album by Lee Morgan recorded in 1964, though only issued in 1980. It was originally released as LT 1058. While lesser known in comparison to The Sidewinder and other albums, it features several of Morgan's contemporary Blue Note recording artists such as McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, and Jackie McLean. 

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【PlayList 742】

BYRD IN HAND - DONALD BYRD

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 - February 4, 2013 ; aged 80) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was known as one of the rare bebop jazz musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock.
Byrd in Hand is an album by Donald Byrd. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder, it was recorded in May 1959 and was released in 1959 as catalogue BLP 4019 (mono) and BST 84019 (stereo). It was remastered in 2002 and released on CD as Blue Note 42305.  

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【PlayList 743】

6 PIECES OF SILVER - 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.
6 Pieces of Silver is a studio album by Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1957 featuring performances by Silver with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes. The front cover photograph was taken at Central Park West, Upper West Side.  

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【PlayList 744】

SWING SWANG SWINGIN' - 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.
Swing, Swang, Swingin' is an album by Jackie McLean recorded in 1959 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean in a quartet with pianist Walter Davis Jr., bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Art Taylor.  

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【PlayList 745】

QUARTET/QUINTET/SEXTET - LOU DONALDSON

Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926; age 95) is an American semi-retired jazz alto saxophonist. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker.
Quartet/Quintet/Sextet is an album by Donaldson featuring his earliest recordings as a leader on the Blue Note label performed by Donaldson's Quartet with pianist Horace Silver, bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Art Taylor, his Quintet with Silver, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, drummer Art Blakey and bassist Percy Heath, and a Sextet with Heath, Blakey, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, trombonist Matthew Gee and pianist Elmo Hope.  

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【PlayList 746】

MOVIN' & GROOVIN' - HORACE PARLAN

Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 - February 23, 2017; aged 86) was an American pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the Charles Mingus recordings Mingus Ah Um and Blues & Roots.
Movin' & Groovin' is the debut album by Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1960.  

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【PlayList 747】

ORGY IN RHYTHM Vol.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.
Orgy in Rhythm is an album by Art Blakey. It is early example of a percussion-oriented jazz record, a format Blakey had first explored in 1956 on the first side of his Drum Suite LP for Columbia. Orgy in Rhythm was recorded in 1957 for Blue Note Records, and released the same year as two LPs, Volume One and Volume Two (BLP 1554/1555).  

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【PlayList 748】

SOFTLY AS A SUMMER BREEZE - 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.
Softly as a Summer Breeze is an album by Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1958 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1965.  

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【PlayList 749】

THE TURNAROUND! - HANK MOBLEY

Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 - May 30, 1986; aged 55) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz, and his style that was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Coltrane and Sonny Rollins.
The Turnaround! is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on March 7, 1963 and on February 4, 1965. It was released in 1965 by Blue Note Records. It features performances by Mobley with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Philly Joe Jones from the earlier session and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Barry Harris, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Billy Higgins from the latter.  

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【PlayList 750】

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK - 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.
A Chip Off the Old Block is an album by Turrentine. The album features tunes associated with bandleader Count Basie, and was released by Blue Note. Music was performed by Turrentine with organist Shirley Scott, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, bassist Earl May, and drummer Al Harewood.  

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