Playlist 761 ~ 770

【PlayList 761】

INTRODUCING THE THREE SOUNDS

The Three Sounds (also known as The 3 Sounds) were an American jazz piano trio that formed in 1956 and disbanded in 1973. The band formed in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States, as the Four Sounds. The original line-up consisted of Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on double bass and Bill Dowdy on drums, along with saxophonist Lonnie "The Sound" Walker, who dropped out the following year.
Introducing the Three Sounds is the debut album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Blue Note label. The CD reissue includes five bonus tracks and one alternate take originally issued in Japan as Introducing the Three Sounds Volume 2. It was a continuation of the Blue Note 1500 series being numbered 1600.  

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(2022/5/29)
 

【PlayList 762】

POINT OF DEPARTURE - ANDREW HILL

Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931 - April 20, 2007; aged 75) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Jazz critic John Fordham described Hill as a "uniquely gifted composer, pianist and educator" although "his status remained largely inside knowledge in the jazz world for most of his career." Hill recorded for Blue Note Records for nearly a decade, producing a dozen albums.
Point of Departure is a studio album by Andrew Hill, recorded in 1964 and released in 1965 on the Blue Note label. It features Hill in a sextet with alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Tony Williams.  

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(2022/5/29)
 

【PlayList 763】

TRIO and QUINTET - ELMO HOPE

St. Elmo Sylvester Hope (June 27, 1923 – May 19, 1967; aged 43) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, chiefly in the bebop and hard bop genres. He grew up playing and listening to jazz and classical music with Bud Powell, and both were close friends of another influential pianist, Thelonious Monk.
Trio and Quintet is an album by Elmo Hope which compiles sessions recorded in 1953, originally released as a 10" LP titled Elmo Hope Trio, and 1954, originally released as a 10" LP titled Elmo Hope Quintet, Volume 2 for the Blue Note label.  

(2022/5/30)
 

【PlayList 764】

THE BIG BEAT - ART BLAKEY and THE JAZZ MESSENGERS

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.
The Big Beat is an album by Art Blakey and his group The Jazz Messengers recorded on March 6, 1960 and released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Blakey with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merritt.  

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(2022/5/30)
 

【PlayList 765】

BOSS HORN - BLUE MITCHELL

Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 - May 21, 1979; aged 49) was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk trumpeter and composer, recording albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and Blue Note.
Boss Horn is an album by Blue Mitchell recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.  

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(2022/5/31)
 

【PlayList 766】

NATURAL ILLUSIONS - BOBBY HUCHERSON

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.
Natural Illusions is an album by Bobby Hutcherson recorded in 1972 and released on the Blue Note label.  

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(2022/5/31)
 

【PlayList 767】

A NEW SOUND A NEW STAR - JIMMY SMITH AT THE ORGAN (Vol.2)

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.
A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (also released as The Champ) is an album by Jimmy Smith. The trio recording was made at Van Gelder Studio on March 27, 1956, and was released by Blue Note.  

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(2022/6/1)
 

【PlayList 768】

LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE - 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.
Live at the Lighthouse is a live album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, released on the Blue Note label in 1971. The album features a quintet of Morgan, Bennie Maupin, Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt, and Mickey Roker, recorded at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California in July 1970.
Recording of the album began on Morgan's 32nd birthday (July 10, 1970). This would be the final album and only live recording released by Morgan during his lifetime; his final album, the studio recording The Last Session, was released in May 1972, after his death in February that year.  

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(2022/6/1)
 

【PlayList 769】

HANK MOBLEY with DONALD BYRD and LEE MORGAN - 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.
Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan (also known as Hank Mobley Sextet) is an album by Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1540. It was recorded on November 25, 1956 and features Mobley along with trumpeters Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Charli Persip.  

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(2022/6/2)
 

【PlayList 770】

SILVER'S SERENADE - 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.
Silver's Serenade is an album by Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1963 featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks.  

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(2022/6/2)