Kenny Burrell (geb. 1931)

Bluesy Burrell (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

This session is a model of the emotionally intense ballad programs featured on Prestige's Moodsville subsidiary. The great Kenny Burrell receives a major assist from saxophone patriarch Coleman Hawkins (w…

Jack DeJohnette (geb. 1942)

Special Edition

The first version of Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition, which helped to alert the wider world to the talents of saxophonists David Murray and Arthur Blythe, won the Down Beat Readers’ Poll Album of the Ye…

Dave Holland (geb. 1946)

Extensions

Down Beat Critics Poll Album of the Year 1989. Leader Holland guides Steve Coleman, Kevin Eubanks and Marvin “Smitty” Smith to some of their strongest performances on record.

Paul Motian (1931-2011)

Conception Vessel

Lou Donaldson (1926-2024)

Lou Takes Off (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

Jazz-Saxophonist Lou Donaldson spielte dieses Album für Blue Note im Jahr 1957 ein und bildete dafür ein Sextett mit Donald Byrd (Trompete), Curtis Fuller (Posaune), Sonny Clark (Klavier), Jamil Nasser (B…

Hank Mobley (1930-1986)

Peckin' Time (Rudy van Gelder Remasters)

This hard-swinging February 9, 1958 date with Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Charlie Persip was the last in a run of outstanding albums that Mobley and Morgan made for Blue Note in the two y…

John Coltrane (1926-1967)

Live At Birdland

Die Aufnahmen zu Live At Birdland entstanden 1963 im gleichnamigen New Yorker Club und im Studio von Rudy van Gelder. Wie auch beim Album Live At The Village Vanguard ist auch hier das Umfeld des Jazzclub…

Miles Davis (1926-1991)

Platinum

Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000)

Look Out! (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

Stanley Turrentine’s heartfelt, soulful sound is instantly recognizable. His Blue Note debut from June 1960 finds him with the Horace Parlan trio of the time with George Tucker and Al Harewood, which was …

Duke Jordan (1922-2006)

Flight To Jordan (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

Duke Jordan established his credentials as pianist during 1947-48 when he was Charlie Parker’s pianist. His composing skills did not emerge until the arrival of hard bop in the mid fifties. “Flight To Jor…

Jacky Terrasson (geb. 1965)

Mirror

Der 1965 in Berlin geborene, in Paris aufgewachsene und seit 1990 in New York lebende Tastenvirtuose ist längst kein "Young Lion" mehr, sondern zählt mittlerweile zu den Top-Pianisten der internationalen …

Paul Chambers (1935-1969)

Bass On Top (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

Paul Chambers war innerhalb eines Jahres nach seiner Ankunft in New York City der meistgefragte Bassist im Jazz. Er wurde bei Blue Note unter Vertrag genommen, spielte im Quintett von Miles Davis und mach…

Lee Morgan (1938-1972)

Candy (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

The quartet setting is a demanding one for the trumpet and Lee Morgan was only 19 years old when he cut this masterpiece. He is unceasingly inventive on this interesting mix of standards, pop tunes, and j…

Baby Face Willette (1933-1971)

Face To Face (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

Baby Face Willette was a monstrously talented organist with a relentless sense of swing, who came on the scene, made a big splash and then faded into obscurity.

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)

Round Midnight

Robert Glasper (geb. 1979)

In My Element

Produktinfo: Robert Glasper's innovative new album In My Element, offers view into the mind of one of the great young jazz pianists of today. At times serious and whimsical, In My Element displays Glasp…

Dexter Gordon (1923-1990)

Clubhouse (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters)

Produktinfo: Recorded in 1965 the day before Gordon's final Blue Note album "Gettin' Around," this session sat in the can for 14 years. The resultant album with Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Bob Cransh…

Sonny Stitt (1924-1982)

Stitt Meets Brother Jack

Charles Mingus (1922-1979)

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Classics)

Das Album enthält im Prinzip Variationen eigener und fremder Werke und könnte daher als langweilig und nichtssagend durchgehen, wenn Mingus eben nicht sein Genie als Arrangeur ausgelebt hätte um die neuen…