Elvis Presley

 

Artist:  Elvis Presley
Birth Name:  Elvis Aaron Presley 
Born:  January 8, 1935.  Tupelo, Mississippi, USA.
Died:  August 16, 1977 (Aged 42).  Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Genre:  Rock, Rock and Roll, Pop, Rockabilly, Country, Blues, Gospel, R&B
Occupations:  Musicians, Actor
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Elvis Presley was an American Singer and Actor.  One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, and often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll".  He is the Best-Selling Solo Artist in the History of Popular Music and has been inducted into music Halls of Fame.

Title:  Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection (2025)

Genre:  Rock, Rock and Roll, Pop, Rockabilly, Country, Blues, Gospel, R&B

Label:  Live Icon

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  I Got A Woman (6:29)

 2.  Until I's Time For You To Go (2:33)

 3.  You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (1:58)

 4.  Blue Sueded Shoes (1:11)

 5.  Johnny B. Goode (1:39)

 6.  Love Me Tender (1:50)

 7.  Hound Dog (1:14)

 8.  Suspicious Minds (5:05)

 9.  An American Trilogy (4:22)

10.  I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (1:43)

11. All Shook Up (2:17)

12. Proud Mary (2:13)

13. Don't Be Cruel (1:01)

14. Long Tall Sally (1:25)

15. In The Ghetto (2:37)

16. Sweet Caroline (3:49)

17. Early Morning Rain (2:54)

18. Funny How Time Slips Away (2:326)

19. It's Now Or Never (2:16)

20. And I Love You So (3:26)

Disc 2:

 1.  That's All Right (1:45)

 2.  Blue Christmas (140)

 3.  Are You Lonesome Tonight? (2:49)

 4.  Moody Blue (3:22)

 5.  My Way (3:50)

6.  Polk Salad Annie (4:09)

 7.  Unchained Melody (2:22)

 8.  C.C. Rider (3:25)

 9.  You Gave Me Mountain (3:13)

10. Hurt (3:44)

11. Little Sister (1:51)

12. Jailhouse Rock (1:49)

13. Kentucky Rain (3:11)

14. Let It Be Me 3:19)

15. Fever (2:43)

16. I Can't Stop Loving You (2:19)

17. Love Me (3:13)

18. Where No One Stands Alone (2:20)

19. Hall Hall Rock & Roll (0:52)

20. Help Me (2:45)

Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection is the compilation live greatest hits album by Elvis Presley, released on November 14, 2025 by Live Icon.  For Fans of Elvis Presley and Music Collectors.

Judas Priest

 

Artist:  Judas Priest
Origin:  Birmingham, England

Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal


Original line-up:

Al Atkins:  Lead Vocals
Bruno Stapenhill:  Bass
John Perry:  Guitar
John Partridge:  Drums

Classic line-up:

Rob Halford:  Lead Vocals
K.K. Downing:  Guitar
Glenn Tipton:  Guitar, Keyboards
Ian Hill:  Bass
Dave Holland:  Drums

Judas Priest are an English Heavy Metal Band formed in Birmingham, England in 1969, by Al Atkins (Lead Vocals), Bruno Stapenhill (Bass), John Perry (Guitar) and John Partridge (Drums).  Bruno Stapenhill came up with the name Judas Priest.  The band's membership has seen much turnover, and the most commercially successful line-up, featuring the classic line-up:  Rob Halford (Lead Vocals), K.K. Downing (Guitar), Glenn Tipton (Guitar), Ian Hill (Bass) and Dave Holland (Drums) with the band's best-selling album Screaming For Vengeance in 1982.  The best-known for twin Lead Guitars and a wide operatic vocals style.  They have sold over 50 million albums worldwide.  Judas Priest was one of the most influential Heavy Metal Band of the '70, spearheading The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, and receiving a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2010.

Title:  Painkiller (35th Anniversary Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

Label:  Sony Music/Legacy

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

Painkiller 1.  Painkiller (6:06)

 2.  Hell Patrol (3:36)

 3.  All Guns Blazing (3:56)

 4.  Leather Rebel (3:34)

 5.  Metal Meltdown (4:46)

Side Two:

 1.  Night Crawler (5:44)

 2.  Between The Hammer & Te Anvil (4:47)

 3.  A Touch Of Evil (5:42)

 4.  Battle Hymn (Instrumental) (0:56)

 5.  One Shot At Glory (6:46)

Personnel:

Rob Halford:  Vocals

K.K. Downing:  Guitars

Glenn Tipton:  Guitars

Ian Hill:  Bass

Scott Travis:  Drums

Additional Musician:

Don Airey:  Keyboards on Track  2/3, Minimoog on all other songs

Painkiller is the twelfth studio album by Judas Priest, originally released on  September 17, 1990 by Columbia, released on October 18, 2025 by Sony Music/Legacy.  35th Anniversary Edition NAD Blue & White Marble Vinyl.

Yusef Lateef

 

Artist:  Yusef Lateef

Birth Name:  William Emanuel Huddleston

Born:  October 9, 1920.  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Died:  December 23 2013 (Aged 93).  Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Fusion, Swing, Hard Bop Third Steam, World Music, New Age, Modern Creative, Global Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Educator, Spokesman, Author

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Bamboo Flute, Shehnai, Shofar, Arghul, Koto, Piano, Vocals

Yusef Lateef was an American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer.  His main instruments were the Tenor Saxophone and Flute, he also played Oboe and Bassoon, both rare in Jazz, and non-western instruments such as the Bamboo Flute, Shehnai, Shofar, Xun, Arghul and Koto.  He is known for having been an innovatof in the blending of Jazz with Eastern Music.

Title:  Blues In Space (Limited Edition - Collector's LP Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Fusion, Swing, Hard Bop, Third Steam, World Music, New Age, Modern Creative, Global Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  WaxTime

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Metaphor (8:07)

 2.  Yusef's Mood (8:34)

 3.  The Beginning (4:11)

 4.  Beauregard (3:35)

Side B:

 1. Morning (10:37)

 2.  Blues In Space (7:05)

 3.  Space (5:55)

Personnel:

Yusef Lateef:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute Argol, Scraped Gour

Curtis Fuller:  Trombone, Tambourine

Hugh Lawson:  Piano

Ernie Farrow:  Bass

Louis Hayes:  Drums

Blues In Space is an album by Yusef Lateef, released on November 21, 2025 by WaxTime.  Limited Edition Collector's LP Series 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Art Farmer

 

Artist:  Art Farmer
Birth Name:  Arthur Stewart Farmer
Born:  August 21, 1928.  Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Died:  October 4, 1999 (Aged 71).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Flumpet

Art Farmer was an American Jazz Trumpeter.  He started playing professionally while in high school.  He recorded with musicians such as Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, and Gigi Gryce and became known principally as a Bebop player.  He went on to join Gerry Mulligan's Quartet and, with Benny Golson, to co-found The Jazzet.  He recorded more than 50 albums under his own name, a dozen with The Jazztet, and dozens more with others.

Title:  Portrait Of Art Farmer (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Back In The Cage (5:04)

 2.  Stablemates (4:32)

 3.  The Very Thought Of You (5:41)

 4.  And Now (6:07)

Side 2:

 1.  Nita (4:28)

 2.  By Myself (6:15)

 3.  Too Late Now (5:55)

 4.  Earth (4:10)

Personnel:

Art Farmer:  Trumpet

Hank Jones:  Piano

Addison Farmer:  Bass

Roy Haynes:  Drums

Portrait Of Art Farmer is an album by Art Farmer, originally released in 1958 by Contemporary Records, remastered and reissued on November 10, 2025 by Craft Recordings.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.

John Coltrane

 

Artist:  John Coltrane
Birth Name:   John William Coltrane
Born:  September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
Died:  July 17, 1967 (Aged 40),  Huntington, New York, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone.

John Coltrane was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He played in style of Bebop and Hard Bop and helped pioneer the use of the modes in Jazz and was later at the forefront of Free Jazz.  He also appeared as a sideman on many album by other musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.  His best known and best-selling albums Blue Train i 1958 and A Love Supreme in 1964.

 

Title:  Essential (Limited Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Jazz Images

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Blue Train (10:42)

 2.  Giant Steps (4:45)

 3.  Equinox (8:33)

 4.  In A Sentimental Mood (4:17)

Side B:

 1.  My Favorite Things (13:41)

 2.  Mr. P.C. (6:59)

 3.  It's Easy To Remember (2:49)

 4.  Naima (4:22)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor & Soprano Saxophone

A1:

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet 

Curtis Fuller:   Trombone 

Kenny Drew:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

A2 & B2:

Tommy Flanagan:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Art Taylor:  Drums

A3 &B1:

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Steve Davis:  Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

A4:

Duke Ellington:  Piano

Aaron Bell:  Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

B3:

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass

Elvin Jones:   Drums

B4:

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Jimmy Cobb:  Drums

Essential is the compilation album by John Coltrane, released on November 21, 2025 by Jazz Images.   Limited Edition 180 Gram Red Colored Vinyl.

Sonny Rollins

 

Artist:  Sonny Rollins
Birth Name:  Walter Theodore Rollins
Born:  September 7, 1930.  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Sonny Rollins is an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  He is one of the most important and influential Jazz Musicians.  He has recorded at least 60 Albums as leader and a number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become Jazz Standards.

Title:  Plus 4 (2025) 

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  20th Century/Ober Entertainment

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Valse Hot (8:38)

 2.  Kiss And Run (7:10)

 3.  Raincheck (6:00) *

Side B:

 1.  I Feel A Song Coming On (5:15)

 2.  Count Your Blessongs (Instead Of Sheep) (2:31)

 3.  Pent Up House (8:53)

 4.  Paradox (4:58) *

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone

Plus:

Clifford Brown:  Trumpet

Richie Powell:  Piano

George Morrow:  Bass

Max Roach:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:  *

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone

Plus:

Ray Bryant:  Piano

George Morrow:  Bass

Max Roach:  Drums

Plus 4 is an album by Sonny Rollins, originally released on August, 1956 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on November 21, 2025 by 20th Century/Ober Entertainment, plus 2 Bonus Tracks.  180 Gram Colored Purple Vinyl.