Walter Bishop Jr.

 

Artist:  Walter Bishop Jr.

Born:  October 4, 1927.  New York City, New York, USA

Died:  January 24,1998 (Aged 70).  New York City

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Saxophone Jazz, Standards

Occupation:  Musician

Instrument:  Piano

Walter Bishop Jr. was an American Jazz Pianist.  He was born in New York City on October 4, 1927.  He had at least two sisters, Marlan and Beverly.  His father was composer Walter Bishop Sr.  I his teens, his friends included future Jazz Musicians Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Art Taylor.

Title:  Coral Keys (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Saxophone Jazz, Standards

Label:  Real Gone Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Coral Keys (5:44)

 2.  Waltz For Zweetie (5:22)

 3.  Track Down (6:30)

 4.  Soul Turn Around (5:31)

Side Two:

 1.  Our November (5:15)

 2.  Three Loves (4:44)

 3.  Freedom Suite (9:33)

Personnel:

Walter Bishop Jr.:  Piano

Woody Shaw:  Trumpet on Tracks:  2/1-3

Harold Vick:  Flute,l Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

Reggie Johnson:  Bass

Alan Shwaetz Benger:  Drums on Tracks:  2/1-3

Idris Muhammad:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1-4

Coral Keys is an album by Walter Bishop Jr., originally released in 1971 by Black Jazz, remastered and reissued on August 7, 2026 by Real Gone Music.  Limited Edition pressed on 180 Gram Blue with Black Swirl Vinyl.

David Hazeltine

 

Artist:  David Hazeltine

Birth Name:  David Perry Hazeltine

Born:  October 27, 1958.  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Neo-Bop, Post Bop, Straight Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano JazzVibraphone, Marimba Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger, Educator

Instruments:  Piano

David Hazeltine is an American Jazz Pianist, Composer,Arranger and Educator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He began studying the piano at the age of nine, and first performed professionally when he was thirteen.  He attended the Wisconsin College Conservatory of Music from 1976 to 1979.  After performing with Chet Baker at the Milwaukee Jazz Gallery, the trumpeter suggested he should move to New York City, which he did in 1981.  In New York, he led a Trio that included Peter Washington on Bass and Louis Hayes on Drums.  He also worked with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Slide Hampton's Big Band, and the group One For All.  His first solo album, Four Flights Up, appeared in 1995.

Artist:  The David Hazeltine Trio

Title:  The Jobim Songbook In New York (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Neo-Bop, Post Bop, Straight Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz Vibraphone, Marimba Jazz

Label:  Chesky Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Dreamer (6:45)

 2.  Once I Loved (6:31)

 3.  Meditation (5:26)

 4.  Quiet Nights (4:38)

Side Two:

 1.  Wave (6:24)

 2.   One Note Samba (4:50)

 3.  Desafinado (5:17)

 4.  The Girl From Ipanema (4:13)

Personnel:

David Hazeltine:  Piano

Nat Reeves:  Bass

Joe Farnsworth:  Drums

The Jobim Songbook In New York is an album by The David Hazeltine Trio, released on August 21, 2026 by Chesky Records.  180 One-Step Pressing Vinyl.

Jimmy Smith

 

Artist:  Jimmy Smith 

Birth Name:  James Oscar Smith
Born:  December 8, 1925.  Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  February 8, 2005 (Aged 79).  Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instrum

Birth Name:  James Oscar Smith
Born:  December 8, 1925.  Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  February 8, 2005 (Aged 79).  Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Hammond B-3, Electric Organ

Jimmy Smith was an American Jazz Musician.  He wasn't the first organ player in Jazz but no one had a greater influence with the instrument that he did.  He recorded more than 30 albums for Blue Note Records between 1956 and 1963, collaborating with the likes of Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and Jackie McLean.  In 1963, he signed a new record deal with Verve.  In 2005, he was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon Jazz Musicians.

Title:  Softly As A Summer Breeze (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  These Foolish Things (5:27)

 2.  Hackensack (5:58)

 3.  It Could Happen To You (6:16)

Side Two:

 1.  Sometimes I'm Happy (8:21)

 2.  Someone To Watch Over Me (6:30)

 3.  One For Philly Joe (4:46)

Personnel:

Jimmy Smith:  Organ

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/1-3, 2/1

Eddie McFadden:  Guitar on Tracks:  2/2, 3

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1-3, 2/1

Donald Bailey:  Drums on Tracks:  2/2, 3

Softly As A Summer Breeze is an album by Jimmy Smith, originally released in 1965 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 21, 2026 by Blue Note Records.  Blue Note Classic Edition, pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Grant Green

 

Artist:  Grant Green
Born:  June 6, 1935.  St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died:  January 31, 1979 (Aged 44).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar

Grant Green was an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer.  He performed in the Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Bebop and Latin throughout his career.  He is one of the the great unsung heroes of Jazz Guitar.

Title:  Street Of Dreams (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  I Wish You Love (8:46)

 2.  Lazy Afternoon (7:44)

Side Two:

 1.  Street Of Dreams (9:03)

 2.  Somewhere In The Night (8:01)

Personnel:

Grant Green:  Guitar

Bobby Hutcherson:  Vibes

Larry Young:  Organ

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Street Of Dreams is an album by Grant Green, originally released on August 1967 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 21, 2026 by Blue Note Records.  Blue Note Classic Edition pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown

 

Artist:  Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown

Origin:  USA

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Soul, R&B, Modal Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Funk

Original line-up:

Nicholas Payton:  Trumpet, Piano, Rhodes, Vocoder, Vocals, Thumb Piano

Butcher Brown:

Marcus Tenney:  Tenor Saxophone

Morgan Burrs:  Guitar

Andrew Randazzo:  Bass, Synth Bass

DJ Harrison:  Keyboards, Melodica, Guitar

Corey Fonville:  Drums, Percussion

Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown is their collaborative project by Nicholas Payton (Trumpet, Grammy Award-Winning Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer, Arranger), with Butcher Brown is a Jazz Quintet from Richmond, Virginia.  They joined forces for the collaborative studio albums A Supreme Blue.

Title:  A Supreme Blue (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Soul, R&B, Modal Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Funk

Label:  Concord Jazz

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:  

Side A:

 1.  So What (7:58)

 2.  Freddie Freeloader (7:16)

 3.  Blue In Green (6:14)

Side B:

 4.  All Blues (7:57)

 5  Flamenco Sketches (6:30)

LP 2:

Side C:

 6.  Acknowledgement (7:46)

 7.  Resolution (8:22)

Side D:

 8.  Pursuance (5:22)

 9.  Psalm (10:55)

Personnel:

Nicholas Payton:  Trumpet, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Vocoder, Vocals

Butcher Brown:

Marcus Tenney:  Tenor Saxophone

Morgan Burrs:  Guitar

Andrew Randazzo:  Bass, Synth Bass

DJ Harrison:  Keyboards

Corey Fonville:  Drums, Percussion

A Supreme Blue is the collaborative album by Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown, released on August 14, 2026 by Concord Jazz, is a modern, groove-heavy reimagining of two legendary Jazz Masterpieces, Miles Davis's "Kind Of Blue"? (1959), and John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" (1965).  Limited Edition in 2 LP of 1500 Worldwide.

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:  Meditations (Verve Vault Series) (2026)

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

Label:  Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost (12:51)

 2.  Compassion (6:50)

Side 2:

 1.  Love (8:09)

 2.  Consequences (9:11)

 3.  Serenity (3:28)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, Band Leader

Pharoah Sanders: Tenor Saxophone, Percussion

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Jimmy Garrison:  Double Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Rashied Ali:  Drums

Meditations is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on August 1966 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on August 14, 2026 by Verve/Impulse!.  Verve Vault Series pressed on 180 Gram vinyl.

Shelly Manne

 

Artist:  Shelly Manne

Birth Name:  Sheldon Manne

Born:  June 1, 1920.  New York City, New York, USA

Died:  September 26, 1984 (Aged 64).  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Be Bop, West Coast Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Standards, Film Score, Post Bop

Occupation:  Drummer, Percussionist, Composer,, Bandleader

Instruments: Drums, Percussion

Shelly Manne was an American Jazz Drummer from New York City.  His father Max Manne and Uncles were Drummers.  He rapidly developed his style in the clubs of 52nd Street in New York in the late 1930s and 1940s.  His first professional job with a known big band was with The Bobby Byrne Orchestra in 1940.   He recorded with Jazz Stars like Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers, and Don Byas, he also worked with a number of musicians mainly associated with Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, and Rex Stewart, and performing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.  He became part of the working bands of Woody Herman and, especially, Stan Kenton.

Title:  2-3-4 (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Be Bop, West Coast Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Standards, Film Score, Post Bop

Label:  Impulse!

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1. Take The "A" Train (7:23)

 2.  The Sicks Of Us (5:53)

 3.  Slowly (5:27)

Side B:

 1.  Lean On Me (6:18)

 2.  Cherokee (3:22)

 3.  Me And Some Drums (5:54)

Personnel:

Shelly Manne:  Drums

Coleman Hawkins:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  A1,3, B1, 3, Piano on Track B3

Hank Jones:  Piano on Tracks:  A1, 3, B1, 2

Eddie Costa:  Piano on Tracks:  A2, B1-3

George Duvivier:  Bass on Tracks:  A1-3, B1, 2

2-3-4 is an album by Shelly Manne, originally released in 1962 by Impulse! remastered ad reissued on July 31, 2026 by Impulse!.  Verve Acoustic Sounds Series Edition, 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.