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.

Herbie Hancock

 

Artist:  Herbie Hancock
Birth Name:  Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Born:  April 2, 1940.  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Electro, Classical
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Producer
Instruments:  Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizers, Organ, Clavinet, Keytar

Herbie Hancock is an American Pianist, Keyboardist and Composer.  He started his career with Donald Byrd, shortly joined the Miles Rhythm Quintet.  He was one of the first Jazz Musicians to embrace Synthesizers and Funk Music.  His music embraces elements from Jazz, , Blues, Modern Classical Music, Funk and Soul.  His best-known Solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians including Mongo Santamaria), "Maiden Voyage", "I Thought It Was You".  In 2008, he won Grammy Award for Album Of The Year from Tribute album River:  The Joni Letters.

Title:  Maiden Voyage (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2026) 

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Electro, Classical

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Maiden Voyage (7:57)

 2.  The Eye Of The Hurricane (6:01)

 3.  Little One (8:47)

Side Two:

 1.  Survival Of The Fittest (10:03)

 2.  Dolphin Dance (9:16)

Personnel:

Herbie Hancock:  Piano

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet

George Coleman:  Tenor Saxophone

Ron Carter"  Bass

Tony Williams:  Drums

Maiden Voyage is the fifth album by Herbie Hancock, originally released on May 17, 1965 by Blue Note, remastered and Reissued on July 17, 2026 by Blue Note. Pressed on 140 Gram Vinyl.

Freddie Hubbard

 

Artist:  Freddie Hubbard
Birth Name:  Frederick Dewayne Hubbard
Born:  April 7, 1938.  Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died:  December 29, 2008 (Aged 70).  Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader

Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet, French Horn, Mellophone

Freddie Hubbard was an American Jazz Trumpeter.  He was known for playing in the Bebop, Hard Bop and Post-Bop Styles from the early 1960s onwards.  He was at the age of 20, he began playing with some of the best Jazz players of the era, including Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollins, Slide Hampton, Eric Dolphy, J.J. Johnson, and Quincy Jones.

Title:  Goin' Up (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2026)  

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Asiatic Raes (6:46)

 2.  The Changing Scene (5:49)

 3.  Karioka (6:15)

Side Two:

 1.  A Peck A Sec (5:49)

 2.  I Wished I Knew (7:47)

 3.  Blues For Brenda (7:00)

Personnel:

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet

Hank Mobley:  Tenor Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

Goin' Up is an album by Freddie Hubbard, originally released on May 1961 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on July 17, 2026 by Blue Mote Records.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Miles Davis

 

Artist:  Miles Davis
Birth Name:  Miles Dewey Davis III
Born:  May 26, 1926.  Alton, Illinois, USA
Died:  September 28, 1991 (Aged 65).  Santa Monica, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Trumpeter
Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piano, Organ, Synthesizer

Miles Davis was an American Jazz Musician, Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer.  He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century of several developments in Jazz Music, including Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, and Jazz Fusion.  In 2006, Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.  In 2008, his 1959 album Kind Of Blue received fourth Platinum Certification from RIAA for shipment of at least four million copies in USA.

Title:  Porgy And Bess (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Number One Essentials

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  The Buzzard Song (4:07)

 2.  Bess, You Is My Woman Now (5:10)

 3.  Gone (3:37)

 4.  Gone, Gone, Gone (2:03) 

 5.  Summertime (3:17)

 6.  Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (4:18)

Side B:

 1.  Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (4:39)

 2.  Fisherman, Strawberry And Devil Crab (4:06)

 3.  My Man's Gone Now (6:14)

 4.  It Ain't Necessarily So (4:23)

 5.  Here Comes de Honey Man (1:18)

 6.  I Loves You, Porgy (3:39)

 7.  There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (3:23)

Personnel:

Miles Davis:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Gil Evans:  Conductor

Johnny Goles:  Trumpet

Ernie Royal:  Trumpet

Bernie Glow:  Trumpet

Louis Mucci:  Trumpet

Joe Bennett:  Trombone

Dick Hixson:  Trombone

Frank Rehak:  Trombone

Jimmy Cleveland:  Trombone

Willie Ruff:  Flugelhorn

Julius Watkins:  Flugelhorn

Gunther Schuller:  Flugelhorn

Bill Barber:  Tuba

Jerome Richardson:  Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet

Phil Bodner:  Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet

Danny Bank:  Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet

Cannonball Adderley:  Alto Saxophone

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums 

Jimmy Cobb:  Drums

Porgy And Bess is an album by Miles Davis, originally released on March 9, 1959 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on May 22, 2026 by Number One Essentials.  Pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.