Jackie McLean

 

Artist:  Jackie McLean
Birth Name:  John Lenwood McLean
Born:  Ma 17, 1931.  New York City, New York, USA
Died:  March 31, 2006 (Aged 74).  Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Educator, Community Activist
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone

Jackie McLean was an American Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader and Educator  He started on Alto when he was 15.  As a teenager he was friends with such neighbors as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins and he made his recording debut with Miles Davis in 1951.  He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the Down Beat Hall of Fame in the year of his death.

Title:  Jacknife (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition) (2025) 

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  On The Nile (12:34)

 2.  Climax (9:20)

Side B:

 1.  Soft Blue (7:30)

 2.  Jacknife (6:16)

 3.  Blue Fable (5:56)

Personnel:

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A2, B1, 3

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A1, B1, 2

Larry Willis:  Piano

Larry Ridley:  Bass

Jack DeJohnette:  Drums

Jacknife is an album by Jackie McLean, originally released in 1975 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 1, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile 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:  Saxophone Colossus (Special Edition) (2025)

 Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  St. Thomas  (6:47)
 2.  You Don't Know What Love Is  (6:28)
 3.  Strode Rode  (5:12)

Side Two:

 1.  Moritat  (10:02)
 2.  Blue 7  (11:08)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan:  Piano
Doug Watkins:  Bass
Max Roach:  Drums

Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by Sonny Rollins, originally released in 1956 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on March 21, 2006 by Prestige Records, featuring Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins and Max Roach.Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  St. Thomas  (6:47)
 2.  You Don't Know What Love Is  (6:28)
 3.  Strode Rode  (5:12)

Side Two:

 4.  Moritat  (10:02)
 5.  Blue 7  (11:08)

Personnel:

Sonny Rollins:  Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan:  Piano
Doug Watkins:  Bass
Max Roach:  Drums

Saxophone Colossus is the sixth studio album by Sonny Rollins, originally released in 1956 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on July 4, 2025 by Ermitage Records, featuring Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins and Max Roach.  Special Edition Yellow Vinyl.

Oscar Peterson

 

Artist:  Oscar Peterson 
Birth Name:  Oscar Emmanuel Peterson
Born:  August 15, 1925.  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died:  December 23, 2007 (Aged 82).  Mississauga, Ortario, Canada
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Concerto
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Piano

Oscar Peterson was a Canadian Jazz Pianist and Composer.  He was called the "Maharaja of the Keyboard" by Duke Ellington, but simply "O.P." by his friends.  He released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours.  He is considered one of the greatest Jazz Pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.

Artist:  The Oscar Peterson Trio

Title:  Night Train (Limited Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Concerto

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Night Train (4:52)

 2.  C. Jam Blues (3:26)

 3.  Georgia On My Mind (3:46)

 4.  Bag's Groove (5:43)

 5.  Moten Swing (2:55)

 6.  Easy Does It (2:45)

 7.  Volare * (2:49)

Side B:

 1.  The Honey Dripper (2:24)

 2.  Thongs Ain't What They Used To Be (4:38)

 3.  I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (5:08)

 4.  Band Call (3:55)

 5.  Hymn To Freedom (5:38)

 6.  My Heart Belongs To Daddy * (3:57)

*Bonus Tracks:

Personnel:

Oscar Peterson:  Piano

Ray Brown:  Double Bass

Ed Thigpen:  Drums

Night Train is an album by The Oscar Peterson Trio, originally released in 1963 by Verve, remastered and reissued on May 30, 2025 by 20th Century Masterworks.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Blue Colored Vinyl, with 2 Bonus Tracks.

Hank Mobley

Birth Name:  Henry Mobley
Born:  July 7, 1930.  Eastman, Georgia, USA
Died:  May 30, 1986 (Aged 55).  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz, Post Bop
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Saxophonist
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone

Hank Mobley was an American Hard Bop and Soul Jazz Tenor Saxophonist and Composer.  He wasn't as aggressive as John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins, but neither was it as soft and cool as Stan Getz or Lester Young.  He is one of the most underrated musicians of the Bop Era.

Title:  Roll Call (2025)

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

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Roll Call (10:33)

 2.  My Groove Your Move (6:07)

 3.  Take Your Pick (5:27)

Side Two:

 1.  A Baptist Beat (5:27)

 2.  The Move I See You (6:47)

 3.  The Breakdown (4:57)

Personnel:

Hank Mobley:  Tenor Saxophone

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Art Blakey:  Drums

Roll Call is an album by Hank Mobley, originally released on June 1961 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on May 16, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Horace Silver

 

Artist:  Horace Silver
Born:  September 2, 1928.  Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Died:  June 18, 2014 (Aged 85).  New Rochelle, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instruments:  Piano

Horace Silver was an American Jazz Pianist, Composer and Arranger.  He was the one of the pioneer in the Hard Bop Style in the 1950s.  He played with Stan Getz in 1950, with the Jazz Messengers, co-led by Art Blakey.  His most successful album was Song For My Father.

Artist:  The Horace Silver Quintet

Title:  Serenade To A Soul Sister (Classic Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Psychedelic Sally (7:14)

 2.  Serenade To A Soul Sister (6:19)

 3.  Rain Dance (6:21)

Side Two:

 1.  Jungle Juice (6:46)

 2.  Kindred Spirts (5:55)

 3.  Next Tiime I Fall In Love (5:19)

Personnel:

Tracks:  !/1-3

Horace Silver:  Piano

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet

Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone

Bob Cranshaw:  Bass, Electric Bass on Track 1/1

Mickey Roker:  Drums

Tracks:  2/1-3

Horace Silver:  Piano

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet, except on Track 2/3

Bennie Maupin: Tenor Saxophone, except on 2/3

John Williams:  Bass

Billy Cobham:  Drums

Serenade To A Soul Sister is an album by The Horace Silver Quintet, originally released on June, 1968 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on March 21, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Lou Donaldson

 

Artist:  Lou Donaldson
Born:  November 1, 1926.  Badin, North Carolina, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Bandleader, Musician, Composer, Saxophonist
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone

Lou Donaldson is an American Jazz Alto Saxophonist.  He is best known for his Soulful, Bluesy approach by playing the Alto Saxophone.  He was, as many were of the Bebop Era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker.  He played with Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Horace Silver and Tommy Potter, he recorded as a sideman in the 50's and occasionally afterwards with Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson and Jimmy Smith.  He has been a Bandleader from the mid-'50s up until the present.

Title:  Say It Loud! (Classic Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Say It Loud! (I'm Black And I'm Proud) (7:32)

 2.  Summertime (5:49)

 3.  Caravan (5:22)

Side Two:

 1.  Snake Bone (9:31)

 2.  Brother Soul (8:17)

Personnel:

Lou Donaldson:  Varitone Alto Saxophone, Vocals

Blue Mitchell:  Trumpet

Charles Earland:  Organ

Jimmy Ponder:  Guitar

Leo Morris:  Drums

Say It Loud! is an album by Lou Donaldson, originally released in 1969 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on March 21, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.