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.

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.

Ike Quebec

 

Artist:  Ike Quebec

Birth Name:  Ike Abrams Quebec

Born:  August 17, 1918.  Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died:  January 16, 1963 (Aged 44).  New York City, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Big Band, Blues, R&B, Hard Bop, Jump Blues, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Early R&B

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Piano

Ike Quebec was an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, he recorded exrtensively for Blue Note Records, helped discover artists like Thelonious Monk, and launched a celecbrated Soul Jazz comeback, and he was quite consistent when it came to down-home Blues,Sexy Ballads, and Up-Tempo aggression.

Title:  Bossa Nova Soul Samba (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Big Band, Blues, R&B,

 Jump Blues, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Early R&B

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Loie (3:10)

 2.  Lloro Tu Despedida (3:01)

 3.  Goin' Home (5:39)

 4.  Me'N You (5:58)

Side Two:

 1. Liebestraum (3:42)

 2. Shu Shu (3:31)

 3. Blue Samba (5:18)

 4.  Favela (4:00)

 5.  Linda Flor (3:28)

Personnel:

Ike Quebec:  Tenor Saxophone

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar

Wendell Marshall:  Bass

Willie Bobo:  Drums

Garvin Masseaux:  Chekere

Bossa Nova Soul Samba is an album by Ike Quebec, originally released in 1962 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 7, 2026 by Blue Note.  Blue Note Tone Poet Edition, 180 Gram Audiophile 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:   Impressions (Verve Acoustic Spunds Series) (2026) 

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

Label:  Impulse!

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One: 

 1.  India (14:10)

 2.  Up 'Gainst The Wall (3:17)

Side Two:

 1.  Impressions (15:06)

 2.  After The Rain (4:07)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Soprano, Tenor Saxophone

Jimmy Garrison:  Double Bass

McCoy Tyner:   Piano on Tracks:  1/1, 2/1, 2

Elvin Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1, 2, 2/1

Eric Dolphy:  Bass Clarinet on Track1/1, Alto Saxophone on Track 2/1 final chord only

Reggie Workman:  Double Bass on Track 1/1

Roy Haynes:  Drums on Track 2/2

Impressions is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on July 1963 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on June 26, 2026 by Impulse!  Verve Acoustic Sounds Series, pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

 

Art Pepper

 

Artist:  Art Pepper
Birth Name:  Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr.
Born:  September 1, 1925. Gardena, California, USA
Died:  June 15, 1982 (Aged 56).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Composer
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet

Art Pepper was an American Alto Saxophonist and Clarinetist.  He began playing professionally at the age of 17, with Benny Carter and then became part of the Stan Kenton Orchestra and he was recognized as one of the leading Alto Saxophonists in Jazz, finishing second only to Charlie Parker as Best Alto Saxophonist in the Down Beat Magazine Readers Poll of 1952.

Title:  The Return Of Art Pepper (Limited Edition) (2026) 

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Jazz Wax Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Pepper Returns (4:26)

 2.  Broadway (4:56)

 3.  You Go To My Head (4:15)

 4.  Angel Wings (4:40)

 5.  Funny Blues (4:36)

Side B:

 1.  Five More (4:37)

 2.  Minority (4:17)

 3.  Patricia (3:33)

 4.  Mambo De La Pinta (4:15)

 5.  Walkin' Out Blues (5:52)

 6.  Rising Caen (3:07) *

Personnel:

Art Pepper:  Alto Saxophone

Jack Sheldon:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A1, 2, 4, 5, B1, 2, 4-6

Russ Freeman:  Piano

Leroy Vinnegar:  Bass, except Track B6

Shelly Manne:  Drums

Red Mitchell:  Bass on Track B6

The Return Of Art Pepper is an album by Art Pepper, originally released in 1957 by Jazz West, remastered and reissued on July 19, 2026 by Jazz Wax Records.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Audiophile 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:  Contrane (2026) 

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

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Out Of This World (14:04)

 2.  Soul Eyes (5:26)

 3.  Impression (4:34) *

Side B:

 1.  The Inch Worm (6:15)

 2.  Tunji (Toon-Gee) (6:32)

 3.  Miles Mods (7:30)

 4.  Up Gainst The Wall (3:14) *

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:

From The Same Sessions

Contrane is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on May 1962 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on May 22, 2026 by 20th Century Masterworks.  180 Gram Blue Colored Vinyl.