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These reflect solely this writer’s tastes and are totally subjective and open to endless debate. They may nonethless provide a few insights for those relatively new to the label and throw up the odd item of interest for the more seasoned collector. Virtually all have been re-issued on CD and many are available via the web in one of the many vinyl re-editions of the label over the past forty years or so. We shall be publishing the top tens of specialist record shops, jazz journalists, aficionados and collectors throughout the summer and into the autumn.

Organ Jazz

01. John Patton ‘Let’em Roll’
02. Jimmy Smith ‘Midnight Special’
03. Larry Young ‘Unity’
04. Reuben Wilson ‘Love Bug’
05. Lou Donaldson ‘Alligator Boogaloo’
06. Jimmy Smith ‘Prayer Meetin’’
07. Lonnie Smith ‘Think’
08. Baby Face Willette ‘Face to face’
09. George Braith ‘Soul Stream’
10. Jack McDuff ‘Moonrappin’’

Avant Garde

01. Eric Dolphy ‘Out to Lunch’
02. Andrew Hill ‘Point of Departure’
03. Jackie McLean ‘Destination Out’
04. Cecil Taylor ‘Conquistador’
05. Grachan Moncur ‘Evolution’
06. Sam Rivers ‘Contours’
07. Tony Williams ‘Spring’
08. Jackie McLean ‘Let Freedom Ring’
09. Ornette Coleman ‘ Live at the Circle vol. 1’
10.Freddie Hubbard ‘Breaking Point’

Hard Bop

01. Art Blakey ‘Mosaic’
02. Sonny Clark ‘Cool Struttin’’
03. Hank Mobley ‘Soul Station’
04. Jackie McLean ‘Bluesnik’
05. John Coltrane ‘Blue Train’
06. Tina Brooks ‘True Blue’
07. Freddie Hubbard ‘Goin’ Up’
08. Art Blakey ‘Indestructible’
09. Hank Mobley ‘Roll Call’
10. Joe Henderson ‘Mode for Joe’

Laid back Listening

01. Kenny Burrell ‘Midnight Blue’
02. Cannonball Adderley ‘Somethin’ Else’
03. Lee Morgan ‘Candy’
04. Grant Green ‘Street of Dreams’
05. Grant Green ‘Idle Moments’
06. Dexter Gordon ‘Gettin’ Around’
07. Lee Morgan ‘Cornbread’
08. Bobby Hutcherson ‘Happenings’
09. Sonny Clark ‘Leapin’ and Lopin’’
10. Ike Quebec ‘Blues and Sentimental’

Drippin’ in the blues

01. Don Wilkerson ‘Preach Brother’
02. Three Sounds ‘It just got to be’
03. Kenny Burrell ‘Midnight Blue’
04. Jimmy Smith ‘Home Cookin’’
05. Stanley Turrentine and Three Sounds ‘Blue Hour’
06. Horace Silver ‘Six Pieces of Silver’
07. Fred Jackson ‘Hootin’ and Tootin’’
08. Donald Byrd ‘Slow Drag’
09. Three Sounds ‘Out of this World’
10. Freddie Roach ‘Down to Earth’

Live Blue Note

01. Sonny Rollins ‘Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1/2’
02. Freddie Hubbard ‘Night of the Cookers Vol. 1/2’
03. Kenny Dorham ‘Round About Midnight. At the Cafe Bohemia’
04. Joe Henderson ‘Art of the Tenor. Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1/2’
05. Lee Morgan ‘Live at the Lighthouse’
06. Jazz Messengers ‘Night at Birdland’
07. Three Sounds ‘Live at the Lighthouse’
08. Stanley Turrentine ‘Up at Minton’s’ Vol. 1/2’
09. Art Blakey ‘Meet you at the Jazz Corner of the World’
10. Grant Green ‘Alive’

Fusion

01. Donald Byrd ‘Black Byrd’
02. Bobby Hutcherson ‘Now’
03. Bobby Humphrey ‘Blacks and Blues’
04. Horace Silver ‘Total Response’
05. Gene Harris ‘Astral Signal’
06. Donald Byrd ‘Places and Spaces
07. Duke Pearson ‘It could only happen with you’
08. Donald Byrd ‘Electric Byrd’
09. Bobby Humphrey ‘Fancy Dancer’
10. Ronnie Laws ‘Pressure Sensitive’

Latin

01. Kenny Dorham ‘Afro Cuban’
02. Duke Pearson ‘The Phantom’
03. Charlie Rouse ‘Bossa Nova Bacchanal’
04. Horace Parlan ‘Headin’ South’
05. Grant Green ‘Latin Bit’
06. Art Blakey ‘Holiday for Skins Vol. 2’
07. Duke Pearson ‘It could only happen with you’
08. Moacir Santos ‘Saudade’
09. Ike Quebec ‘Bossa Nova Samba’
10.Bobby Hutcherson ‘Montara’

Esoteric

01. Pete La Roca ‘Basra’
02. McCoy Tyner ‘Extensions’
03. Jackie McLean ‘Jacknife’
04. Elvin Jones ‘Coalition’
05. Herbie Hancock ‘Inventions and Dimensions’
06. McCoy Tyner ‘Expansions’
07. Andrew Hill ‘Dance with Death’
08. Jackie McLean ‘Action’
09. Wayne Shorter ‘All Seeing Eye’ or ‘Schizophrenia’
10. Bobby Hutcherson ‘Cirrus’

Modal

01. Search for the New Land - Lee Morgan (title track)
02. Message from the Nile - Wayne Shorter (’Extensions’)
03. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter (title track)
04. On the Nile - Jackie McLean (’Jacknife’)
05. Perception - Blue Mitchell (’Down with it’)
06. Ping Pong - Art Blakey (’Roots and Herbs’)
07. Little Bee’s Poem - Bobby Hutcherson (’Components’)
08. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock (title track)
09. Khalil the Prophet - Jackie McLean (’Destination Out’)
10. Tom Thumb - Wayne Shorter (’Schizophrenia’)

The Latin Tinge en espanol

01. ‘Recorda me’ - Joe Henderson
02. ‘Una mas’ - Kenny Dorham
03. ‘Pensativa’ - Freddie Hubbard/Lee Morgan and Art Blakey versions
04. ‘Una muy bonita’ - Bobby Hutcherson
05. ‘Mira’ - Andrew Hill
06. ‘Un poco loco’ - Bud Powell
07. ‘Plaza de Toros’ - Larry Young
08. ‘Le Barrio’ - Joe Henderson
09. ‘Malaguena’ - Pete La Roca
10. ‘Uno esto’ - Bobbi Humphrey

Blue Note renaissance Post-1985

01. ‘From the Soul’ - Joe Lovano
02. ‘Blue Light ‘til dawn’ - Cassandra Wilson
03. ‘Reach’ - Jacky Terrasson
04. ‘Pianism’ - Michel Petrucciani
05. ‘Better Days’ - Dianne Reeves
06. ‘Live at Dizzy’s - Joe Lovano and Hank Jones
07. ‘Man in the Air’ - Kurt Elling
08. ‘Modern Cool’ - Patricia Barber (originally on Premonition)
09. ‘Native heart’ - Tony Williams
10.’Live at the Village Vanguard’ - Junko Onishi

Ripe for re-issue

01. ‘Wahoo’ - Duke Pearson
02. ‘Headin’ South’ - Horace Parlan
03. ‘Preach Brother’ - Don Wilkerson
04. ‘A New Conception’ - Sam Rivers
05. ‘Holiday for Skins vol. 1 & 2’ - Art Blakey (on vinyl. 2CD available)
06. ‘The way I feel’ - John Patton
07. ‘One for One’ - Andrew Hill
08.  ‘The Phantom’ - Duke Pearson
09. ‘Gooden’s Corner’ - Grant Green
10. ‘Mr. Natural’ - Stanley Turrentine

Hidden Gems

01. ‘Consequence’ Jackie McLean
02. ‘One for One’ Andrew Hill
03. ‘Heaven on Earth’ - Larry Young
04. ‘Stick Up’ Bobby Hutcherson
05. ‘A New Conception’ Sam Rivers
06. ‘Slow Drag’ Donald Byrd
07. ‘Extensions’ - George Braith
08. ‘Understanding’ - John Patton
09. ‘Sixth Sense’ Lee Morgan
10. ‘Easterly Winds’ - Jack Wilson

Japanese only (vinyl)

01. ‘Matador’ - Grant Green (available on EU CD)
02. ‘Poppin’ - Hank Mobley
03.. ‘Back to the tracks’ - Tina Brooks (available on Mosaic box set)
04. ‘Gooden’s Corner’ - Grant Green (available on EU 2CD)
05. ‘Oblique’ - Herbie Hancock (available on EU CD)
06. ‘Senor Blues’ vol. 2 (including vocal version) - Horace Silver (vocal available on EU CD)
07. ‘Cool Struttin’ vol. 2’ - Sonny Clark (extra tracks on EU CD of ‘Cool Struttin’)
08. ‘Round about Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia vol. 2/3’ - Kenny Dorham
09. ‘Jazz Messengers at Cafe Bohemia vol. 3’ - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
10. ‘Patterns’ - Herbie Hancock

Orchestral Genius

01. Duke Pearson ‘The Phantom’
02. Herbie Hancock ‘Speak like a child’
03. Hank Mobley ‘Slice off the top’
04. Thad Jones and Mel Lewis ‘Consummation’
05. Duke Pearson ‘Right Touch’
06. Stanley Turrentine ‘The Spoiler’
07. Duke Pearson ‘Introducing Duke Pearson’s Big Band’
08. McCoy Tyner ‘Tender Moments’
09. Three Sounds ‘Coldwater Flat’
10. Donald Byrd ‘Fancy Free’

Artist profile: Larry Young (leader and sideman)

01. ‘The Moontrane’ (’Unity’)
02. ‘ I wish you love’ (’Street of Dreams’)
03. ‘Plaza de Toros’ (’Into Somethin’)
04. ‘Call me’ (’Heaven on Earth’)
05. ‘Seven steps to heaven’ (’Of Love and Peace’)
06. ‘I want to hold your hand’ (’title track’)
07. ‘Majestic Soul’ (’Contrasts’)
08. ‘Softly as in a morning sunrise’ (’Unity’)
09. ‘I’m an old cowhand’ (’Talkin’ about’)
10. ‘Love Drops’ (’Mother Ship’)

Hard to find LPs USA East coast (as opposed to rarest and more expensive) Fred Cohen - Jazz Record Center NY.

1. Fats Navarro ‘Vol. 2’ (1532 - flat rim)
2. Kenny Burrell ‘Blue Lights vol. 2’ (1597 mono - deep groove)
3. Art Blakey ‘Meet you at the Jazz Corner of the World vol.1’ (4054)
4. Kenny Dorham ‘Whistle Stop’ (4063)
5. Three Sounds ‘Feelin’ Good’ (4072 - W. 63rd St. labels, both sides)
6. Dexter Gordon ‘Doin’ All Right’ (4077 W. 63rd St. labels, both sides)
7. Jimmy Smith ‘Plays pretty for you’ (BST 1563 ST - deep groove, both sides)
8. Jackie McLean ‘New Soil’ (BST 84013 deep groove, both sides)
9. Lou Donaldson ‘Here ‘Tis’ (BST 84066 NYC pressing with ‘P’)
10. Donald Byrd ‘Cat Walk’ (84075 NYC pressing with ‘P’)

01) Cannonball Adderley “Somethin Else”
02) Art Blakey Jazz Messengers “Like Someone in Love”
03) Don Cherry “Complete Communion”
04) Chick Corea “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”
05) Herbie Hancock “Maiden Voyage”
06) Andrew Hill “Judgment”
07) Sonny Rollins “A Night at the Village Vanguard”
08) Wayne Shorter “Speak No Evil”
09) Cecil Taylor “Conquistador”
10) Tony Williams “Life Time”