Blue Note 70 Archive - September 2009
Top 10: Nick Hollier, collector, Birmingham
01. Jimmy McGriff ‘Electric Funk’. Career best LP and BN’s best funk LP too. ‘Nuff said.
02. Lou Donaldson ‘Alligator Boogaloo’. Lou invents jazz funk with the ‘new breed’ band, George Benson, Dr. Lonnie Smith and the finest purveyor of fatback, Idris Muhammad.
03. Lou Donaldson ‘Natural Soul’. Epitome of soul jazz with the soul jazz house band of Grant Green, Big John Patton, Ben Dixon.
04. Hank Mobley ‘Roll Call’. Hard bop never came harder or boppier. Intense and hard driving. Blakey, Hubbard, Kelly and Chambers all immense.
05. Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers ‘s/t’ From when it [the Jazz Messengers] was Horace’s band. This creates the gospel funk template at Blue Note. See also ‘Live at the cafe Bohemia’.
06. Kenny Dorham ‘Una Mas’ Many top Latin flavas on Blue Note. Check out the title track. Cracking band with Henderson, Hancock and Williams.
07. Donald Byrd ‘Fuego’. Funky and fiery playing.
08. Bud Powell ‘Time Waits’ . Beautiful and emotional playing from the master of be- to and hard bop piano.
09. Freddie Roach ‘Mo Greens Please’ . An R & B jukebox party from start to finish.
10. Grant Green ‘The Latin Bit’ . I could have picked ten Grant Green LPs.
