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 | The 3 Sounds: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz continues its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from The 3 Sounds, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.The 3 Sounds; Feelin’ Good; Moods and Lou Donaldson’s LD+3.
Price: £8.99
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Hank Crawford: Four Classic Albums (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz continues with its Three Classic Album’s plus series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Hank Crawford, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details “More Soul”; “The Soul Clinic”; “From The Heart” and “Ray Charles In Person” (featuring Hank Crawford.).
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 | Hank Crawford: More Soul (CD: Atlantic)
Alto player Hank Crawford also began his musical career in Ray Charles’ band from 1958, and remained with them– becoming their musical director – until 1963. Recorded for the Atlantic label in 1960, More Soul, his explosive debut as a leader, includes beautiful renditions of ballads such as ‘Angel Eyes’ and Erroll Garner’s ‘Misty’, as well as Bobby Timmons’ ‘Dat Dere’ and Horace Silver’s ‘Sister Sadie’. Liner notes include foreword by Atlantic producer Joel Dorn, as well as interviews of Ray Charles and Hank Crawford by David Ritz. (Warner Jazz)
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Freddie Roach: Brown Sugar (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
Limited edition high-definition 180 g vinyl stereo LP.
Price: £25.99
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 | Baby Face Willette: Face To Face (CD: Blue Note RVG)
Baby Face Willette is one of those mysterious musicians who came on the scene, made a big splash and then faded into obscurity. He was monstrously talented organist with a relentless sense of swing. His first of two Blue Note albums puts him in ideal company with soulful saxophonist Fred Jackson, guitarist Grant Green, and drummer Ben Dixon. The degree of empathy they attained on the various grooves set forth here sounds like they’d been together for years. Added to the original album are two alternate takes. (Blue Note Records)
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Baby Face Willette: Face To Face (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
First released in 1961 by Blue Note, this re-issue features all the original artwork. This was the under recorded Willette’s debut album for the label and features his trademark, Hammond B3 style – more percussive than Jimmy Smith’s. A fine grooving soul-jazz outing. (Discovery Records)Limited edition high-definition 180 g vinyl stereo LP.
Price: £25.99
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 | Baby Face Willette: Stop And Listen (CD: Blue Note RVG)
Stop and Listen was the last session that organist Baby Face Willette made for Blue Note. He came in with guns blazing on Lou Donaldson's Here 'Tis, made his and Grant Green's debut recordings, and then this fiery trio album in May 1961. Willette was an earthy, exciting player and he, Green, and Ben Dixon would have become one of the premier organ trios in jazz had he stuck around. This great album includes three standards (one a bonus track), four originals, and Nat Adderley's "Work Song." The whole affair cooks from first tune to last. Remastered by original recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder from the original analog masters. (Blue Note Records)
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Jimmy McGriff: Soul Sugar + Groove Grease (CD: Fingerpoppin')
Excellent two-fer from the Jazz organist featuring a double dose of McGriff on one CD! Both Soul Sugar and Groove Grease are from 1971 and feature Jimmy and his band in sizzling form, blending their Jazz grooves with Funk and Pop and creating their own kind of audio Jazz smoothie! McGriff began as a Hard Bop and Soul-Jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who developed a distinctive and influential style of playing the Hammond B-3 organ. 19 tracks including 'Sugar Sugar' and 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours'. (Proper Music)
Price: £12.99
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 | Shirley Scott & Stanley Turrentine: Blue Flames (CD: Prestige- US Import)
Shirley Scott, one of the most successful of the Philadelphia organists, came to prominence with the Lockjaw Davis trio of the late Fifties. In fact she was signed to Prestige largely on the strength of Lockjaw’s hit “In the Kitchen.” While many of her recordings were trio sessions, it was her collaboration with Stanley Turrentine that brought her even more into the limelight. Those recordings for Prestige (and Blue Note, Impulse, and Atlantic) still sound good today--this group presented consistently interesting fare. (Fantasy, Inc.)
Price: £15.49
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Pat Martino: Strings! (CD: Prestige- US Import)
Price: £15.49
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 | Pat Martino: El Hombre (CD: Prestige RVG)
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Pat Martino: Formidable (CD: Highnote)
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 | George Benson: Giblet Gravy (CD: Verve)
In the same year that 25 year old George Benson appeared on a Miles Davis LP, he took the rhythm team of Hancock and Carter to make his own. With Billy Cobham, they were the foundation for an album that's half small group and half big band- one of the truly satisfying jazz that Benson made before following his role model, Wes Montgomery, in changing labels and boldly crossing over. Alongside the jazz and pop standards covered, Benson created a new standard with the title tune. The secret ingredient in the Gravy, as throughout the record, is the brilliant arranging of Tom McIntosh, one of the most original musical minds to emerge in the Sixties. (Verve Music Group)
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George Benson: The Shape Of Things To Come (A&M)
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 | George Benson: Beyond The Blue Horizon (CD: Columbia)
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Lonnie Smith: Think! (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The Hammond organist’s classic 1968 album featuring an all-star unit including Lee Morgan (trumpet), David ‘Fathead’ Newman (tenor sax) and Melvin Sparks (guitar).180g vinyl pressing.
Price: £25.99
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 | Lonnie Smith: Turning Point (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
One of the funkiest and most creative organists of all time, Dr. Lonnie Smith was first brought into the Blue Note fold by alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson who featured the B3 virtuoso on late-1960s soul jazz classics including Alligator Bogaloo, Mr. Shing-a-Ling, and Midnight Creeper. Smith went on to sign with Blue Note and lead his own dates beginning with his excellent 1968 label debut Think! In January 1969 Smith returned to Van Gelder Studio to record the follow-up Turning Point with a dynamic 6-piece band that packed a punch with a 3-horn frontline featuring Lee Morgan on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, and Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone. The rhythm section featured guitarist Melvin Sparks and was anchored by the propulsive drumming of Leo Morris (aka Idris Muhammad). The 5-song set produced by Francis Wolff opens with a hard-grooving take on Don Covay’s “See Saw,” which was a hit for Aretha Franklin the year before. Other choice covers include a laid-back version of “People Sure Act Funny” by Titus Turner and Bobby Robinson and an inventive reworking of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” that injects the Lennon-McCartney gem with a healthy dose of soul. Two Smith originals round out the album including the smoldering “Slow High” and the expansive album-closing title piece which kicks into high gear after a rubato introduction by Smith.This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records)
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Lonnie Smith: Live At Club Mozambique (Vinyl LP: Blue Note, 2 LPs)
Recorded in May 1970, this smoldering set of funky soul-jazz by the great organist Lonnie Smith went unreleased until 1995. Captured live at Club Mozambique in Detroit just 5 months after Smith recorded his excellent Blue Note album Drives, this live date featured a similar line-up with tenor saxophonist Dave Hubbard, baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber, and drummer Joe Dukes, with the notable difference being the presence of guitarist George Benson here. On this 2LP set the band stretches out on 6 Smith originals including “I Can’t Stand It” & “Play It Back” along with covers of the Sly Stone song “I Want To Thank You” & Miles Davis’ “Seven Steps to Heaven.” (Blue Note Records)180g vinyl pressing.
Price: £31.99
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 | Lonnie Smith: Breathe (CD: Blue Note)
Breathe captures the Hammond B-3 organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith during his 75th birthday run at the Jazz Standard in NYC in 2017, the same week he recorded his acclaimed trio album All In My Mind. On this night the good doctor took the stage with an expanded line-up featuring Jonathan Kreisberg on guitar, Johnathan Blake on drums, John Ellis on tenor saxophone, Jason Marshall on baritone saxophone, Sean Jones on trumpet, and Robin Eubanks on trombone. Two additional studio tracks that open and close the album present the unique collaboration between Doc and Iggy Pop including a sublime cover of Donovan's 1966 hit "Sunshine Superman." (Universal Music)
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Reuben Wilson: Love Bug (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
Following his 1968 Blue Note debut On Broadway, Hammond B3 organist Reuben Wilson returned to Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in March 1969 to record the follow-up Love Bug. This time out producer and Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff put Wilson at the helm of a dynamic quintet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Grant Green on guitar, and Leo Morris (later known as Idris Muhammad) on drums. The result was one of the standout soul jazz dates of the late 60s, a funky six-song set that featured deep-grooved Wilson originals including “Hot Rod,” Back Out,” and the title track “Love Bug” alongside cover versions of some of the biggest R&B hits of the day like Gamble and Huff’s “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” (Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations), Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “I Say A Little Prayer” (Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin), and Isaac Hayes and David Porter’s “Hold On, I’m Comin’” (Sam & Dave).This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records)
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 | Reuben Wilson: Blue Mode (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The organist’s classic 1970 album, his third record for Blue Note and one of the key soul-jazz workouts of the era. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio on 12th December 1969.180g vinyl pressing.
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