Blue Note Sessions

Edmond Hall, James P. Johnson, Sidney De Paris, Vic Dickenson - The Complete Blue Note Sessions (1985) {4CD Mosaic rec 1941-52}
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© 1941-52, 1985 Mosaic Records / Blue Note | MD4-109
Jazz / Early Jazz / New Orleans Jazz / Swing / Dixieland / Stride

To say that this limited-edition six-LP Mosaic box is overflowing with classics is an understatement. Included are a variety of small-group sessions (with overlapping personnel) from the early days of Blue Note. The Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet has five songs that are the only existing examples of Charlie Christian playing acoustic guitar; clarinetist Hall, Meade Lux Lewis (on celeste), and bassist Israel Crosby complete the unique group. The king of stride piano, James P. Johnson, is heard on eight solos; other combos are led by Johnson, Hall (who heads four groups in all), trumpeter Sidney DeParis, and trombonist Vic Dickenson (heard in a 1952 quartet with organist Bill Doggett).

Hank Mobley - The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (2019) {8CD Box Set, Mosaic MD8-268}
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© 1963-70, 2019 Blue Note / Mosaic Records / UMG | MD8-268
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

An amazing run of music – some of our favorite albums ever recorded for the Blue Note label, and the legendary second chapter of the career of tenor genius Hank Mobley! Hank was already a hell of a tenor player when he came on the scene in the 50s – graced with this deeply soulful style that helped usher in a whole new generation of talents on the instrument – but during his final years at Blue Note, he really took off with amazing new ideas, unusual rhythms, mindblowing arrangements, and the kind of compositional skill she never showed at the start!

Jimmy Smith - The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions (1994) {3CD Set, Mosaic MD3-154}
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© 1957, 1994 Mosaic / Blue Note | MD3-154
Jazz / Hard Bop / Hammond Organ B-3

It would not be an overstatement to say that organist Jimmy Smith was busy during February 11-13, 1957, for he recorded enough material for these three CDs, 21 often lengthy performances that originally appeared on five LPs plus three others that had been previously unissued. Smith is not only heard early in his career with his regular trio but in a sextet with trumpeter Donald Byrd, altoist Lou Donaldson, tenor-saxophonist Hank Mobley, and drummer Art Blakey, in duets with Donaldson and with a quartet that also stars guitarist Kenny Burrell.

Don Wilkerson - The Complete Blue Note Sessions (1962-63) [2CD] {2001 BN Connoisseur CD Series}
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© 2001 Blue Note / Capitol | 7243 5 24555 2 2 | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone Jazz / Guitar Jazz

HE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE SESSIONS contains the previously released albums PREACH BROTHER (84107), ELDER DON (84121), and SHOUTIN' (84145). Includes liner notes by Dudley Williams, Joe Goldberg and Robert Levin. This is part of the Blue Note Limited Edition Connoisseur series. Don Wilkerson may not attract much attention – either now or when he was recording in the early '60s – but he was an interesting character. Like many tenor saxophonists of his era, the Texan followed in the hard-swinging soul-jazz that grew out of hard bop, but he didn't settle into an easy groove – he drove his music hard, injecting it with a healthy dose of the blues and an undercurrent of nascent black power. An intriguing mix, to be sure, and on three albums for Blue Note between 1962 and 1963 – Elder Don, Preach, Brother!, Shoutin' – he was at his peak, and they're all included here on this double-disc The Complete Blue Note Sessions.

George Braith - The Complete Blue Note Sessions (2001) {2CD Set, Blue Note Connoisseur CD Series 24558 rec 1963-1964}
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© 1963-64, 2001 Blue Note / Capitol | 7243 5 24558 2 9 | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Post Bop / Saxophone

The use of multiphonics in jazz has been mastered by very few players, and while at times shrill and thin, can be enlivening and exciting. Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Albert Mangelsdorff set the gold standard, while several trumpeters like Rayse Biggs and Corey Wilkes have tried it with two brass instruments, and contemporary saxophonist Jeff Coffin gives it ago. George Braith holds a singularly unique place in the pantheon of these stylistas, following the path of Kirk in playing two saxophones while combining bop and soul-jazz. This set represents the complete works of Braith on Blue Note in 1963 and 1964 from the albums Two Souls in One, Soul Stream, and Extension.

Lou Donaldson - Complete 1952 Blue Note Sessions (2002) {The Jazz Factory–Disconforme JFCD22851}
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© 1952, 2002 Blue Note / The Jazz Factory / Disconforme | JFCD22851
Jazz / Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone

This stunning edition features Lou Donaldson backed up by jazz legends as the Modern Jazz Quartet; Thelonius Monk, Max Roach & Kenny Dorham; Horace Silver, Gene Ramey & Art Taylor; Art Blakey, Blue Mitchell & Percy Heath on these highly inspired studio sessions. High Resolution - 24Bit Edition.