Kenny Blue

Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Volume 2 (1958) {2009 Japan Blue Note Best & More 1100 Series 24bit remaster TOCJ-8606}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 292 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 95 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 77 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1958, 2009 Blue Note / EMI Music Japan | TOCJ-8606 | 24bit remaster
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Guitar

Some of Kenny Burrell's best early work ! The album catches Kenny in the perfect Blue Note jam session mode of the late 50s — one used also with Jimmy Smith, and which features a number of the label's star players hitting hard with the main soloist. Players on the two volume set include Duke Jordan or Bobby Timmons piano, Junior Cook and Tina Brooks tenor, Louis Smith trumpet, and Art Blakey on Drums. The cuts have a very open-ended blowing session feel, and Kenny comes through surprisingly well, really picking up steam on a way you don't always hear in more restrained recordings.

Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights Vol.1 (1958) {2015 Japan Blue Note The Finest 1100 Series UCCQ-9151}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 238 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 82 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 45 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24bit remaster
© 1958, 2015 Blue Note / Universal Japan | UCCQ-9151
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Guitar

Reissue with the latest 24bit remastering. Features original cover artwork. Comes with a descripton in Japanese. Some of Kenny Burrell's best early work! The album catches Kenny in the perfect Blue Note jam session mode of the late 50s – one used also with Jimmy Smith, and which features a number of the label's star players hitting hard with the main soloist. Players on the two volume set include Duke Jordan or Bobby Timmons piano, Junior Cook and Tina Brooks tenor, Louis Smith trumpet, and Art Blakey on Drums. The cuts have a very open-ended blowing session feel, and Kenny comes through surprisingly well, really picking up steam on a way you don't always hear in more restrained recordings. Titles on this volume include "Yes Baby", "Scotch Blues", and "Caravan".

Various Artists - Blue Note Explosion: New York Is Our Home (2008) [2CD] {Blue Note}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 906 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 315 Mb
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© 2008 Blue Note / Capitol / EMI | 50999-521433-0-4
Jazz / Hard Bop

New York Is Our Home brings together twenty tracks recorded by Blue Note artists between 1953-58 which helped shape the hard bop template. The compilation includes a handful of acknowledged early classics, but also some primo lesser-known tracks. Hard bop was at the apex of African-American culture from 1955 to around 1965, when rock and soul drove it from the throne. By the time it declined, the music was heavily, often excessively codified. Between 1954-57, however, when most of the tracks on New York Is Our Home were recorded, everything was still to play for. Horace Silver may be the pianist on ten of these tracks, and Art Blakey the drummer on eight, but the only thing that runs through all of them is African-centric energy, as received through blues and gospel. Beyond that, individual expression is key.