Listening Room – “Blue Impressions”
Simon666 over at neverenoughrhodes turned me on to this album posted over at Musical Schizophrenia. It is by DJ Mitsu The Beats and is a great mix of classic Blue Note tracks from the 1970's (the CD is only available as a very expensive import, if you can find it at all). I have previewed a few tracks below, including a nice Roots remix of Montara. For fans of 70's Blue Note and/or hip-hop, the whole album can be found here.
Bobby Hutcherson - Montara (Roots Remix) from "Blue Impressions"
Ronnie Foster - Tuesday Heartbreak from "Blue Impressions"
Listening Room – “Alligator Boogaloo”
Lou Donaldson - "Alligator Boogaloo"
Lou Donaldson - "Aw Shucks!"
From "Alligator Boogaloo" : 1967 : Blue Note Records
A soul-jazz monster from 1967, Lou Donaldson continued his string of popular records for Blue Note with this release. Alligator Boogaloo brought together a trio of very young players who would go on to have great careers: George Benson on Guitar, Lonnie Smith (still going strong today as Dr. Lonnie Smith) and a fella known at the time as Leo Morris who would later become the soul-jazz master drummer Idris Muhammad.
Players:
Lou Donaldson - Alto Sax
Melvin Lastin, Sr. - Trumpet
George Benson - Guitar
Lonnie Smith - B3 Organ
Leo Morris (Idris Muhammad) - Drums
Listening Room – “The Sermon!”
Jimmy Smith - "The Sermon"
From "The Sermon!": 1958 : Blue Note Records
Well, it only seems fitting to start off this blog with a post from Jimmy Smith's 1958 Blue Note recording The Sermon. It is a stone cold classic from the era of the late night "blowing sessions" and features a who's who from the early Hard Bop era.
Players:
Jimmy Smith - Hammond B3 Organ
Lee Morgan - Trumpet
Tina Brooks - Tenor Sax
Lou Donaldson - Alto Sax
Kenny Burrell - Guitar
Art Blakey - Drums
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Recent Comments
- RPS: Cool fire indeed. Perfect music to go along with some work I’m doing at the moment. Thanks.
- Straight No Chaser: A true favorite of mine – thanks for passing it on to the world
- Jazz Sermon: I have only ever seen the “kirkbam” listed in 2 spots: this album and the double LP...
- RPS: Thanks for this. A terrific group of musicians, and a ‘fist fight’ indeed, but what a fantastic...
- Jazz Sermon: I did forget to add that they were brothers, but I didn’t realize that they were also twins....
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