‘Classic Vinyl Series.’
Funky soul jazz from 1969, featuring guitarist Melvin Sparks, and including covers of Knock On Wood and Twenty-Five Miles.
With Freddie Hubbard trumpet, Herbie Hancock piano, Ron Carter bass, Joe Chambers drums. 1965. Miles Smiles kind of thing.
Fresh from his stint for Miles, the saxophonist with Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Jaki Byard in 1964 — meshing the great jazz tradition and the avant-garde in his own path-breaking way.
‘Classic Vinyl Series’.
‘Classic Vinyl’ series.
With Jay Jay Johnson, Art Blakey, Paul Chambers… and Horace Silver and Monk sharing piano duties, and playing together in a ten-minute version of Misterioso. Lovely mono.
‘Classic Vinyl Series.’
‘Classic Vinyl’ series.
‘Classic Vinyl.’
‘Classic Vinyl Series.’
Night Dreamer, The Soothsayer, Etcetera, Adam’s Apple, Schizophrenia.
1964 masterwork with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie, Elvin Jones and Ron Carter, tersely melding avant, modal and bop. “Wild flowers and strange, dimly-seen shapes… I was thinking of things like witch burnings, too.”
‘Classic Vinyl.’
From 1956, recycling the previous year’s Jazz Messengers, subbing Louis Hayes for Blakey. Apparently Silver wasn’t planning on becoming a bandleader, but the success of Señor Blues propelled him forwards. Hank Mobley and Donald Byrd in full effect.