You really never need a reason to throw a Horace Silver album on. In fact, we here at Raggy Waltz headquarters (all one of me) are rather partial to Mr. Silver and his music and have been adding his albums to the collection as rapidly as possible. This album, however, has a lot of special [...]
Tag: Blue Note
Horace-Scope // Horace Silver (Blue Note BST-84042)
The great Horace Silver. That's it. That's the intro. To the music. The Music The Tune: "Strollin'" Recorded: 8-9 July, 1960 at Englewood Cliffs, NJ Personnel: Junior Cook - Tenor SaxBlue Mitchell - TrumpetHorace Silver - PianoEugene Taylor - BassRoy Brooks - Drums By a happy coincidence, the day I finally got around to writing [...]
Dearly Beloved // Stanley Turrentine (Blue Note 4081)
In the jazz record collecting circle, there are records that everyone wants, there are records that are rare, and there's records that are expensive. Then there's holy grails. Ask a record collector what a grail is, and they'll probably rattle off a few Blue Note albums, like Lee Morgan's 'Vol. 3' (which I accidentally grabbed [...]
In Pursuit of The 27th Man // Horace Silver (Blue Note BN-LA054-F)
This is a special post for a couple of reasons. First, it's Horace Silver. Any Horace Silver album is special. The other reason? Keep on reading. To the music! The Music The Tune: "Gregory Is Here"Recorded: 10 November, 1972 at Englewood Cliffs, NJPersonnel: Randy Brecker- Trumpet & FluglehornMichael Brecker- Tenor SaxHorace Silver- PianoBob Cranshaw- Electric [...]
Midnight Blue // Kenny Burrell (Blue Note BLP 4123)
What is it about the color blue that is so expressive, so hip, so cool? Rhapsody in Blue. Kind of Blue. Blue Trane. True Blue. And then there's Midnight Blue. The Music The Tune: "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You"Recorded: 8 January, 1963 at Englewood Cliffs, NJPersonnel: Kenny Burrell - GuitarMajor Holly - BassBill [...]
Lee Morgan Vol. 3 // Blue Note (BLP 1557)
I mean, if I'm doing a Black History Month tribute, I can't NOT feature an album from the illustrious Blue Note label, can I? The answer, of course, is no. Hail no. And as a trumpeter myself, of course I had to profile one of my favorite trumpeters of all time. Enough chit chat; to [...]
A New Perspective // Donald Byrd & Voices (Blue Note BLP 4124)
Here at Raggy Waltz, we're open about our rather biased approach to record collecting and listening. West Coast is the best the coast. Prestige and Blue Note albums are constantly pontificated on amongst most jazz record collectors, so why continue the trend here if you can read it elsewhere? Long live Fantasy, Pacific Jazz, and [...]
Our Man In Paris // Dexter Gordon (Blue Note BLP 4146)
The appearance of an original Blue Note record has caused a stir in the Raggy Waltz office. The excitement coupled with the all-around greatness of the album made a write-up necessary. To the music we go! The Music The Tune: Scrapple From The Apple Recorded: 23 May, 1963 in Paris, France Personnel: Dexter Gordon- Tenor [...]
Long-lost Blue Note Album 1553 To Be Released
Regular readers of my blog know that while I'm a jazz record collector as well as a jazz fan in general, I'm a huge Paul Desmond/Dave Brubeck fan. HUGE. This passion for their music has resulted in me scouring the internet for rare music, photos, information, anything pertaining to Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck. I've [...]
The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia, Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1507)
For the past few posts, I've been using the sub-genres of jazz to explore and rediscover my record collection. We looked at 'arranger jazz', and then moved to live jazz, specifically 'jazz club jazz'. In the last post, we stepped into the Village Vanguard, a New York City jazz club. Before leaving the state, we're [...]