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 [...]
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Hip Soul // Shirley Scott (Prestige PRLP 7205)
Rolling right along in my celebration of Black History Month, here's an album featuring a rare type of jazz artist- a female who strictly plays and doesn't sing. Of course, there's also a bit of intrigue behind the album as well. To the music! The Music The Tune: "Hip Soul"Recorded: 2 June, 1961 at Van [...]