HAROLD LAND — West Coast Blues! (1960-1996) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This reissue (which surprisingly has not yet come out in complete fashion on CD) was originally recorded for the Jazzland label. Tenor saxophonist Harold Land leads an all-star sextet that includes guitarist Wes Montgomery, trumpeter Joe Gordon, pianist Barry Harris, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. Together, they perform three of Land's originals, "Don't Explain," and Charlie Parker's "Klactoveedsedstene," and an early version of Montgomery's "West Coast Blues." The music is as well-played and swinging as one would expect from this superior bop group. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Úrsula 7:05
Written-By – Harold Land
2    Klactoveedsedstene 6:01
Written-By – Charlie Parker
3    Don't Explain 9:56
Written-By – Herzog, Holiday
4    West Coast Blues 7:45
Written-By – Wes Montgomery
5    Terrain 4:52
Written-By – Land
6    Compulsion 6:47
Written-By – Land
Credits :
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes
Guitar – Wes Montgomery
Piano – Barry Harris
Tenor Saxophone – Harold Land
Trumpet – Joe Gordon

THE HORACE SILVER QUINTET & TRIO — Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Two Version (2004, RM | Serie Blue Note 決定盤 1500 – 21) + (2011, RM | SACD, Hybrid | Serie The Blue Note Reissues) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Blowin' the Blues Away is one of Horace Silver's all-time Blue Note classics, only upping the ante established on Finger Poppin' for tightly constructed, joyfully infectious hard bop. This album marks the peak of Silver's classic quintet with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Louis Hayes; it's also one of the pianist's strongest sets of original compositions, eclipsed only by Song for My Father and Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers. The pacing of the album is impeccable, offering up enough different feels and slight variations on Silver's signature style to captivate the listener throughout. Two songs -- the warm, luminous ballad "Peace" and the gospel-based call-and-response swinger "Sister Sadie" -- became oft-covered standards of Silver's repertoire, and the madly cooking title cut wasn't far behind. And they embody what's right with the album in a nutshell -- the up-tempo tunes ("Break City") are among the hardest-swinging Silver had ever cut, and the slower changes of pace ("Melancholy Mood") are superbly lyrical, adding up to one of the best realizations of Silver's aesthetic. Also, two cuts ("Melancholy Mood" and the easy-swinging "The St. Vitus Dance") give Silver a chance to show off his trio chops, and "Baghdad Blues" introduces his taste for exotic, foreign-tinged themes. Through it all, Silver remains continually conscious of the groove, playing off the basic rhythms to create funky new time patterns. The typical high-impact economy of his and the rest of the band's statements is at its uppermost level, and everyone swings with exuberant commitment. In short, Blowin' the Blues Away is one of Silver's finest albums, and it's virtually impossible to dislike. Steve Huey
Tracklist :
1    Blowin' The Blues Away    4:44
 Horace Silver
2    The St. Vitus Dance 4:10
 Horace Silver
3    Break City    4:56
 Horace Silver
4    Peace    6:02
 Horace Silver
5    Sister Sadie    6:19
 Horace Silver
6    The Baghdad Blues    4:52
 Horace Silver
7    Melancholy Mood (New Version) 7:10
 Horace Silver
 – BONUS TRACK –
8    How Did It Happen    4:4
Credits :
Bass – Eugene Taylor
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Horace Silver
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Tenor Saxophone – Junior Cook
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell

SAM JONES PLUS 10 — The Chant (1961-1994) RM | Original Jazz Classics Limited Edition Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Bassist Sam Jones's Riverside recordings have long been underrated. This CD reissue features Jones on bass and cello for four songs apiece with a particularly strong supporting cast including cornetist Nat Adderley, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, trombonist Melba Liston, altoist Cannonball Adderley (who only takes one solo) and Jimmy Heath on tenor; Victor Feldman and Heath provided the colorful arrangments. Highlights include "Four," "Sonny Boy," Jones's "In Walked Ray" and "Over the Rainbow" but all eight selections in this straightahead set are rewarding. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    The Chant    3:24
 Victor Feldman
2    Four    4:23
 Miles Davis / Jon Hendricks
3    Blues On Down    5:45
 Benny Golson
4    Sonny Boy    4:54
 Lew Brown / Buddy DeSylva / Ray Henderson / Al Jolson
5    In Walked Ray    4:04
Written-By – Sam Jones
6    Bluebird    4:10
 Charlie Parker
7    Over The Rainbow    6:37
 Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
8    Off-Color    4:26
Written-By – Rudy Stevenson
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
Arranged By – Jimmy Heath, Victor Feldman
Baritone Saxophone – Tate Houston
Bass – Keter Betts (tracks: 4 to 7), Sam Jones (tracks: 1 to 3, 8)
Cello – Sam Jones (tracks: 4 to 7)
Cornet – Nat Adderley
Drums – Louis Hayes
Guitar – Les Spann (tracks: 1 to 3, 8)
Piano – Victor Feldman (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 8), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 4, 6, 7)
Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Heath
Trombone – Melba Liston
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman (tracks: 4 to 7)

YUSEF LATEEF — The Golden Flute (1966-2004) RM | Serie LP Reproduction | APE (image+.cue), lossless

 This is one of the most obscure of all Yusef Lateef recordings, one that has even been left out of some discographies. Lateef mostly sticks to tenor (playing only flute on one song and making one appearance on the double-reed arghul) and is featured with his Detroit All-Stars, a quintet also including the up-and-coming trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Hugh Lawson, bassist Ernie Farrow and drummer Louis Hayes. Overall, the set is more bop-oriented than normal, with versions of "Pike's Peak" (based on "What Is This Thing Called Love"), Charlie Parker's "Constellation" and the blues "Chang, Chang, Chang" showing how strong and original Lateef could be even playing conventional straight-ahead material. Some of the other pieces look toward the future and/or the East, and all eight selections have their memorable moments, with the passionate yet thoughtful ballad "Love Is Eternal" being among the high points. Recommended. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Road Runner 4:44
Written-By – Lateef
2    Straighten Up And Fly Right 3:26
Written-By – Mills, Cole
3    Oasis 4:23
Written-By – Lateef
4    I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 4:03
Written-By – Crosby, Washington, Young
5    Exactly Like You 2:54
Written-By – McHugh/Fields
6    The Golden Flute 3:54
Written-By – Lateef
7    Rosetta 3:51
Written-By – Hines, Woode
8    Head Hunters 4:33
Written-By – Harris, Lawson
9    The Smart Set 7:31
Written-By – Brooks
Credits
Bass – Herman Wright
Drums – Roy Brooks, Jr.
Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Oboe – Yusef Lateef
Piano – Hugh Lawson

NAT ADDERLEY — Work Song (1960-2004) SACD, Hybrid | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Work Song is a near-classic by cornetist Nat Adderley. Adderley utilizes a cornet-cello-guitar front line with Sam Jones and Wes Montgomery, along with a top-notch rhythm section pianist including Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, or Keter Betts on bass and drummer Louis Hayes. First up is a fine early performance of his greatest hit, "Work Song." He also helps introduce Cannonball Adderley's "Sack O' Woe." Four songs use a smaller group, with Timmons absent on "My Heart Stood Still," which finds Keter Betts on cello and Jones on bass; "Mean to Me" featuring Nat backed by Montgomery, Betts, and Hayes; and two ballads ("I've Got a Crush on You" and "Violets for Your Furs") interpreted by the Adderley-Montgomery-Jones trio. No matter the setting, Nat Adderley is heard throughout in peak form, playing quite lyrically. Highly recommended. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Work Song 4:12
Written-By – Nat Adderley
2    Pretty Memory 3:50
Written-By – Bobby Timmons
3    I've Got A Crush On You 2:53
Written-By – Gershwin-Gershwin
4    Mean To Me 4:59
Written-By – Ahlert, Turk
5    Fallout 4:51
Written-By – N. Adderley
6    Sack Of Woe 4:24
Written-By – Julian Adderley
7    My Heart Stood Still 6:24
Written-By – Rodgers-Hart
8    Violets For Your Furs 3:47
Written-By – Dennis, Adair
9    Scrambled Eggs 3:20
Written-By – Sam Jones
Credits :
Bass – Keter Betts (tracks: 2, 4, 5), Percy Heath (tracks: 1, 6, 9), Sam Jones (tracks: 3, 7, 8)
Cello – Keter Betts (tracks: 7), Sam Jones (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9)
Cornet – Nat Adderley
Drums – Louis Hayes (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9)
Guitar – Wes Montgomery
Piano – Bobby Timmons (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9)
Producer, Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews

CURTIS FULLER — The Complete Blue Note/UA Curtis Fuller Sessions (1996) 3CD BOX-SET | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Trombonist Curtis Fuller, who developed his sound out of the style of J.J. Johnson, recorded prolifically as a leader from 1957-1962. After recording three dates for Prestige and New Jazz within a seven-day period in 1957, Fuller made four albums for Blue Note from 1957-1958, and after three albums for Savoy, he cut a lone session for United Artists in 1959. All of the five Blue Note and United Artists records (plus an alternate take of "Down Home") are on this excellent three-CD limited box set, released in 1996. Fuller is heard with four different quintets that include either tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, baritonist Tate Houston, trumpeter Art Farmer, or (on a date only previously out in Japan) fellow trombonist Slide Hampton; the rhythm sections consist of either Bobby Timmons or Sonny Clark on piano, Paul Chambers or George Tucker on bass, and Art Taylor, Louis Hayes, or Charlie Persip in the drum slot. In addition, there is a sextet session with Lee Morgan, Mobley, Tommy Flanagan, Chambers, and Elvin Jones that has arrangements by Gigi Gryce and Benny Golson. Throughout, the music is high-quality hard bop with plenty of fine features for the underrated but talented Curtis Fuller. Scott Yanow   Tracklist & Credits :

CURTIS FULLER — New Trombone (1957-1996) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This 1957 date matches Fuller with bluesy, fervent alto sax wailer Sonny Red Kyner. They make both a tight ensemble pair and an excellent contrasting frontline, with Kyner's spewing, flailing delivery featured on such cuts as "Blue Lawson" and "Namely You" operating against Fuller's equally intense, but lighter and smoother trombone lines. With Hank Jones operating as the rhythm section's harmonic link on piano, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Louis Hayes mesh underneath effectively. These undiluted, straight-ahead bop and blues numbers are still par for the course. Ron Wynn
Tracklist & Credits :

CURTIS FULLER — Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (1958-1992) RM | MONO | Masters Of Jazz Series – 51 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Trombonist Curtis Fuller is featured here in a quintet with altoist Sonny Red, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Louis Hayes, performing a pair of originals, two blues, and a couple of ballad features. Garland is outstanding on "Moonlight Becomes You" (one of his finest recordings), while Fuller does a fine job on "Stormy Weather." This set has a feel of a jam session; the blend between the trombone and the alto is particularly appealing. Despite the overly critical liner notes (written in 1962), this is an excellent hard bop-oriented date. Scott Yanow   Tracklist & Credits :

CURTIS FULLER — Volume 3 (1957-1999) RM | Serie 24 Bit By RVG | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Trombonist Curtis Fuller settled in New York in April of 1957, after working for several years in his native Detroit. Volume 3 pairs him with trumpeter Art Farmer, along with a buoyant rhythm section comprising Sonny Clark (who also relocated to N.Y.C. in April '57), George Tucker and Louis Hayes. This third solo recording for Fuller on the Blue Note label is stronger than its predecessors, especially in showcasing the trombonist's writing talents. The five original tunes and one standard feature some fine ensemble playing and cover a broad range from Afro-Cuban to medium swing to ballad. Fuller's composition "Carvon" is exceptional; the main theme is played on trombone accompanied only by bowed bass. This recording firmly established Curtis Fuller as a serious, mature voice on his instrument. Lee Bloom Tracklist & Credits

JOE ZAWINUL — The Rise & Fall Of The Third Stream + Money In The Pocket (1994) RM | Serie Atlantic Jazz Gallery | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Two of keyboardist Joe Zawinul's finest recordings as a leader were reissued on this single CD. The Money in the Pocket album from 1965 features Zawinul on acoustic piano in a sextet with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams playing superior hard bop, highlighted by the funky title cut, "If," and "My One and Only Love." The other session utilizes a string quartet, trumpeter Jimmy Owens, and the tenor and arrangements of William Fischer. Its diverse music hints at fusion (Zawinul doubles on electric piano) and has many colorful moments. This gem of a CD is highly recommended. Scott Yanow   Tracklist & Credits :

JOE ZAWINUL — Concerto Retitled (1976-2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

As Joe Zawinul's electric band Weather Report gathered momentum in the '70s, Atlantic put together a single-LP anthology of Zawinul's earlier two albums for Atlantic and one for Vortex. The irony, of course, is that the Zawinul of most of these tracks basically did not exist as of 1976, nor has this compulsively forward-looking musician returned to his acoustic jazz roots since. Fully half of the tracks - the Tatumesque solo number, "My One and Only Love," the straight-ahead "Riverbed," and trio numbers "Del Sasser" and "Sharon's Waltz" (with Cannonball Adderley's rhythm section, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes) come from the Money in the Pocket album. "From Vienna with Love" and "Concerto Retitled" (both from The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream) are backed by William Fischer's brooding neo-classical arrangements for cello and three violas. From these relatively conventional pursuits, it is a jolt to hear two hauntingly spiritual tracks - the electronically slowed-down "His Most Journey" and "In a Silent Way - " from the Zawinul album, the prelude to Weather Report. Though all of this stuff is out on CD in complete form, this is still useful as a quick trip through Zawinul's extraordinary changes over a short span of time. Richard S. Ginell    Tracklist & Credits :  

CURTIS FULLER — New Trombone (1957-1996) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This 1957 date matches Fuller with bluesy, fervent alto sax wailer Sonny Red Kyner. They make both a tight ensemble pair and an excellent contrasting frontline, with Kyner's spewing, flailing delivery featured on such cuts as "Blue Lawson" and "Namely You" operating against Fuller's equally intense, but lighter and smoother trombone lines. With Hank Jones operating as the rhythm section's harmonic link on piano, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Louis Hayes mesh underneath effectively. These undiluted, straight-ahead bop and blues numbers are still par for the course. Ron Wynn
Tracklist :
1 Vonce #5 7:40
2 Transportation Blues 8:18
3 Blue Lawson 6:51
4 Namely You 9:25
5 What Is This Thing Called Love? 6:30
– BONUS TRACKS –
6 Alicia 5:11
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Sonny Red Kyner
Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Louis Hayes
Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
Piano – Hank Jones
Trombone – Curtis Fuller

JOHNNY HODGES | WILD BILL DAVIS ft. LES SPANN & MUNDELL LOWE - Blue Hodge (2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"Blue Hodge"    
1    And Then Some 4:06
Written-By – Johnny Hodges
2    I Wonder Why 4:30
Written-By – Mercer Ellington
3    Azure Te 2:57
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
4    Blue Hodge 6:19
Written-By – Gary McFarland
5    Hodge Podge 4:04
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
6    It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream 3:10
Written-By – Don George, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
7    Why Are You Blue? 3:25
Written-By – Gary McFarland
8    Knuckles 5:11
Written-By – Johnny Hodges
9    Stand By Blues 4:30
Written-By – Johnny Hodges
10    There Is No Greater Love 3:27
Written-By – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
Personnel 1-10 :
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Organ – Wild Bill Davis
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes
Guitar, Flute – Les Spann
From "Blue Rabbit"    
11    Blues O'Mighty 4:57
Written-By – Johnny Hodges
12    Fiddler's Fancy 2:52
Written-By – Johnny Hodges
13    Things Ain't What They Used To Be 4:18
Written-By – Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons
14    Wisteria 3:14
Written-By – Jimmy Jones, Mercer Ellington
15    Satin Doll 2:32
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer
16    Mud Pie 4:10
Written-By – Johnny Hodges
Personnel 11-16 :
Organ – Wild Bill Davis
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Bass – Richard Davis
Guitar – Mundell Lowe
Drums – Osie Johnson
From "Blue Notes"    
17    Rent City 3:52
Written-By – Johnny Hodges
18    Sometimes I'm Happy 2:46
Written-By – Clifford Grey, Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
19    The Midnight Sun Will Never Set 3:35
Written-By – Quincy Jones
20    Sneakin' Up On You 5:38
Written-By – Chip Taylor, Ted Daryll
Personnel 17-20 :
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmy Jones
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Danny Bank
Bass – George Duvivier
Bass Trombone – Tony Studd
Drums – Grady Tate
Guitar – Eric Gale
Harmonica – Buddy Lucas
Piano – Hank Jones
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Snooky Young
Vibraphone – Joe Venuto
Notas.
Tracks 1 to 10 recorded in New Jersey on August 23 and 24, 1961, and issued as Blue Hodge.
Tracks 11 to 16 recorded in New York on April 28 and 30, 1964, and issued on Blue Rabbit.
Tracks 17 to 20 recorded in New York on October 24, 1966, and issued on Blue Notes.
The CD erroneously credits track 13 to "Ted Parsons" and track 20 to "Creed Taylor."

JOE ZAWINUL — Money in the Pocket (1966-2012) RM | Serie Jazz Best Collection 1000 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :

1 Money In The Pocket 4:46

Bass – Bob Cranshaw
Drums – Roy McCurdy
Piano – Joe Zawinul
Tenor Saxophone – Clifford Jordan
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell
2 If 3:47
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell
Piano – Joe Zawinul
3 My One And Only Love 3:52
Written by - Robert Mellin / Guy Wood
Piano – Joe Zawinul
4 Midnight Mood 6:06
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell 
Piano – Joe Zawinul
5 Some More Of Dat 6:02
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Piano – Joe Zawinul
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell
6 Sharon's Waltz 5:06
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Joe Zawinul
7 Riverbed 5:09
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell
Piano – Joe Zawinul
8 Del Sasser 3:45
Piano – Joe Zawinul
Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes

WILBUR HARDEN / JOHN COLTRANE - Mainstream 1958 (1958-1992) RM / MONO / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Tracklist:
1 Wells Fargo 7:19
Wilbur Harden
2 West 42nd Street 7:49
Wilbur Harden

3 E.F.F.P.H. 5:24

Wilbur Harden

4 Snuffy 9:35

Wilbur Harden

5 Rhodomagnetics 7:08

Wilbur Harden

Credits:

Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Louis Hayes
Flugelhorn – Wilbur Harden
Piano – Tommy Flanagan
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Written-By – Harden

JOHN COLTRANE - The Last Trane (1958-2003) RM / APE (image+.cue), lossless

Despite its title (which was due to the original LP containing the last of Prestige's John Coltrane material to be released for the first time), this album does not have Coltrane's final recordings either of his career or for Prestige. These "leftovers" are generally rewarding with an alternate take of "Trane's Slo Blues" (called "Slotrane") being joined by three slightly later numbers ("Lover," "By the Numbers" and "Come Rain or Come Shine") taken from quintet sessions with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and either Louis Hayes or Art Taylor on drums. Enjoyable if not essential hard bop from John Coltrane's productive Prestige period. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Lover 7:58
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
2 Slowtrane 7:19
John Coltrane
3 By the Numbers 12:01
John Coltrane
4 Come Rain or Come Shine 8:43
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
Credits:
Bass – Earl May (tracks: 2), Paul Chambers (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
Drums – Art Taylor (tracks: 2, 3), Louis Hayes (tracks: 1, 4)
Piano – Red Garland (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Trumpet – Donald Byrd

JOHN COLTRANE - Coltrane Time (1958-1989) APE (image+.cue), lossless

This is a most unusual LP due to the inclusion of Cecil Taylor on piano. Although Taylor and John Coltrane got along well, trumpeter Kenny Dorham (who is also on this quintet date) hated the avant-garde pianist's playing and was clearly bothered by Taylor's dissonant comping behind his solos. With bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Louis Hayes doing their best to ignore the discord, the group manages to perform two blues and two standards with Dorham playing strictly bop, Taylor coming up with fairly free abstractions, and Coltrane sounding somewhere in between. The results are unintentionally fascinating. by Scott Yanow

Tracklist:

1 Shifting Down 10:39
Kenny Dorham
2 Just Friends 6:14
John Klenner / Sam M. Lewis
3 Like Someone in Love 8:10
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
4 Double Clutching 8:20
Chuck Isreals
Credits:
Bass – Chuck Isreals
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Cecil Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Trumpet – Kenny Dorham
Note: Before being issued as COLTRANE TIME in 1962, this album appeared on United Artists in 1959 as STEREO DRIVE under Cecil Taylor's leadership. It is the original liner notes from that first issue that are included here.

JOHN COLTRANE - The Believer (1964-1996) RM / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The Believer offers an early glimpse at the talents of a still-developing John Coltrane. Recorded in the late '50s while he was still a member of the Miles Davis Sextet, this early solo outing finds Coltrane confident but just beginning to explore the kind of modalities with which he would soon revolutionize the world of jazz. One of the reasons Coltrane is so at ease here is the familiar setting: he's joined by fellow Davis cohorts Paul Chambers and Red Garland, among others. Drummer Louis Hayes provides a Latin-inflected beat on "Nakatini Serenade," as Coltrane and Donald Byrd soar above the rhythm section. The understated Rogers & Hammerstein standard "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful" presents Coltrane the balladeer waxing lyrical over the subtle dynamics. Things to come are hinted at briefly in flurries of notes here and there, and it's fascinating to listen to the early work of this developing genius. by Rovi Staff
Tracklist:
1 The Believer 13:49
McCoy Tyner
2 Nakatini Serenade 11:03
Calvin Massey
3 Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? 5:12
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
- Bonus Tracks -
4 Filidia 7:15
Ray Draper
5 Paul's Pal 7:13
Sonny Rollins
Credits:
Bass – Paul Chambers (tracks; 1 to 3), Spanky DeBrest (tracks: 4, 5)
Drums – Arthur Taylor (tracks: 3), Larry Ritchie, Louis Hayes (tracks: 1, 2)
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Rudy Van Gelder
Piano – Gil Coggins (tracks: 4, 5), Red Garland (tracks; 1 to 3)
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Trumpet – Donald Byrd (tracks: 1, 2), Freddie Hubbard (tracks: 3)
Tuba – Ray Draper (tracks: 4, 5)

VICTOR FELDMAN - Merry Olde Soul (1961-1989) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Victor Feldman's one Riverside date as a leader (which has been reissued on CD) features him playing piano on five songs and vibes on four others (three of which add Hank Jones on piano). Joined by bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes (both of whom were at the time, with Feldman, the rhythm section of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet), Feldman is in excellent form on a straight-ahead set. The trio/quartet performs five standards that for the most part are not overly familiar, plus four of the leader's originals. Tasteful and swinging music. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 For Dancers Only 4:43
Sy Oliver / Don Raye / Vic Schoen
2 Lisa 4:05
Victor Feldman / Phil Zito
3 Serenity 4:38
Victor Feldman
4 You Make Me Feel So Young 5:18
Mack Gordon / Josef Myrow
5 Come Sunday 2:17
Duke Ellington
6 The Man I Love 6:27
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
7 Bloke's Blues 5:34
Victor Feldman
8 I Want to Be Wanted 3:44

Kim Gannon / Giuseppe Spotti / Alberto Testa

9 Mosey on Down 3:58
Victor Feldman
Credits:
Bass – Andy Simpkins (tracks: 4), Sam Jones (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9)
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: 2, 5, 9), Victor Feldman (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8)
Producer – Orrin Keepnews
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9)

THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET - Them Dirty Blues (1960-2000) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Recorded in early 1960, Them Dirty Blues contains two classic jazz compositions: Nat Adderley's "Work Song" and Bobby Timmons' "Dat Dere," the sequel to "This Here." This was alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley's second quintet with brother Nat Adderley (cornet), and features Bobby Timmons on piano (who plays on four tracks and was replaced by Barry Harris on the remaining five), Sam Jones on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. Them Dirty Blues was originally released on Riverside until Adderley made the switch to Capitol where he brought several master tapes with him, including these sessions. by Al Campbell
Tracklist:
1 Work Song 5:05
Composed By – Nat Adderley
2 Jeannine 7:15
Composed By – Duke Pearson
3 Easy Living 4:20
Composed By – L. Robin, R. Rainger
4 Them Dirty Blues 7:10
Composed By – Julian Adderley
5 Dat Dere 5:28
Composed By – Bobby Timmons
6 Del Sasser 4:40
Composed By – Sam Jones
7 Soon 5:34
Composed By – G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin
8 Work Song (Alternate Version) 5:49
Composed By – Nat Adderley
9 Dat Dere (Alternate Take) 5:28
Composed By – Bobby Timmons
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley
Bass – Sam Jones
Cornet – Nat Adderley
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Barry Harris (tracks: 1 to 4), Bobby Timmons (tracks: 5 to 9)