BLUE NOTES III – MILESTONES OF JAZZ LEGENDS (10 CDs) DOCUMENT

• The third installment in our successful series with original „Blue Notes“ from the 50s and 60s
• Featuring John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Clifford Brown, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham, Sonny Clark, Hank Mobley, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan, Max Roach, John Lewis, Ike Quebec, The Three Sounds, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, and Philly Joe Jones.

Our search for the lost pearls of blue note-infused Modern jazz of the forties and
fifties of the 20th century, as presented in two previously releases box-sets, has
obviously hit a nerve. Since „more is more and less is a bore“ we hereby present
twenty more musically exciting albums with fantastic soloists, including a few rare
masterpieces from the early years of stars like Jimmy Smith and Bud Powell.

Trumpeters Howard McGhee, Thad Jones, Art Farmer, Clifford Brown, Donald Byrd,
Lee Morgan and Kenny Dorham shine brightly and prove that there was room next
to Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Sax-players J.R. Monterose, Hank Mobley, Lou
Donaldson, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan, Brew Moore and Jackie McLean are also
proud representatives of the art of their instrument. Apart from Jimmy Smith, the
originator of the Hammond organ boom of the late fifties, this box sets presents fine
recordings by his disciples Freddie Roach and Baby Face Willete. A fabulous
cocktail of soulful and ambitious Hard Bop with a dash of Bossa Nova thrown in for good measure.

CD 1
■ SONNY RED – OUT OF THE BLUE
1. Bluesville (Sylvester Kyner) 5.51
2. Stay As Nice As You Are
(Harry Revel, Mack Gordon) 6.15
3. I’ve Never Been In Love Before
(Frank Loesser) 5.23
4. Nadia (Sylvester Kyner) 4.07
5. Blues In The Pocket (Sylvester Kyner)
6.31
6. Alone Too Long
(Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields) 2.59
7. The Lope (Sylvester Kyner) 5.15
8. Stairway To The Stars
(Frank Signorelli, Matty Malneck, Mitchell
Parish) 6.20
Sonny Red (as) Wynton Kelly (p) Sam
Jones (b)
Roy Brooks (drs)
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
on December 5, 1959
■ KENNY DREW TRIO
– INTRODUCING THE KENNY DREW TRIO
9. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
5.19
10. Stella By Starlight
(Ned Washington, Victor Young) 2.28
11. Gloria (Kenny Drew) 3.24
12. Be My Love
(Nikolaus Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) 2.45
13. Lover Come Back To Me
(Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg)
3.33
14. Everything Happens To Me
(Tom Adair, Mat Dennis) 4.43
15. It Might As Well Be Spring
(Richard Rodger, Oscar Hammerstein)
2.48
16. Drew’s Blues (Kenny Drew) 2.25
Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (b)
Art Blakey (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ,
on April 16, 1953
Total Time 70.38

CD 2
■ HOWARD MCGHEE – ALL STARS
1. Meciendo (Howard McGhee) 2.36
2. Lo-Flame (Kenny Drew) 2.48
3. Fluid Drive (Kenny Drew) 2.51
4. I’ll Remember April
(Don Raye, Gene DePaul) 2.52
5. Fuguetta (Kenny Drew) 3.09
6. Donnellon Square (Kenny Drew) 2.49
Howard McGhee (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb)
Brew Moore (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Curly
Russell (b)
Max Roach (drs)
Recorded at WOR Studios, New York
City,
on January 23, 1950
■ KENNY DORHAM – ‘ROUND ABOUT
MIDNIGHT
AT THE CAFE BOHEMIA
7. Yesterdays (Kenny Dorham) 6.38
8. ‘Round About Midnight (Thelonious
Monk) 7.44
9. Mexico City (Kenny Dorham) 6.03
10. A Night In Tunisia
(Dizzy Gillespie, Leo Robin) 9.31
11. Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke)
4.38
12. Hill’s Edge (Kenny Dorham) 8.16
Kenny Dorham (tp) J.R. Monterose (ts)
Bobby Timmons (p) Kenny Burrell (git)
Sam Jones (b) Arthur Edgehill (drs)
Recorded live at Cafe Bohemia in New
York City
on May 31, 1956
Total Time 60.13

CD 3
■ JAY JAY JOHNSON – ALL STARS
1. Capri (Gigi Gryce) 3.38
2. Lover Man (Roger Ramirez) 3.51
3. Turnpike (Jay Jay Johnson) 4.16
4. Sketch (John Lewis) 4.23
5. It Could Happen To You
(Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
4.43
6. Get Happy (Harold Arlen, Ted
Koehler) 4.48
Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Clifford Brown (tp)
Jimmy Heath (ts, brs) John Lewis (p)
Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (drs)
Recorded at WOR Studios, New York
City,
on June 22, 1953
■ CLIFF JORDAN – CLIFF CRAFT
7. Laconia (Clifford Jordan) 7.04
8. Soul-Lo Blues (Clifford Jordan) 8.29
9. Cliff Craft (Clifford Jordan) 6.29
10. Confirmation (Charlie Parker) 7.33
11. Sophisticated Lady
(Edward Duke Ellington) 6.45
12. Anthropology
(Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker) 7.03
Clifford Jordan (ts) Art Farmer (tp)
Sonny Clark (p)
George Tucker (b) Louis Hayes (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ,
on November 10, 1957
Total Time 69.26

CD 4
■ JIMMY SMITH
– GROOVIN’ AT SMALLS’ PARADISE
VOLUME 1
1. After Hours (Avery Parrish) 10.59
2. My Funny Valentine
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) 10.58
3. Slightly Monkish (Jimmy Smith) 7.00
4. Laura (David Raksin) 10.25
Jimmy Smith (organ) Eddie McFadden
(git)
Donald Bailey (drs)
Recorded at Smalls´ Paradise, Harlem,
NY,
on November 14 and 18, 1957
■ GRANT GREEN – GRANT’S FIRST
STAND
5. Miss Ann’s Tempo (Grant Green) 5.41
6. Lullaby of the Leaves
(Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) 7.42
7. Blues for Willareen (Grant Green)
7.11
8. Baby’s Minor Lope (Baby Face
Willette) 7.18
9. ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
(Porter Grainger) 4.27
10. A Wee Bit O’Green (Grant Green)
7.48
Grant Green (git) Baby Face Willette
(organ)
Ben Dixon (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
on January 28, 1961
Total Time 79.43

CD 5
■ LOU DONALDSON – BLUES WALK
1. Blues Walk (Lou Donaldson) 6.43
2. Move (Denzil Best) 5.53
3. The Masquerade Is Over
(Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson) 5.52
4. Play Ray (Lou Donaldson) 5.32
5. Autumn Nocturne (Josef Myrow) 4.54
6. Callin’ All Cats (Lou Donaldson) 5.14
Lou Donaldson (as) Herman Foster (p)
Peck Morrison (b) Dave Bailey (drs)
Ray Barretto (congas)
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack,
New Jersey on July 28, 1958
■ IKE QUEBEC – HEAVY SOUL
7. Acquitted (Ike Quebec) 5.36
8. Just One More Chance
(Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) 5.50
9. Que’s Dilemma (Ike Quebec) 4.30
10. Brother Can You Spare A Dime
(E.Y. Harburg, Jay Gorney) 5.27
11. The Man I Love (George & Ira
Gershwin) 6.31
12. Heavy Soul (Ike Quebec) 6.53
13. I Want A Little Girl
(Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) 5.24
14. Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) 2.44
Ike Quebec (ts) Freddie Roach (organ)
Milt Hinton (b)
Al Harewood (drs)
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
on November 26, 1961
Total Time 77.24

CD 6
■ SONNY CLARK – COOL STRUTTIN’
1. Cool Struttin’ (Sonny Clark) 9.23
2. Blue Minor (Sonny Clark) 10.20
3. Sippin’ At Bells (Miles Davis) 8.18
4. Deep Night
(Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallee) 9.31
Sonny Clark (p) Art Farmer (tp) Jackie
McLean (as)
Paul Chambers (b) “Philly” Joe Jones
(drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ,
on January 5, 1958
■ KENNY BURRELL
– INTRODUCING KENNY BURRELL
5. This Time The Dream’s On Me
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) 4.58
6. Fugue’n Blues (Kenny Burrell) 6.47
7. Takeela (Kenny Burrell) 4.18
8. Weaver Of Dreams
(Jack Elliott, Victor Young) 4.42
9. Delilah (Victor Young) 6.03
10. Rhythmorama (Kenny Clarke) 6.27
11. Blues For Skeeter (Kenny Burrell)
8.06
Kenny Burrell (git) Tommy Flanagan (p)
Paul Chambers (b) Kenny Clarke (drs)
Candido (congas)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ,
on May 29, 1956 (6, 7, 9) and on May
30, 1956 (5, 8, 10, 11)
Total Time 79.13

CD 7
■ BUD POWELL
– THE AMAZING BUD POWELL VOLUME
2
1. Reets And I (Bennie Harris) 3.21
2. Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke)
2.53
3. I Want To Be Happy (Vincent
Youmans) 2.51
4. Sure Thing
(George Gershwin, Jerome Kern) 2.41
5. Glass Enclosure (Bud Powell) 2.24
6. Collard Greens And Black Eyed Peas
(Oscar Pettiford) 3.03
7. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
(Jimmy Burke, Johnny Van Heusen) 4.03
8. Audrey (Bud Powell) 2.55
Bud Powell (p) George Duvivier (b)
Arthur Taylor (drs)
Recorded at WOR Studios, NYC, August
14, 1953
■ THE THREE SOUNDS – BLACK
ORCHID
9. Black Orchid (Neal Hefti) 5.24
10. A Foggy Day (George & Ira
Gershwin) 6.44
11. For All We Know
(J. Fred Coots, Sam Lewis) 5.28
12. Oh Well Oh Well (Gene Harris) 3.42
13. At Last (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
5.33
14. Secret Love
(Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) 5.42
15. Don’t Go Don’t Go (Gene Harris) 5.05
16. Saucer Eyes (Randy Weston) 4.38
Gene Harris (p) Andrew Simpkins (b) Bill
Dowdy (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
on March 7 (9 to 12, 14) and 8 (13, 15,
16), 1962
Total Time 67.01

CD 8
■ THAD JONES
– THE MAGNIFICENT THAD JONES
1. April In Paris (Vernon Duke, E.Y.
Harburg) 6.41
2. Billie-Doo (Thad Jones) 7.30
3. If I Love Again
(Arthur Murray, Will Oakland) 7.26
4. If Someone Had Told Me
(Peter DeRose, Charles Tobias) 5.51
5. Thedia (Thad Jones) 10.33
Thad Jones (tp) Billy Mitchell (ts) Barry
Harris (p)
Percy Heath (b) Max Roach (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ,
on July 14, 1956
■ HANK MOBLEY / LEE MORGAN
– PECKIN’ TIME
6. High And Flighty (Hank Mobley) 6.07
7. Speak Low (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
7.11
8. Peckin’ Time (Hank Mobley) 6.51
9. Stretchin’ Out (Hank Mobley) 9.03
10. Git-Go Blues (Hank Mobley) 12.25
Hank Mobley (ts) Lee Morgan (tp)
Wynton Kelly (p)
Paul Chambers (b) Charlie Persip (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ,
on February 9, 1958
Total Time 79.49

CD 9
■ IKE QUEBEC – SOUL SAMBA
1. Loie (Kenny Burrell) 3.12
2. Lloro Tu Despedida
(Emmanuel Lacerdo, Facundo Cabral) 3.06
3. Goin’ Home (Ike Quebec, Anton Dvorak)
5.43
4. Me ‘n You (Ike Quebec) 6.01
5. Liebestraum (Arr: Ike Quebec) 3.45
6. Shu Shu
(Antonio Almeida, Carlos Monteiro De Souza)
3.33
7. Blue Samba (Ike Quebec) 5.24
8. Favela (Hekel Tavares) 4.02
9. Linda Flor (Henrique Vogeler) 3.29
Ike Quebec (ts) Kenny Burrell (git)
Wendell Marshall (b) Willie Bobo (drs)
Garvin Masseaux (shekere)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood
Cliffs, NJ,
on October 5, 1962
■ PAUL CHAMBERS SEXTET
– WHIMS OF CHAMBERS
10. Omicron (Donald Byrd) 7.21
11. Whims Of Chambers (Paul Chambers)
4.06
12. Nita (John Coltrane) 6.33
13. We Six (Donald Byrd) 7.40
14. Dear Ann (Paul Chambers) 4.21
15. Tale Of The Fingers (Paul Chambers) 4.43
16. Just For The Love (John Coltrane) 3.42
Paul Chambers (b) Donald Byrd (tp) John
Coltrane (ts)
Horace Silver (p) “Philly” Joe Jones (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack,
NJ,on September 21, 1956
Total Time 77.00

CD 10
■ LEE MORGAN – CANDY
1. Candy
(Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney, Mack David)
7.05
2. Since I Fell For You (Buddy Johnson) 5.38
3. C.T.A. (Jimmy Heath) 5.08
4. All The Way
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) 7.27
5. Who Do You Love, I Hope (Irving Berlin)
5.02
6. Personality
(Jerome Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) 6.16
Lee Morgan (tp) Sonny Clark (p) Doug
Watkins (b)
Art Taylor (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack,
NJ,
on November 18, 1957 (2, 6 ) and February
2, 1958
(1, 3 to 5)
■ HANK MOBLEY – HANK MOBLEY
QUINTET
7. Funk In Deep Freeze (Hank Mobley) 6.50
8. Wham And They’re Off (Hank Mobley) 7.42
9. Fin de l’affaire (Hank Mobley) 6.40
10. Startin’ From Scratch (Hank Mobley) 6.42
11. Stella-Wise (Hank Mobley) 7.19
12. Base On Balls (Hank Mobley) 7.33
Hank Mobley (ts) Art Farmer (tp) Horace
Silver (p)
Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack,
NJon March 8, 1957
Total Time 79.26