Lou Donaldson, The Natural Soul, 1963 on Blue Note

Another album from the excellent Story of Blue Note Records VMP Anthology, this came five years after Blues Walk, and features Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon, and Tommy Turrentine (brother of Stanley).

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in his Englewood Cliffs NJ studio and produced by Alfred Lion.

My copy is part of the 2024 reissue of the 2019 Vinyl Me Please Anthology.

Harold Vick, Steppin’ Out!, 1963 on Blue Note

Debut album from Harold Vick (as a leader), recorded Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with a wonderful supporting cast: Blue Mitchell, Grant Green, John Patton, and Ben Dixon.

Vick would also go on to play with folks like King Curtis and Aretha Franklin, and passed in 1987. Great album of early 60s Blue Note jazz.

My copy—via Academy Records in NYC—is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2022.

Stop and Listen is the second album by American jazz organist Baby Face Willette featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1961. It features a version of the 1941 Harry Warren song "At Last," which at the time of the Stop and Listen recording sessions was on the R&B and Billboard Hot 100 record charts through Etta James' hit recording of the song.

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "With Blue Note's extraordinary stable of talent, it's a shame that Willette never led another session for the label, which makes Stop and Listen that much more essential for soul-jazz fans - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNyRrAbTaY&list=PLlvikwomg9DAj3LWZrW-D_LvknymS_pA8&index=7

#BabyFaceWillette #jazzorgan
#GrantGreen #jazzguitar #BenDixon #BlueNote #SoulJazz

Grant Green - Grant's First Stand

As indicated, Green's first release on Blue Note (1961), where he's joined by Baby Face Willette (organ) and Ben Dixon (drums).

Given the configuration, it's a soul jazz outing, and a good one.

#nowplaying #vinyl #GrantGreen #jazz #souljazz #BabyFaceWillette #BenDixon

https://www.youtube.com/live/uxVKDxXnGag?si=RARgJT3-aOF-3lu4

#Canada #USA #Tariffs #Trump #AnaKasparian #BenDixon #TYT #MAGA #HasanPiker #LosAngelesFires2025 #TheSerfTimes

🔊 #NowPlaying on #fip

Grant Green & John Patton & Ben Dixon:
🎵 Have You Ever Had The Blues

#GrantGreen #JohnPatton #BenDixon

https://open.spotify.com/track/4tRbmy5y8SsnrcHEkmfMkM

Big John Patton - "Oh Baby!" (1965)
#NowPlaying #BigJohnPatton #BlueMitchell #HaroldVick #GrantGreen #BenDixon
#jazzorgan #BlueNote #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/eptGZPvSv4s