Ended Monday and welcomed Tuesday after a swim with Smooth as the Wind an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell with strings and brass recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 and released on the Riverside label.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Trumpeter Blue Mitchell is in excellent form on this very interesting session... The arrangements (seven by Tadd Dameron and three from Benny Golson) are generally quite stimulating, inspiring the trumpeter to come up with many fresh melodic solos... By varying tempos and moods, Dameron and Golson helped create one of the better soloist-with-strings jazz dates". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sam6wqd0Ssg

#BlueMitchell #ClarkTerry #JazzTrumpet #JulianPriester #TommyFlanagan #PhillyJoeJones #TaddDameron #BennyGolson #Jazz #Strings #RiversideRecords #Music

Blues for Dracula is the debut album by American jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones which was recorded in 1958 for the Riverside label.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow described it as a "worthwhile but not overly essential release". It features Jones's vocal impersonation of Bela Lugosi. The album "became an instant classic thanks to the title track." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz3d8C6xnmU&list=RDlz3d8C6xnmU&start_radio=1

#PhillyJoeJones #Dracula #BelaLugosi #Jazz #Music #NatAdderley #JulianPriester #JohnnyGriffin #TommyFlanagan #JimmyGarrison

Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1961, released on Impulse! Records.

Review by Scott Yanow

A classic album, and one of the finest of drummer Max Roach's very productive career. The illustrious sidemen (trumpeter Booker Little; trombonist Julian Priester; Eric Dolphy on alto, bass clarinet, and flute; tenorman Clifford Jordan; pianist Mal Waldron, and bassist Art Davis, in addition to some guest percussionists) all have opportunities to make strong contributions. Dolphy's pleading alto solo on "Mendacity" is particularly memorable. Abbey Lincoln has two emotional and very effective vocals, but it is the overall sound of the ensembles and the political nature of the music that make this set (along with Roach's Freedom Now Suite) quite unique in jazz history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVROlfIXDQ&list

#MaxRoach #EricDolphy #AbbeyLincoln #Jazz #ImpulseRecords #Music #BookerLittle #JulianPriester #MalWaldron #ArtDavis #MarcusGarvey #CliffordJordan

OK, a bit more edgy for Tuesday. From Herbie Hancock's "Crossings" (1972), listen to "Water Torture."

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackMusic
#20thCenturyMusic
#HerbieHancock
#EddieHenderson
#BennieMaupin
#JulianPriester
#BusterWilliams
#BillieHart
#PatrickGleason

https://youtu.be/RqQ2ZB9-fsw?list=RDRqQ2ZB9-fsw

We Insist! (subtitled Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite) is a jazz album released through Candid Records in December 1960. It contains a suite that composer and drummer Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown had begun to develop in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The cover references the sit-in movement of the Civil Rights Movement. The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album one of its rare crown accolades, in addition to featuring it as part of its Core Collection. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhIUaGsttE4&list=RDRhIUaGsttE4&start_radio=1

#MaxRoach #AbbeyLincoln #BookerLittle
#JulianPriester #WalterBenton #Jazz #Music #EmancipationProclamation #ColemanHawkins #Civilrightsmovement

The Spoiler is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label in 1966 and performed by Turrentine with Blue Mitchell, James Spaulding, Pepper Adams, McCoy Tyner, Julian Priester, Bob Cranshaw, and Mickey Roker with arrangements by Duke Pearson.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "despite some potentially indifferent material, Turrentine is in fine form throughout the date". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVILjq5kyzc&list=RDDVILjq5kyzc&start_radio=1

#StanleyTurrentine #BlueMitchell #JamesSpaulding #MCCoyTyner #BlueNote #Jazz #Music #HardBop #SoulJazz #JulianPriester #BobCranshaw #MickeyRoker #DukePearson

Parisian Sketches is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in Paris in 1960 and released on the Mercury label - Wikipedia

American hard boppers in Paris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vL5N5UU1o&list=RD92vL5N5UU1o&start_radio=1

#MaxRoach #TommyTurrentine #JulianPriester #StanleyTurrentine #hardbop #jazz #jazzinParis

The Many Sides of Max is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1959 but not released on the Mercury label until 1964.

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "all seven selections on the admittedly brief album (around 31 minutes) are worth hearing" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBWXOAeo3e0&list=PLrVOpk1eP7lr6lkQzY6Ji6Xy2okvkUNve&index=1

#MaxRoach #BookerLittle #JulianPriester #GeorgeColeman #ArtDavis #jazz #hardbop