Dexter Gordon, Dexter Calling, 1962 on Blue Note

Released in mono in 1961 and in stereo in 1962, this was Gordon’s second album on Blue Note, following quickly after Doin’ Allright and five years after Daddy Plays the Horn.

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Gordon is joined by Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and Kenny Drew. Liner notes by Leonard Feather, produced by Alfred Lion.

My copy is from the VMP Anthology The Story of Blue Note Records, which was first issued in 2019 and then reissued in 2024 – my copy is from that second edition.

Presents Hot Versus Cool - A Battle Of Jazz / Cats Versus Chicks - A Jazz Battle Of The Sexes compiled by Leonard Feather

Two battle themed 10 inch LPs from 1952 and 54 combined into an LP and released in 1978.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfYSw0JqdcQ&list=RDmfYSw0JqdcQ&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQUpDUBbvY8&list=RDmQUpDUBbvY8&start_radio=1

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Herbie Nichols, The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Volumes 1 & 2, 1955 on Blue Note

This 2021 vinyl release in the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series was previously issued only in Japan in 1983 in this form. It combines two 1955 10″ releases onto a single LP with a gatefold cover reproducing the covers of the separate volumes.

The band is Herbie Nichols on piano, Al McKibbon on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, with liner notes by Leonard Feather crediting Blue Note cofounder Alfred Lion with discovering Nichols. Photos by Francis Wolff, his partner in operating Blue Note.

Excellent addition to the series – excited to pick this one up.

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Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, Ella at Duke’s Place, 1966 on Verve

The album is divided between “The Pretty, The Lovely, The Tender, The Hold-Me-Close Side” and “The Finger-Snapping, Head-Shaking, Toe-Tapping, Go-For-Yourself Side.” Recorded by Val Valentin and produced by Norman Granz (those are his black & white photos), this is Verve at its mid-60s best.

In addition to Ellington and Fitzgerald, personnel included Louis Bellson on drums; John Lamb on […]

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