Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday after a swim with Blue & Sentimental an album by American jazz saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded for Blue Note on December 16 & 23, 1961 and released the following year.

The album features a quartet made up of Quebec (occasionally doubling on piano), guitarist Grant Green, and rhythm section Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. The album features rare rhythm guitar accompaniment by Green, who was more typically a soloist.

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey calls Blue & Sentimental "a superbly sensuous blend of lusty blues swagger and achingly romantic ballads" and "a quiet, sorely underrated masterpiece".[4]

In 2004, critic Richard Cook wrote that the album "might be Quebec's masterpiece" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwf9NnOQ03k&list=OLAK5uy_l4I1mw03e57sIv-9VXdv7e1HonWFQtdCU

#IkeQuebec #GrantGreen #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones #Jazz #BlueNote #Music

Soulmates is an album by saxophonist Ben Webster and pianist Joe Zawinul featuring tracks recorded in 1963 for the Riverside label.

AllMusic's review by Jim Todd stated, "What initially seems like an unlikely pairing for this session delivers on its unique pedigree with performances that do full justice to tenor legend Ben Webster and to the then up and coming pianist Joe Zawinul". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjJ-g2_3nDY&list=OLAK5uy_lt031Dx_bcJ_JnMpAftLkGF8HhZm966hA

#BenWebster #JoeZawinul #ThadJones #RichardDavis #SamJones #PhillyJoeJones #DukeEllington #Jazz #Music #Riverside #WeatherReport

Bud Powell, Time Waits (The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 4), 1958 on Blue Note

Powell joined by Sam Jones and Philly Joe Jones, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack NJ, and produced by Alfred Lion. Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather.

My copy is the 2022 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series reissue, pressed at Optimal GmbH and mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent – wonderful pressing.

Sounds from Rikers Island is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1963 for the Audio Fidelity label.

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "As a musical document, it is an overwhelming success. Hope surrounds himself with musicians whose reputations are now legendary... the level of musical empathy and improvisational reciprocity is inspiring. This is an obscure date but it shouldn't be, as it features some of Hope and Gilmore's finest playing, and shows Jones in rare, lighthearted form". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdaV7_CeNIY&list=OLAK5uy_kOazuMIteS5CZknQuY_zfb4uH2ZvG87Fs

#ElmoHope #JohnGilmore #RonnieBoykins #PhillyJoeJones #Jazz #Music #RikersIsland

Chet Baker in New York

Chet flies from California to NYC to take a bite out of the 1958 Big Apple. Meeting him here are Miles' rhythm section (Philly Joe Jones & Paul Chambers), along with Al Haig (piano), and Johnny Griffin (tenor).

Lots of melodic songs with good playing all around, and the rhythm section pushes everyone into a less West Coast style.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #ChetBaker #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones #AlHaig #JohnnyGriffin

De-Dah – Elmo Hope Trio

I’m in the middle of marking examinations so I will only do a brief post, while I take a short break, to follow up on the one about Hampton Hawes I did a couple of days ago. When I wrote that one it struck me that there are rather a lot of great musicians, especially pianists like Hampton Hawes, who were never appreciated as much as they should have been. Another that springs to mind is Elmo Hope, for whom Thelonious Monk seems to have been a great influence and who therefore provides an interesting contrast with Hampton Hawes who was perhaps more influenced by Bud Powell. Elmo Hope died young, largely because of a bad heroin habit, which also affected his career through his erratic behaviour and the criminal record he acquired for narcotics offences. He was a really fine musician and composer, though, with a very original voice and idiosyncratic sense of time. This track was recorded in 1953 with Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, both of whom were to find fame with Miles Davis a few years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPkK8c-BN0Y

#DeDah #ElmoHope #ElmoHopeTrio #Jazz #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

Hank Mobley Sextet - Hank

A few years after his 1955 Blue Note debut, and after his "Messages", Mobley (tenor) is joined by Donald Byrd (trumpet), John Jenkins (Alto), Bobby Timmons (piano), Wilbur Ware (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

Some pretty classic hard-boppin' going on, led by ex-Jazz Messenger Mobley (& joined by Byrd). Nice new mono remaster.

#nowplaying #vinyl #HankMobleySextet #HankMobley #DonaldByrd #JohnJenkins #BobbyTimmons #WilburWare #PhillyJoeJones #HardBop