Bluesnik (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP BF253P50% and Louis Hayes on drums

and Louis Hayes on drums

another singular talent who Lion was the first to record just a few years before he signed Nichols in 1955

12    SHOW ME THE WAY feat

Grachan Moncur III’s remarkable 1963 debut Evolution is a marvel of the Blue Note catalog that moves between avant-garde and post-bop yet exists in a realm of its own due to the trombonist’s singular compositions which are performed by an exceptional ensemble featuring Lee Morgan

the iconoclasm of Thelonious Monk and the swagger of Mannie Fresh was born

Bluesnik (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP BF253P50% and Louis Hayes on drumsAlto saxophonist Jackie McLean had the blues on his mind when he went into Van Gelder Studio in 1961 to record his hard bop masterpiece Bluesnik with a blazing quintet featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Pete La Roca on drums. The six song set of bluesy originals brims with immediacy and vibrancy. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master