Exploring vintage jazz vinyl with a focus on label and pressing details, discographical information and critical musings on the music found within the grooves.
Coltrane and the Red Garland Trio join forces on 1958's Soultrane, beginning a period of rapid musical growth for Trane that would result in him becoming the leading tenor player on the modern jazz scene on his way to cementing his status as a true jazz legend.
Read MoreA re-release of an LP from 1959, Cannonball & Coltrane finds the two legendary players teaming up at a time when they were both part of the Miles Davis Sextet. The result is an exciting and historical example of late '50s hard bop at it's very best.
Read MoreAn excellent album that often gets overlooked in Cannonball Adderley's long and varied career of producing sophisticated crowd-pleasing jazz music.
Read MoreA true all-star affair, The Blues And The Abstract Truth finds Oliver Nelson leading a group of legendary jazz musicians on a record that just about sums up the essence of the hard bop sound that had been building momentum since the mid-1950s.
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