1964 was a pivotal year in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year, the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like... more

Anthony Williams - "Spring (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)" Drummer and composer Tony Williams' adventurous 1965 album Spring-his second as a leader for Blue Note-found him convening a stellar... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Underrated trumpeter Johnny Coles recorded only one album for Blue Note. Released in 1963, Little Johnny C is a little-known treasure featuring Coles at the helm of a... more

GREEN IS BEAUTIFUL (BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VNYL SERIES) 180gram Heavy Vinyl - Grant Green's musical style evolved to embrace jazz-funk as the decade turned to 1970. The guitarist's vibrant album Green Is... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk made his earliest recordings as a leader for Blue Note in 1947-48 as heard on the 1956 compilation Genius of Modern... more

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Charlie Hunter's 1995 Blue Note debut Bing Bing Bing! Was a groove-heavy tour-de-force that announced the arrival of a virtuosic new guitarist on the scene. Hunter's... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine imbued every note he played with feeling and soul. His lesser-known 1968 classic, Common Touch, featured organist Shirley Scott,... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Blue Note's roster in the 1960s boasted numerous Hammond B3 organ whizzes including the soulful Kansas City-born master, Big John Patton. The dynamic quintet that he... more

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Joe Lovano's sublime 2003 album, I'm All For You: Ballad Songbook, found the saxophonist wrapping his ravishing sound around timeless melodies like, "Stella By... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Extension was the last of three unique Blue Note sessions led by the singular saxophonist George Braith in the early 1960s. The album was rooted in soul jazz - with... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Ronnie Foster caught the ear of Blue Note Records after appearing on Grant Green's album Alive! And made his own Blue Note debut with Two Headed Freap. It includes... more

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition was mastered by Kevin Gray. The brilliant pianist and composer Geri Allen came out of Detroit's fertile jazz scene, eventually... more

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes. Cassandra Wilson's 1993 Blue Note debut, Blue Light 'Til Dawn,... more

BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL REISSUE SERIES!: 180G VINYL LP!: MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY FROM ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPES!: PRESSED AT OPTIMAL!:The fourth volume of The Amazing Bud Powell series, recorded in 1958,... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Blue Note founder Alfred Lion considered pianist Herbie Nichols to be as original and important as Thelonious Monk. Little-known in his time, recognition has grown... more

Flutist Bobbi Humphrey debuted on Blue Note in 1971 and released 6 albums with them capped by Fancy Dancer in 1975, his 3rd collaboration with producer Larry Mizell. It proved to be a winning... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in 1961, Ready for Freddie was trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's fourth album for Blue Note Records. Featuring a unique sextet line-up with Wayne Shorter on tenor... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Sonny Clark was the quintessential hard bop pianist. Possessed of a lyrical flow and inventive melodic ideas, he had a deeply rooted feeling for the blues. It was in... more

Put this at the top of Hank's career full of highlights: his 1960 Blue Note session with Art Blakey, Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers. Just looking at that personnel, you know this is going to be a... more

Cannonball was playing with Miles by '58, and Miles came to play with Cannonball on this album from that year, as did Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Blakey. This quintet session is one of the shining... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. 1964 was momentous for saxophonist Wayne Shorter, starting the year in Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers before making his own debut (Night Dreamer/JuJu). He joined... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. On 1964's Into Somethin', Larry Young made it abundantly clear that he had his own unique approach to the Hammond B-3 organ. Young explored a more modal territory... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Drummer Tony Williams had a long, fruitful relationship with Blue Note Records starting in the 1960s when he appeared on numerous post bop classics (Herbie Hancock... more

Double vinyl LP pressing. In December 1996, as Lee Konitz approached his 70th birthday, the great alto saxophonist brought a unique multigenerational trio with pianist Brad Mehldau (then 26) and... more

Birdland was sacred ground for Blakey, who recorded three albums there from 1954–60. The last was this thriller, a 1960 double album featuring the redoubtable lineup of Blakey with Lee Morgan, Wayne... more