Happy New Year Tone Poet fans. This is a ranked list I’ve been maintaining for several years, revised and current through January, 2025. Many have enjoyed this elsewhere, using it to help guide their own acquisitions. Enjoy and feel free to comment, critique, discuss, etc. Let me know if you find any mistakes.
Tone Poet Notes (121 titles, as of 20 Dec 2024)
compiled 28 December 2024
The following notes are my personal, ad-hoc thoughts from various listening sessions, and subject to change. They aren’t meant to be critical reviews, by any measure. It’s personal to me and mostly an emotional reaction to the music as I play it. Since the ‘ranks’ are “of-the-moment” they may not even seem consistent. That is especially true for those titles in the lower ranked categories. Something I call “non-essential” might easily become “recommended” or “essential” (or the other way around) – if I revisit and have a different listening perspective – which can be affected by what I was listening to before, or my current state of mind. That’s how music works. There’s really not a bad album in the lot in any case.
Rank Pending (0)
- [ ] all caught up through Jan. ’25
Special Mention (3) [Historically Significant. Everyone knows these and has an opinion about them, so I leave them unclassified otherwise. They are gems in their own way, in any case.]
- [ ] BLP-1577: John Coltrane, Blue Train (mono) - MMJ SRX might have a little better treble extension, bass sounds much better on the TP.
- [ ] BST-1577: John Coltrane, Blue Train: The Complete Masters - I like the ‘narrow’ stereo mix of this particular reissue better than the mono. I feel like the music is more in the room with me.
- [ ] BN-1581: Sonny Rollins, A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters – This is a must have, and getting the 3-LP version is well worth it.
The Diamonds (4) [these are the super gems, the five best of the best of the best]
- [ ] stay tuned….it’s not released yet
- [ ] BST-84224: Ornette Coleman, At the “Golden Circle,” Stockholm, Volume One - this is a masterpiece and the mastering is amazing. The opening is one of the most dramatic and exciting in jazz history and never fails to blow my mind.
- [ ] SS18039: Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs - perhaps the #1 Tone Poet title. This is piano trio perfection.
- [ ] ST-84206: Sam Rivers, Contours - a gem of the BN catalog. I begged RR @ MMJ for this, but Joe delivered. This is great from beginning to end. Hubbard, Hancock, Carter, Chambers! It’s also a great – and somewhat gentle – introduction to the more avant-garde side of the BN catalog
- [ ] BST-84297: Wayne Shorter: Schizophrenia - Shorter’s best album on Blue Note. Amazing from start to finish. I dare ya to stay seated for “Tom Thumb,” and to try and sit back down for the rest.
The Gems (13) [Essential, but with something extra special. Gems are best of the best, and limited to 15 titles for now]
- [ ] ST-70 (Pacific Jazz): Curtis Amy/Dupree Bolton, Katanga - this album smokes!!! A gem of the Tone Poet series. Thanks to Joe…I had no idea about this album. Now it’s a favorite of my collection. “Native Land” is amazing, in the same way Lee Morgan’s title track is on Search For The New Land.
- [ ] Pacific Jazz PJ-18: Chet Baker Art Pepper Sextet, Picture of Heath (aka Playboys) - if you want a great 50s mono west coast bop session that is excellently played, has great tunes, and first rate remastering, this is the one to get.
- [ ] BST-84280: Lou Donaldson: Midnight Creeper - this album really boogies. Blue Mitchell and Lou on front line, but George Benson and Lonnie Smith seal the deal, as well as Leo Morris on drums (aka Idris Mohammed).
- [ ] BST-84126: Herbie Hancock, My Point of View - this album is great, with a stellar cast of sideman. One of Herbie’s best BN releases, IMO
- [ ] Blue Note ST-73160: Andrew Hill, Dance With Death - this is great for all kinds of reasons, but Joe Farrell is the standout here. He kills it. Some of the best playing I’ve heard from him.
- [ ] BST 84303: Andrew Hill, Grass Roots - this is excellent, and the remaster sounds amazing. All Hill compositions drive excellent contributions from the performers.
- [ ] B003313501: Charles Lloyd, Tone Poem - this is great, and with Bill Frisell to boot. The steel guitar is a nice touch too, delicious actually. Charles Lloyd and Bill Frisell are both national treasures – needless to say – and they really shine here.
- [ ] BST 84106: Jackie McLean, Let Freedom Ring - a forward looking session with a taste of what’s to come. Nobody does altissimo like Jackie – a thing to anticipate. Billy Higgins is a perfect accompaniment, and at his best. Walter Davis Jr lays down some great groundwork. Lewis keeps it moving too.
- [ ] BLP-1519: Herbie Nichols Trio (untitled)- this is excellent and a classic piano trio from the BN mono era. About as Monk-ish as it gets without being Monk (and I mean that in a good way). A gem of the BN mono piano trios.
- [ ] ST-85 (Pacific Jazz): Joe Pass, For Django - along with Virtuoso Joe’s best album. A guitar jazz classic in every way, and the remaster sounds great
- [ ] BST-84219: Wayne Shorter, The All Seeing Eye - one of Shorter’s best albums. This might be the peak of Wayne’s compositional and improvisational maturity for Blue Note. He did great stuff before and after, but this is exceptional. He’s deep into the 2nd Great Quartet at this time, and it shows. “Chaos” is mind-blowing!
- [ ] BST-84363: Wayne Shorter, Odyssey of Iska - this is an excellent precursor to the brilliant first three Weather Report albums of ’71-’72. Think of this as the Weather Report 0th album that Zawinul and Vitous never showed up for.
- [ ] BN-LA006-F: MyCoy Tyner: Extensions - One of Tyner’s best titles. Stellar cast of musicians. Alice Coltrane just kills it on the harp.
Jilted Gems (2) [These were Gems but got kicked out when something better came along. Don’t read too much into it. They are still fantastic albums.]
- [ ] BST-84176: Dexter Gordon, One Flight Up - NHOP! And RvG never did a bass that well, IIRC. This is a great Dexter album. His best, IMO. With Donald Byrd, Kenny Drew. If you have the very worthy Cisco version, this is still worth getting. This has a bit more air (treble extension) than the Cisco version. NHOP’s bass is a bit more refined, Dexter’s tenor has a bit more of a lush/warm tone and the snare has more bite. The two are very close, but the Tone Poet pulls the music out more, and brings it more into the room with you.
- [ ] B0031476-01: Dr. Lonnie Smith: All In My Mind - Smith, plus guitar and drums. This is really great. One of his best. I’m a bit biased since I saw him in concert, and he was so friendly, welcoming and kind to my wife and me when we met him afterwards. He loved the photo of my record collection.
Essential (41) [If you need to limit the size of your collection look here (after you get the Gems).]
- [ ] BN-1523: Kenny Burrell, Introducing… - great early mono session with Flanagan, Chambers, Clarke. Candido adds a special touch.
- [ ] BN-1543: Kenny Burrell, s/t - the label says BN 1523…oops. What’s not to love about Kenny? This is a smorgasbord of great stuff, with Kenny in solo, quartet, quintet, sextet settings. Each tune is a new adventure. Great stuff.
- [ ] BST-84060: Donald Byrd, At The Half Note Cafe - live, with Pepper Adams. The recoding is ace. One of the best live albums of the period. Pepper Adams always the bonus, and he is great on this.
- [ ] BST-84292: Donald Byrd, Slow Drag - from Billy Higgins stoned poetry in the opener to the end, this album is great, and a must have. A favorite of the post Pepper Adams collaborations.
- [ ] LT-991: Donald Byrd, Chant - with Pepper Adams and Herbie Hancock, and it starts off with a smoking version of “I’m An Old Cowhand”! It’s a shame Pepper Adams never did a leader session on BN. This is up there with Cat Walk on MMJ.
- [ ] BST 31975: Donald Byrd, Kofi - two sessions, side 1 is great, really boogies. Second side more fusion-like, and also great.
- [ ] BST-81569: Paul Chambers, Bass On Top - with Kenny Burrell, Hank Jones, Art Taylor - what a great album. This was unexpected and maybe worthy as a gem. Really well-mastered too.
- [ ] SBST-81579: Sonny Clark Trio - this albums just smokes, from beginning to end, and Joe/Kevin did such a great job with the stereo master. This is Essential+ for sure. Almost a Gem (maybe a candidate when I grow the list).
- [ ] BST-84225: Ornette Coleman, At the “Golden Circle”, Stockholm, Volume Two - the violin/trumpet thing is a little weird, but otherwise like Volume One
- [ ] BST-84356: Ornette Coleman: Love Call - this album is great, and Dewey Redman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones are excellent.
- [ ] BST-84271: Lou Donaldson, Mr. Shing-a-Ling. Followup album to Alligator Boogaloo (also great) and predecessor to Midnight Creeper. This is great with Lonnie Smith, Blue Mitchell. “The Kid” is the highlight of the album.
- [ ] BST-84314: Booker Erwin, Tex Book Tenor - starts with an eastern-like vibe that’s great with “Gichi,” and “204” just smokes. Woody Shaw, Billy Higgins can’t be wrong to bring on a recording date.
- [ ] BST-84321: Herbie Hancock, The Prisoner - 11-piece band. Great album, and more outside than other BN Herbie albums. All seven Herbie Hancock BNs are essential or gems. I place this somewhere in the middle of them.
- [ ] BT-85123: Joe Henderson, Art of the Tenor, Volume One - this is great. I like it better than Vol.2. These are almost, but not quite gems. Close though.
- [ ] BT-85126: Joe Henderson, Art of the Tenor, Volume Two - “Boo Boo’s Birthday”…What a birthday it must have been!
- [ ] BST-90417: Andrew Hill, Passing Ships - great nonet charts, great musicians. Love Johnson’s tuba.
- [ ] BST-84172: Freddie Hubbard, Breaking Point - a favorite of mine from Freddie as a BN leader. This is so good. Has really great avant-garde underpinnings, great tunes, and excellent performances. It so wants to be a Gem it just needs that little extra something for me….call it Essential+, with a reassessment in store.
- [ ] MMBST-84244: Bobby Hutcherson, Stick Up! - after Happenings and Total Eclipse, this is one of my favorites. Stellar line up. “Verse” on side two is a gem on its own & has a real Happenings vibe to it. Bobby and Joe kill it. Joe always kills it! Makes me think I need to revisit the other Tone Poet Hutcherson releases for a new review.
- [ ] ST-31963: Bobby Hutcherson, Oblique - excellent quartet session with Hancock. Actually, second side is more adventurous.
- [ ] BST 84108: Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue - more avant-garde than other titles, with Freddie Hubbard, Sam Rivers, Andrew Hill, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers. Bobby plays vibes and marimba. All Andrew Hill and Joe Chambers tunes.
- [ ] BST-84291: Bobby Hutcherson, Total Eclipse - this is one of Hutch’s better efforts, and with a great band including Chick Corea and Harold Land. This is my favorite Tone Poet Hutch. Goofy album cover.
- [ ] ST-27 (Pacific Jazz): Jazz Crusaders, Freedom Sound. Love this album. Jazz Crusaders have a unique vibe and the music is great fun. I hope for the Lighthouse ’62, ’66 and ’68 albums.
- [ ] Pacific Jazz Stereo-29: Carmell Jones, The Remarkable Carmel Jones. This is great but Peacock makes it special, especially on “Sad March”
- [ ] BST-84331: Elvin Jones, Poly-Currents – this is right up there with the two MMJ45 titles. Almost seems crazy to have Pepper, but he’s crazy good. Candido is icing on the cake. I love the flute on this. Great stuff, especially side 2.
- [ ] BLP 1565: Clifford Jordan, s/t (stereo, septet) - really nice 50s hard-bop session.
- [ ] BST-7243: Joe Lovano, Trio Fascination - This is one of the great sax/reed trio albums in the tradition of Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson, and with David Holland and Elvin Jones to boot, who are both great on this. Great material, excellently performed and played.
- [ ] BST-84218: Jackie McLean, Action - Tolliver, Hutch, MvBee, Higgins…what can possibly go wrong? I always love Hutch when he is playing avant-garde, and this is a great example. This smokes.
- [ ] BST-84262: Jackie McLean, New and Old Gospel - part of Ornette set. Great avant-garde session
- [ ] BST-84214: Blue Mitchell, Down With It - this is great. Chick’s playing is very funky, in a Chick way, wonderful. So is everyone else.
- [ ] ST-10 (Pacific jazz): Modest Jazz Trio, Good Friday Blues - Guitar/piano/bass trio with Jim Hall. Great tunes. Love the performances.
- [ ] LT 995 (33582): Hank Mobley, A Slice of the Top - this is the best Tone Poet Mobley so far (as of 12/24). Love the tuba and euphonium.
- [ ] BST-81578: Lee Morgan, The Cooker - and a cooker it is. Love Pepper Adams and Bobby Timmons. I’m a sucker for Adam’s (and others) baritone anyway. “Just One of Those Things” elevates the stature of this album - the solos really smoke. Actually, all of side two is insane. “A Night In Tunisia” is really good too.
- [ ] LT 1031: Lee Morgan, Taru - George Benson on guitar is great, as is Bennie Maupin. Nice mixtures of tunes. Great guitar solos on the two ‘funky’ tunes.
- [ ] B0030597-01: Hank Mobley, Poppin’ - a surprisingly great blowing/jam session from 1957. This might be one of Mobley’s best as a leader. Pepper Adams ever a bonus and a blessing.
- [ ] BST-84239: John Patton, Let ‘Em Roll - organ. guitar combo, but no sax…Hutch on vibes instead with Grant Green, and it works! Has a good bossa nova tune (Latona). Great tunes. GG’s guitar is really nicely recorded on this. It’s one of the nice surprises of the Tone Poet series.
- [ ] BST-84032: Sonny Red, Out of The Blue - this strikes me as one of the most perfect hard bop sessions of the late 50s. Great memorable tunes, great lineup, well played. Nice balance to the mix of tunes too. This is a gem of hard bop, but I’m not too quick to make it a “Gem” of the Tone Poets (which is broader). Call it a candidate for now. Essential+ for the time being.
- [ ] LT-1056: Wayne Shorter, Etcetera - more great Shorter from mid-60s. Compositionally mature, great lineup with Hancock, McBee, Chambers
- [ ] ST-84162: Stanley Turrentine, Huslin’ - with Shirley Scott and Kenny Burrell. Great example of 60s B3/Tenor/Guitar combo jazz, with great gospel/soul/funk underpinnings
- [ ] BST-84338: McCoy Tyner, Expansions - one of the great Tyner BNs, although Extensions (the followup, with Alice Coltrane) is much better, IMO.
- [ ] TRLP 20: Doug Watkins, Watkins At Large - this is excellent. Love Watkin’s bass but everyone is on fire, and the mono sound is fantastic.
- [ ] BST-84180: Tony Williams, Life Time - one the better BN outside titles, with a stellar lineup. This is an avant-garde session, but well worth the effort to grasp it.
Recommended (50) [If collection size is no object, these are also great and worth having]
- [ ] PJ-1202: Chet Baker, Sings and Plays - Really quite good, although I’m not big on jazz vocals for the most part. The sound quality of this is remarkable.
- [ ] PJ-1222: Chet Baker, Sings - Also quite good, although I’m not big on jazz vocals for the most part.
- [ ] BST-84258: Art Blakey, The Witch Doctor - another great Jazz Messengers. Could be an essential Tone Poet.
- [ ] BST-84347: Art Blakey, Roots & Herbs - “Ping Pong” is great! And it keeps going good. Could be essential Jazz Messengers.
- [ ] B0030487-01: Tina Brooks, Minor Move - “Nutville” is great. Doug Watkins bass sounds fantastic on it.
- [ ] BN-3052: Kenny Burrell, KB Blues - always love KB. This is a mixed session worth having, but the other KB titles are better for the most part. The 2nd side is better than the 1st.
- [ ] TRLP4: Donald Byrd, Byrd’s Eye View - Transition reissue of a mid 50s bop session. Great band, great tunes, excellent mono sound. The first side is stronger than the second.
- [ ] TRLP-17 (Transition): Donald Byrd, Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill - this is a really nice live mid-50s trumpet quartet session.
- [ ] BST-84048: Donald Byrd, Byrd In Flight - “Ghana” starts the album off great. Really good, memorable tune.
- [ ] BST-22674: Sonny Clark, My Conception - smokin’ good session with Byrd and Mobley (Chambers/Blakey round out rhythm section). This might be my favorite Sonny Clark now, and maybe belongs in essentials.
- [ ] BST-84287: Ornette Coleman: New York is Now - with Dewey Redman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones. Good stuff, bettered with Love Call. Jimmy Garrison’s bass sounds great.
- [ ] BST 84018: Walter Davis Jr.: Davis Cup - opening tune has almost a big band vibe to it (in a good way). This version sounds better than I remember of the AP45.
- [ ] ST-11 (Pacific Jazz): Kenny Durham/Jackie McLean, Inta Somethin’ - good straightforward session.
- [ ] 15017: Duke Ellington: Money Jungle - Mono trio session from some great musicians.
- [ ] WP-1246: Gil Evans, New Bottle Old Wine - good big band album, as is all G.E. I have heard
- [ ] WP-1270: Gil Evans, Great Jazz Standards - well done big band charts of some great jazz tunes.
- [ ] LT-989 (74228): Dexter Gordon, Clubhouse - this is a nice album, with Freddie Hubbard. Good tunes. Not essential, but nice to play now and then. Dexter plays really well on this.
- [ ] BST-84111: Grant Green, The Latin Bit - decent album of latin themed tunes
- [ ] BST-84132: Grant Green, Feelin’ The Spirit - there’s a lot of GG reissues. I don’t care much for gospel tunes and almost passed on this, but the Tone Poet sounds great and the albums has some special moments. “Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho” is especially memorable.
- [ ] BST-84432: Grant Green, Born To Be Blue - nice bluesy session
- [ ] ST-84151: Andrew Hill, Black Fire - I love the music. Joe Henderson, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes…what’s not to like?
- [ ] BST-84196: Freddie Hubbard, Blue Spirits - starts off with boogie and great ensemble of crack musicians.
- [ ] ST-21437: Bobby Hutcherson, The Kicker - very good, with Joe Henderson, Green on 3/5 tracks. I like the second side much better. “Step Lightly” is great: almost has a “Search For The New Land” vibe to it.
- [ ] LT-1086: Bobby Hutcherson, Medina - great late 60s session featuring Harold Land and Stanley Cowell. This album is quite good, but I’m not sure it’s essential.
- [ ] PJM-406: Lee Konitz, Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet - some really good early 50s bebop…Konitz, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan. Great stuff. Sounds great too.
- [ ] UAS 5034 (United Artists): Booker Little 4 & Max Roach - I’m not a big fan of their double-timey cover of Miles Davis’ “Milestones.” The other tunes are better. Great lineup of musicians.
- [ ] BST-84179: Jackie McLean, It’s Time - great session with Tolliver, Hancock, McBee, Haynes. Almost an essential. Might promote it with more plays.
- [ ] BST-84427: Jackie McLean, Tippin’ The Scales - very competent, hard bop session. There’s nothing to fault here, but I really like his more progressive/avant-garde stuff better.
- [ ] BST-84345: Jackie McLean, Demon Dance - high energy album. This is great. Rhythm section is great. Maybe essential. After side one , leaning toward essential.
- [ ] BST-84228: Blue Mitchell, Bring It Home To Me - this is a great hard bop session and highly recommended. Almost an essential, but I like That Thing To Do (MM-BST84178, MMJ 45 Series) better, and would make that essential, if it were a Tone Poet. I might still promote this to Essential. It’s really quite good.
- [ ] BST-84230: Hank Mobley, Caddy for Daddy - recommended, but not essential, solid lineup, great playing, but not all that inspired.
- [ ] BST-61006: Hank Mobley, Curtain Call - This is a great 50s bebop session. With Kenny Dorham, Sonny Clark. If you like the other sessions Mobley did ‘56-‘58 don’t pass this one up. I get overwhelmed by all the Mobley reissues sometimes (I have more than I listen to), but this one is really nice.
- [ ] BST-84222: Lee Morgan, Cornbread - has McLean, Mobley, Hancock - this is pretty good,
- [ ] BST-84426: Lee Morgan, The Rajah - Mobley and Walton - this is also a good one
- [ ] BST-84293: Duke Pearson, The Phantom - featuring Bobby Hutcherson
- [ ] BST-84267: Duke Pearson, The Right Touch - great band, great arrangements. “My Love Waits” is a wonderful ballad. “Los Malos Hombres” cooks. Almost essential.
- [ ] LT-1091: Lee Morgan, Infinity - this is OK. McLean is great, Higgins is great. Playing is more inspired than songwriting. Title songs are meh. “Miss Nettie B” is much better. “Growing Pains” better than title track.
- [ ] BST 84158: Freddie Roach - Good Move - decent 60s organ combo with some good tunes.
- [ ] B0033844-01: ScoLoHoFo, Oh! - John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, Al Foster - some of the material on this is really great, some of it doesn’t make me as enthusiastic. This could be a killer album if it were one LP with the best cuts.
- [ ] BST-84131: Horace Silver, Silver Serenade - this is a really good session with Blue Mitchell, et al. but not my favorite among Horace Silver albums.
- [ ] BST-84164: Jimmy Smith, Prayer Meetin’ - very good organ/sax/guitar combo session. Stanley Turrentine on tenor.
- [ ] ST-84065: Stanley Turrentine, Comin’ Your Way - another great session with Tommy, and the Horace Parlan Trio as rhythm section
- [ ] BST-84096: Stanley Turrentine, That’s Where It’s At - Les McCann is great on piano. Starts strong with “Smile, Stacey.” This is maybe an essential. Reevaluate another time.
- [ ] BST-1075: Stanley Turrentine, Mr. Natural - outstanding lineup and great playing, but the tunes aren’t as inspired as on other great ST titles.
- [ ] BST-84275: McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments - nonet with a great line up and great performances. Not essential, but strong keeper.
- [ ] BST-84307: McCoy Tyner, Time for Tyner - excellent playing from Tyner, Hutch, et al., but it’s not one of my favorite Tyner BNs.
- [ ] BST-84138: Harold Vick, Steppin’ Out - really nice example of 60s organ/tenor/guitar sessions. Great line up with great playing that includes Grant Green and Blue Mitchell. It’s worth having if you like the genre, but misses being special.
- [ ] ST-84068: Baby Face Willette, Face to Face - good organ/tenor/guitar session, with Grant Green. Pretty good example of the genre, but not one of BN’s great albums. Everyone has good solo moments here and there.
- [ ] Pacific Jazz-61: Gerald Wilson, Moment of Truth - very good big band session with great players, great charts and great tunes. This is worth having…oh, and it has Joe Pass solos! Always a bonus, and is mostly what makes it special for me. Almost essential.
- [ ] BST-84270: Jack Wilson, Easterly Winds - good hard bop blowing session with Lee Morgan and Jackie McLean. Nothing adventurous but good tunes and performances.
Non-essential (7) [I don’t necessarily dislike these, but they don’t excite me as much and end up getting fewer repeat plays. They deserve to be visited.]
- [ ] BST-40536: Tina Brooks, The Waiting Game - Good hard bop blowing session…OK, but not great. None of the tunes are all that memorable. I probably wouldn’t miss this one
- [ ] BST-84246: Ornette Coleman, The Empty Foxhole - Denardo on drums - he sounds like he can’t keep up and doesn’t know what to do. I envision Charlie Haden rolling his eyes. Ornette on violin. Ugh Too bad too, because Charlie Haden on bass. Ed Blackwell or Billy Higgins would have been great choices. But that violin! This might be a disaster. This album evokes controversy and argument. Some love it, some really don’t.
- [ ] BST-84202: Grant Green, I Want To Hold Your Hand - organ/tenor/guitar combo album typical of the 60s style with Mobley/Young and Elvin Jones! I don’t care for the Beatles cover, or the album cover, but…still OK if you’re a GG fan. Despite the line-up it’s rather non-inspired. There’s better in his catalog.
- [ ] LT-1032: Grant Green, Nigeria - with Sonny Clark, Sam Jones, Art Blakey…this album is OK, but not one of my favorite Green albums. I could probably not really miss it. 1/15/22: I’m liking this a bit more now. “Airegin” is a stronger opener, it smokes. Art Blakey is excellent on this album. I think I hear some distortion in Blakey’s drums on beginning of side two (pressing defect?). Side one is better. Side two is nothing special.
- [ ] B0032260-01: John Scofield & Pat Metheny, I Can See Your House From Here - I run hot and cold with this. The style isn’t always my thing. Love “Message To My Friend” on side two. Steve Swallow on bass is a nice bonus. This is probably great for fans of the style/genre.
- [ ] BN-81589: Horace Silver, Further Explorations - this is an OK late 50s quintet bop session, but little about it really stands out to me. Side two is much better.
- [ ] Stanley Turrentine, Rough & Tumble - competent but kinda boring
Not assessed (1)
- [ ] Cassandra Wilson, Glamoured (not in my collection) - Sorry, just not my thing, but I may reconsider if it ever gets repressed.
