The so-called blue note is the “flatted” or slightly lowered third and seventh in a
major scale. If this may seem too theoretical for you, just listen to the music on these
original albums: the best in Jazz from the late Forties and Fifties, full of blue notes,
guaranteed to blow your blues away. All of these sessions took place in and around
New York during the heydays of Bebop (and soon Hard Bop) and aptly demonstrate
why the modern jazz of these times still seems fresh today. Sax-stylists like James
Moody, Hank Mobley, or Cannonball Adderley (under his alias “Buckshot La Funke”)
show the wide range and the incredible creativity of Bebop, as do trumpeters like
Clifford Brown or Art Farmer, pianists like Jutta Hipp, Horace Silver, Sonny Clark,
Wynton Kelly, or Bobby Timmons.

Some of the greatest and rarest albums of theperiod. Period.

CD 1
JAMES MOODY AND THE
MODERNISTS
1. Workshop (G. Fuller) 3.18
2. Tin Tin Deo (Pozo / Fuller) 2.47
3. Oh Henry (Fuller / Henry) 2.31
4. Moody’s All Frantic (Moody/Fuller)
2.37
5. Tropicana (G. Fuller) 3.04
6. The Fuller Bop Man (G. Fuller) 2.58
7. Cu-Ba (C. Payne) 2.38
8. Moodamorphosis (Fuller / Burns) 3.01
James Moody (ts) Dave Burns, Elmon
Wright (tp) Ernie Henry (as) Cecil Payne
(brs) Hen Gates (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Art
Blakey (dr:2, 4, 5, 7) Teddy Stewart (dr:
1, 3, 6, 8) Chano Pozo (voc, congas: 2,
4, 5, 7)Gil Fuller (arranger)
Recorded at Apex Studios, NYC on
October 19th and 25th,
1948
URBIE GREEN SEPTET
– NEW FACES NEW SOUNDS
9. Incubator (Urbie Green) 4.49
10. Skylark (Carmichael, Mercer) 3.27
11. La Salle (John Murtaugh) 3.31
12. Dansero (Daniels, Heyman) 3.22
13. Stairway to the Stars 3.06
(Signorelly, Malnick, Parish)
14. Johnbo Mambo (John Murtaugh)
5.13
Urbie Green (tb) Doug Mettome (horn)
John Murtaugh (ts) Sam Staff (brs)
Jimmy Lyon (p) Danny Martucci (b)
Jimmy Campbell (dr)
Recorded in NYC in 1953
Total Time 46.23
CD 2
JUTTA HIPP
– AT THE HICKORY HOUSE VOLUME I
Introduction by Leonard Feather
1. Take Me in Your Arms (Markush) 4.54
2. Dear Old Stockholm (trad.) 4.43
3. Billies Bounce (C. Parker) 4.06
4. Ill Remember April (DePaul / Ray)
3.52
5. Lady Bird (T. Dameron) 3.52
6. Mad About the Boy (N. Coward) 3.47
7. Aint Misbehavin (Waller / Razaf /
Brooks) 5.02
8. These Foolish Things (Strachey /
Marvell) 3.58
9. Jeepers Creepers (Mercer / Warren)
3.52
10. The Moon Was Yellow (Leslie /
Ahlert) 4.54
Jutta Hipp (p) Peter Ind (b) Ed Thigpen
(dr)
Recorded at the “Hickory House”, NYC,
on April 5, 1956
Total Time 43.01

CD 3
HERBIE NICHOLS TRIO
1. The Gig (H. Nichols) 4.26
2. House Party Starting (H. Nichols) 5.41
3. Chit-Chatting (H. Nichols) 4.04
4. The Lady Sings the Blues 4.25
(Nichols / Holiday)
5. Terpsichore (H. Nichols) 4.01
6. Spinning Song (H. Nichols) 4.55
7. Query (H. Nichols) 3.28
8. Wildflower (H. Nichols) 4.06
9. Hangover Triangle (H. Nichols) 4.02
10. Mine (G. Gershwin) 4.05
Herbie Nichols (p) Al McKibbon (b: 1-5, 9)
Teddy Kotick (b: 6-8, 10) Max Roach (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack,
New Jersey between 1955 and 1956
SONNY CLARK TRIO
11. Be-Bop (Gillespie) 9.53
12. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was 4.23
(Rodgers / Hart)
13. Two Bass Hit (Gillespie / Lewis) 3.45
14. Tadd’s Delight (Dameron) 6.02
15. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise 6.34
(Hammerstein / Romberg)
16. I’ll Remember April (Raye /DePaul)
4.56
Sonny Clark (p) Paul Chambers (b)
Philly Joe Jones (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack,
New Jersey on September 1rst, 1957
Total Time 78.48
CD4
JAY JAY JOHNSON QUINTETS – VOL. II 4
1. “Daylie” Double (Johnson) 4.30
2. Pennies from Heaven 4.20
(Burke / Johnston)
3. You’re Mine You (Green / Hayman) 3.10
4. Turnpike (Johnson) 4.15
5. It Could Happen to You 4.48
(Burke / Van Heusen)
6. Groovin’ (Johnson) 4.43
7. Portrait of Jennie (Burdge / Robinson)
2.59
8. Viscosity (Johnson) 4.25
9. Time After Time (Styne / Cahn) 4.15
10. Capri (Gryce) 3.52
Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Clifford Brown (tp:4,
5, 10) Jimmy Heath (ts, brs: 4, 5, 10)
Hank Mobley (ts: 1-3, 6-8) John Lewis (p: 4,
5, 10) Wynton Kelley (p: 9) Horace Silver
(p: 1-3, 6-8) Percy Heath (b: 4, 5, 10)
Charlie Mingus (b: 9)
Paul Chambers (b: 1-3, 6-8)
Kenny Clarke (dr) Sabu (conga dr: 9)
Recorded at the WOR Studios, NYC, on
June 22, 1953
(4, 5, 10), at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack,
NJ, on September 24, 1954 (1-3, 6-8)
and on June 6, 1955 (9)
JULIUS WATKINS SEXTET VOL. II
11. Garden Delights (Watkins) 4.47
12. Julie Ann (Watkins / Morgan) 3.36
13. Sparkling Burgundy (Watkins) 4.21
14. B And B (Harris / Powell) 5.03
15. Jor-Du (Jordan) 4.52
Julius Watkins (french horn) Hank Mobley
(ts) Perry Lopez (git) Duke Jordan (p)
Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, New Jersey
March 20th, 1955
Total Time 63.58

CD 5
J.R. MONTEROSE
1. Wee-Jay (Monterose) 6.59
2. The Third (Byrd) 5.18
3. Bobbie Pin (Monterose) 8.06
4. Marc V (Monterose) 6.33
5. Ka-Link (Jones) 9.05
6. Beauteous (Chambers) 5.26
J.R. Monterose (ts) Ira Sullivan (tp)
Horace Silver (p) Wilbur Ware (b)
“Philly” Joe Jones (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack,
New Jersey on October 21rst, 1956
KENNY BURRELL
– BLUE LIGHTS VOLUME I
7. Yes Baby (Burrell) 11.05
8. Scotch Blues (Jordan) 8.00
9. Autumn in New York (Duke) 5.45
10. Caravan (Ellington / Mills / Tizol)
9.59
Kenny Burrell (git) Louis Smith (tp: 7,8,
10) Junior Cook, Tina Brooks (ts: 7, 8,
10) Bobby Timmons (p: 9, 10) Duke
Jordan (p: 7, 8) Sam Jones (b) Art
Blakey (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, New Jersey
on May 14, 1958
Total Time 76.18
CD 6
BENNIE GREEN – SOUL STIRRIN`
1. Soul Stirrin’ (Gonzales) 6.53
2. We Wanna Cook (Green) 6.40
3. That’s All (Brandt / Haymes) 6.26
4. Lullaby of the Doomed (Gonzales)
6.03
5. B. G. Mambo (Green) 8.17
6. Black Pearl (Graham) 5.48
Bennie Green (tb) Billy Root, Gene
Ammons (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Ike Isaacs
(b) Elvin Jones (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, New Jersey
on April 28, 1958
CURTIS FULLER – VOLUME III
7. Little Messenger (Fuller) 6.18
8. Quantrale (Fuller) 6.12
9. Jeanie (Fuller) 6.49
10. Carvon (Fuller) 6.55
11. Two Quarters of a Mile (Fuller) 6.32
12. It’s Too Late Now (Lone / Lerner)
6.51
Curtis Fuller (tb) Art Farmer (tp)
Sonny Clark (p) George Tucker (b)
Louis Hayes (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, New Jersey
on December 1st, 1957
Total Time 79.44

CD 7
HERE COMES LOUIS SMITH
1. Tribute to Brownie (Pearson) 6.39
2. Brill’s Blues (Smith) 8.22
3. Ande (Smith) 6.43
4. Star Dust (Carmichael) 5.20
5. South Side (Smith) 8.39
6. Val’s Blues (Smith) 6.37
Louis Smith (tp) Buckshot La Funke (as)
Duke Jordan (p: 1, 2, 5) Tommy
Flanagan (p: 3, 4, 6) Doug Watkins (b)
Art Taylor (dr)
Recorded on February 4th (1, 2, 5) and
February 9th
(3, 4, 6), 1957 in New York City
Total Time 42.22
CD 8
DIZZY REECE – BLUES IN TRINITY
1. Blues in Trinity (Reece) 6.47
2. I Had the Craziest Dream 3.04
(Gordon / Warren)
3. Close-Up (Reece) 10.43
4. Shepherd’s Serenade (Reece) 6.37
5. Color Blind (Reece) 6.03
6. ‘Round About Midnight (Monk) 4.49
Dizzy Reece, Donald Byrd (tp)
Tubby Hayes (ts) Terry Shannon (p)
Lloyd Thompson (b) Art Taylor (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, New Jersey
on August 24, 1958
WALTER DAVIS JR. – DAVIS CUP
7. ‘Smake It (Davis) 5.08
8. Loodle-Lot (Davis) 5.59
9. Sweetness (Davis) 8.15
10. Rhumba Nhumba (Davis) 7.00
11. Minor Mind (Davis) 6.27
12. Millie’s Delight (Davis) 5.07
Walter Davis Jr. (p) Donald Byrd (tp)
Jackie McLean (as) Sam Jones (b) Art
Taylor (dr)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, New Jersey
on August 2, 1959
Total Time 76.00

CD 9
LEO PARKER
– LET ME TELL YOU `BOUT IT
1. Glad Lad (L. Parker) 5.18
2. Blue Leo (Quebec / Parker) 5.06
3. Let Me Tell You ‘Bout It (R. Lewis)
4.19
4. Vi (R. Lewis) 4.42
5. Parker’s Pals (L. Parker) 6.22
6. Low Brown (Y. Salim) 5.49
7. TCTB (Swindell / (Parker) 6.26
Leo Parker (brs) John Burks (tp)
Bill Swindell (ts) Yusef Salim (p)
Stan Conover (b) Purnell Rice (dr)
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey on September 9, 1961
FRED JACKSON
– HOOTIN` `N TOOTIN
8. Dippin’ in the Bag (F. Jackson) 4.02
9. Southern Exposure (F. Jackson) 6.58
10. Preach Brother (F. Jackson) 5.47
11. Hootin’ ‘N Tootin’ (F. Jackson) 4.36
12. Easin’ on Down (F. Jackson) 6.20
13. That’s Where It’s At (F. Jackson)
5.11
14. Way Down Home (F. Jackson) 5.14
Fred Jackson (ts) Willie Jones (git)
Earl Vandyke (organ) Wilbert Hogan (dr)
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey on February 5, 1962
Total Time 76.12
CD 10
BABY FACE WILLETTE – FACE TO
FACE
1. Swingin at Sugar Rays (B. Willette)
6.35
2. Goin Down (B. Willette) 7.25
3. Whatever Lola Wants (Ross / Adler)
7.22
4. Face to Face (B. Willette) 6.17
5. Something Strange (B. Willette) 6.42
6. High N Low (B. Willette) 7.09
Baby Face Willette (organ) Fred
Jackson (ts) Grant Green (git) Ben
Dixon (dr)
Recorded on January 30, 1961 at the
Van Gelder Studio,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Total Time 41.31