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50th Anniversary Blue Notes 每 August edition

By Marc Cohn | Gifts & Messages
August 14, 2020
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During last month's Blue Note anniversary show we ran out of time. So this week we catch up with a

Hank Mobley

saxophone, tenor
1930 - 1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Hank Mobley session for Blue Note from July 31, 1970 (well, that date was 'almost-August' anyway), after opening the show with mostly twenty-first century music. Then, it's on to

Grant Green

guitar
1935 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Grant Green, live in Newark and

Wayne Shorter

saxophone
1933 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter's last twentieth century Blue Note date (and a

Weather Report

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Weather Report track for icing). We've also got BN-25 from

James P. Johnson

piano
1894 - 1955

" data-original-title="" title="">James P. Johnson in our numerical retrospective of Blue Note 78s. In August 1970,

Chick Corea

piano
1941 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Chick Corea did a handful of sessions featuring

Anthony Braxton

woodwinds
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton. We hope to have selections from these next week. Sometimes, our acquisition and remastering logistics get complicated. Enjoy the show!

Playlist

Shabaka and the Ancestors "Natty" from Wisdom of Elders (Brownswood) 00:00
Egberto Gismonti
guitar
b.1947
" data-original-title="" title="">Egberto Gismonti "Loro" from Sanfona (ECM) 09:53
Chris Rogers
trumpet
" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Rogers "Rebecca" from Voyage Home (Art Of Life) 16:39
Erik Friedlander
cello
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Erik Friedlander "The Great Revelation" from Artemisia (Skipstone) 21:54
Michael Dease
trombone
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Dease "Downtown Chi-Town" from All These Hands (Posi-Tone) 29:09
Hank Mobley
saxophone, tenor
1930 - 1986
" data-original-title="" title="">Hank Mobley "You Gotta Hit It" from Thinking Of Home (Blue Note) 37:25
Hank Mobley
saxophone, tenor
1930 - 1986
" data-original-title="" title="">Hank Mobley "Gayle's Groove" from Thinking of Home (Blue Note) 44:04
Hank Mobley
saxophone, tenor
1930 - 1986
" data-original-title="" title="">Hank Mobley "Talk About Gittin' It" from Thinking of Home (Blue Note) 49:32
Grant Green
guitar
1935 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Grant Green "Let The Music Take Your Mind" from Alive! (Blue Note) 58:10
Grant Green
guitar
1935 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Grant Green "Maiden Voyage" from Alive! (Blue Note) 1:07:37
James P. Johnson
piano
1894 - 1955
" data-original-title="" title="">James P. Johnson "Back Water Blues" from 78rpm disc (Blue Note) 1:19:17
James P. Johnson
piano
1894 - 1955
" data-original-title="" title="">James P. Johnson "Carolina Balmoral" from 78rpm disc (Blue Note) 1:23:43
Wayne Shorter
saxophone
1933 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter "De Pois Do Amor, O Vazio (After Love, Emptiness) " from Odyssey Of Iska (Blue Note) 1:28:03
Wayne Shorter
saxophone
1933 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter "Joy" from Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note) 1:40:58
Weather Report
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Weather Report "Havona" from Heavy Weather (Columbia) 1:49:01

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