Jazz fans and album collectors should definitely check out Blue Note Records’ amazing Classic Vinyl Reissue Series, offering up some truly amazing records reissued on 180-gram vinyl.
The series began with 16 titles from the ’50s and ’60s, including such classics as Wayne Shorter’s “Speak No Evil,” Herbie Hancock’s “Maiden Voyage,” Eric Dolphy’s “Out to Lunch,” Kenny Burrell’s “Midnight Blue” and Horace Silver’s “Song for My Father.”
The series has since expanded to include even more of the label’s fabled eight-decade history, focusing on such eras/styles as bebop, hard bop, soul jazz, post-bop and avant-garde.
The next batch of reissues hits on Nov. 19 and includes “6 Pieces of Silver” by the Horace Silver Quintet, “The Big Beat” by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, “Places and Spaces” by Donald Byrd and “Fancy Dancer” by Bobbi Humphrey.
Other upcoming releases include Joe Henderson’s “Inner Urge,” Lee Morgan’s “Caramba,” Geri Allen’s “Twenty One” and Cassandra Wilson’s “Blue Light ‘Til Dawn.”
For individual album prices and other information, visit bluenote.com.
