The Good Stuff

Jon Hendricks and the All-Stars

BOPPIN' AT THE BLUE NOTE

Telarc  1995

The James Joyce of Jive -- TIME Magazine

Do you call that a buddy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-B1Y-YT6k

Contemporary Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyx9--y9Jk

Everybody's Boppin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzRLOYfQdKk

Roll'em Pete : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZHzz_eowSg

Since I fell for you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWcHoInpETs

One O'Clock Jump : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTZBTdUg_M

The All-Stars include Wynton Marsalis, Al Grey, Benny Golson and members of Hendrick's family(vocals), and others.

Cheers

Freddie Hubbard

OPEN SESAME

Blue Note 1960 / 2002

RVG Edition.  Usual great notes from the original LP and updated notes from the CD reissue.  Hubbard's debut album.  Age 22.  Great supporting cast.

Open Sesame : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_slYh4DYVJ4

But beautiful : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t3H32spG7Q

All or nothing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBn4sk5AdFY

One Mint Julep : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVn8j-O4bt4

Cheers

McCoy Tyner

SAMA LAYUCA

Milestone / OJC  1974 / 2001

La Cubana : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHtL5c8Q7E

Paradox : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VJpsBjxrlE

Desert City : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmiSTT3n29Y

Cheers

Oliver Nelson

BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH

Impulse / MCA   1961 / 1986

Fold out, with the genesis of each tune.  Microscope required.  Considered one of the great Jazz albums.

Stolen Moments : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44DfWE0gatQ

Yearnin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tNZ6AG0xWc&t=74s

Teenie's Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHLir4XibmU

Hoe-Down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkkQiZ-gV4

Cheers

Percy Mayfield

PERCY MAYFIELD LIVE

Winner  1992

The performances in this album were recorded live at Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party -- a weekly Blues show and dance which ran from March, 1979, through September, 1983, heard throughout the San Francisco Bay area on KTIM-FM.

Please send me someone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euUzq2QFvqQ

The River's Invitation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__cMuhlIbJs

My Jug and I : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ8IUoowIXk&t=227s

Don't start lying to me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuMvj56bNSg

Cheers