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They came back to the label in the late 1960s: Coldwater Flat (1968) set the trio against the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, and Elegant Soul, the same year, began their work with producer and arranger Monk Higgins. Blue Note's history of the period notes that drummer Carl Burnett joined for the Elegant Soul sessions in September 1968 and that bassist Henry Franklin replaced founding member Andrew Simpkins after that album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarris, Franklin and Burnett recorded Soul Symphony at Liberty Studios in West Hollywood on August 26 to 28, 1969. Higgins composed, arranged and conducted all five pieces, writing three of them with Dee Ervin, who shares the production credit. Woodwinds, brass and strings surround the trio, with Buddy Collette on flute and alto flute, Fred Robinson on guitar, David Duke and Art Maebe on French horn, and Alex Brown, Mamie Galore and Clydie King on backing vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title piece runs nearly 26 minutes. 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Cem Kurosman curates the series, and Blue Note scheduled this title in the same September 2026 slot as The Three Sounds' Soul Symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrumpeter and composer Eddie Gale recorded the album in 1969 at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It followed his 1968 Blue Note debut, Ghetto Music, and was his last album as a leader for the label. All eight pieces are Gale originals; \"The Gleeker\" is credited to Gale with Joann Gale Stevens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGale fronted two ensembles on the date. The Noble Gale Musicians included Russell Lyle on saxophone and flute and Judah Samuel and Henry Pearson on bass, and the Noble Gale Singers included Joann Gale Stevens and Fulumi Prince. The guests were alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons and drummer Elvin Jones. Blue Note's notes point to the declarative refrain of the title track and to \"Song Of Will,\" and describe the eight tunes as a continuation of Gale's search for truth and justice in music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Brooklyn in 1941, Gale studied trumpet with Kenny Dorham and had already played on Cecil Taylor's 1966 Blue Note album Unit Structures. He toured and recorded with Sun Ra across the 1960s and 1970s, and in 1969 he also played on Larry Young's Of Love and Peace. After a year as artist in residence at Stanford University he moved to San Jose, California, in 1972, and later worked with the Oakland hip-hop group The Coup. 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Kevin Gray mastered it from the original master tapes, and the record is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal. It carries the stereo program under catalog number 7820469, and the jacket keeps the original BST 84024 stereo number. Cem Kurosman chose the titles in the series' 2026 slate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcLean cut the album on October 20, 1959, at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with Alfred Lion producing and Van Gelder engineering. He is the only horn on the session, fronting Walter Bishop Jr. on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Art Taylor on drums. Blue Note's notes place it as his second release for the label, after a decade on the New York scene that took in work with Miles Davis and Charles Mingus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe program leans on standards: Johnny Burke and Bob Haggart's \"What's New?\", Irving Berlin's \"Let's Face the Music and Dance\", Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger's \"I Remember You\", Cole Porter's \"I Love You\" and Oscar Hammerstein II and Ben Oakland's \"I'll Take Romance\", alongside Benny Golson's \"Stablemates\". McLean's own blues, \"116th and Lenox\", closes the record, and Blue Note paired it with \"What's New\" on a 1960 single, 45-1760.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReid Miles designed the original cover around Francis Wolff's photography, and Ira Gitler wrote the liner notes. 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It is a single LP carrying the original seven-track sequence over two sides, in a jacket that reproduces the original stereo cover, catalog number 84036 in the Blue Note oval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLou Donaldson recorded the session at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, across two dates, February 5 and February 28, 1960, with Alfred Lion producing. Bill Hardman plays trumpet, Horace Parlan piano and Al Harewood drums. The bass chair is split between Sam Jones and Laymon Jackson, who covers four of the seven tracks, and Hardman sits out \"The Truth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe program sets band originals against standards. Parlan wrote \"Blues for J.P.,\" Hardman wrote \"Politely,\" and Donaldson brought \"The Truth\" and \"Goose Grease\"; the rest come from the Gershwins, Cahn and Styne, and Romberg and Hammerstein. Blue Note first issued the album as BLP 4036 in mono and BST 84036 in stereo. 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Kevin Gray mastered it in stereo from the original master tapes with an all-analog chain, and it was pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at Optimal in Germany. The jacket keeps the original BST 84334 stereo catalog number, and the disc labels follow Blue Note's blue-and-white stereo design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series opened with sixteen of the label's best-known records from the 1950s and 1960s. Its later run, chosen by Don Was and Cem Kurosman, reaches across the label's whole history under themes that include Soul Jazz, The 70s and Hidden Gems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrother Jack McDuff had spent the 1960s leading soul jazz organ groups, and he is credited with giving guitarist George Benson his first break. He signed to Blue Note in 1969, and Moon Rappin' followed his label debut, Down Home Style. He recorded it in December 1969 at Soundview Recording Studio in Kings Park, New York, produced the session himself and wrote all five pieces. 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Kevin Gray mastered it at Cohearent Audio from the original master tapes, and it was manufactured at Optimal in Germany. Blue Note describes the series as affordable all-analog reissues in standard packaging. Don Was and Cem Kurosman choose the titles and group them by theme, and Star Bright was issued on April 21, 2023 under the Hidden Gems heading, paired with Johnny Coles' Little Johnny C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDizzy Reece was born in Kingston, Jamaica, moved to London at 17 and worked across Europe, frequently in Paris, where he played with Don Byas and Kenny Clarke. Word of his playing reached Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, and his Blue Note debut, Blues In Trinity, came from a 1958 London session with Donald Byrd and Art Taylor. At Alfred Lion's urging he moved to New York, and on November 19, 1959 Lion recorded him at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with Rudy Van Gelder engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quintet pairs Reece with Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Taylor again on drums. Reece wrote four of the six pieces: \"The Rake,\" \"Groovesville,\" \"The Rebound\" and the Thelonious Monk-inspired \"A Variation On Monk.\" The two standards are \"I'll Close My Eyes\" and Dorothy Parker and Ralph Rainger's \"I Wished On The Moon.\" Blue Note also issued \"The Rake\" and \"The Rebound\" as the two sides of a 45, catalog 45-1759.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original jacket was designed by Reid Miles with photography by Francis Wolff, and Leonard Feather wrote the liner notes. 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The jacket keeps the original 84144 stereo cover design, and the lacquers carry Gray's Cohearent Audio mark in the runout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohnny Coles, a trumpeter born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1926, spent most of his career as a sought-after sideman, including a place in Charles Mingus's 1964 sextet alongside Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard and Dannie Richmond. He led few sessions of his own, and this is the only album he made for Blue Note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note's notes credit the record to Duke Pearson. Pearson heard Coles take a solo with the Gil Evans orchestra at Birdland and again as a featured soloist in James Moody's band, and the two began working together. When Alfred Lion caught one of their gigs and took to a Pearson tune called \"Little Johnny C,\" he gave Pearson the go-ahead to organize a Blue Note date with Coles as leader. Pearson arranged the program and wrote five of its six pieces; the sixth, \"Hobo Joe,\" is Joe Henderson's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sextet recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on July 18 and August 9, 1963, with Alfred Lion producing. Leo Wright plays alto saxophone and flute, Henderson tenor saxophone, Pearson piano and Bob Cranshaw bass. Walter Perkins drums on the first side and Pete La Roca on the second, so each side of the LP is one session. 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In a 2022 PostGenre interview, Foster discussed how \"Chunky\" led Butler to sign him; it opens side A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive Foster originals sit beside three soul covers: Al Green's \"Let's Stay Together,\" Wilson Pickett's \"Don't Knock My Love\" and the Gamble and Huff song \"Drowning in the Sea of Love,\" a hit for Joe Simon. Wade Marcus arranged the date for a band that included guitarist Gene Bertoncini, bassists George Duvivier and Gordon Edwards, vibraphonist George Devens, harpist Gene Bianco, conga player Arthur Jenkins and drummer Jimmy Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mystic Brew\" has been sampled widely in hip-hop, by A Tribe Called Quest on \"Electric Relaxation\" and J. Cole on \"Forbidden Fruit\" among others, and covered by the Vijay Iyer Trio and BadBadNotGood. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album 4.5 stars. It was the first of five albums Foster made for Blue Note in the 1970s, followed by Sweet Revival, Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux, On the Avenue and Cheshire Cat. 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Blue Note's own notes for this edition describe an all-analog cut: Kevin Gray mastered it from the original master tapes at Cohearent Audio, and it was pressed at Optimal in Germany. The jacket reproduces the stereo issue, catalog number 84029, and the disc carries a blue-and-white stereo label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record keeps the original six-track program across two sides. The alternate take of \"It's Only A Paper Moon\" that turns up on CD editions belongs to the digital era and is not part of this configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Big Beat was recorded on March 6, 1960, at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with Alfred Lion producing and Rudy Van Gelder engineering, and was issued by Blue Note that year as BLP 4029 in mono and BST 84029 in stereo. Blakey led a quintet of Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano and Jymie Merritt on bass. Blue Note notes that Shorter was the newest member of the band at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShorter wrote half the program: \"The Chess Players,\" \"Sakeena's Vision,\" named for Blakey's young daughter, and \"Lester Left Town,\" a dedication to the tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Bill Hardman wrote \"Politely,\" and the set closes on the Arlen, Harburg and Rose standard \"It's Only A Paper Moon.\" The piece the album came to be known for is Timmons' gospel-inflected \"Dat Dere,\" which the label frames as a follow-up to his earlier Messengers hit \"Moanin'.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMosaic Records counts nine Blue Note albums recorded by this edition of the Messengers between March 1960 and May 1961. 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It is a stereo, all-analog reissue that Kevin Gray mastered from the original master tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal in Germany. The jacket keeps the 84034 number on its front and spine, the labels carry the stereo designation BST 84034, and Gray's KPG mark is etched into the runout on both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorgan had not led a Blue Note date in more than two years when he walked into Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on April 28, 1960. His quintet that day was Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Art Blakey on drums. Alfred Lion produced and Rudy Van Gelder engineered. Reid Miles designed the cover, Francis Wolff took the photographs and Nat Hentoff wrote the liner notes. The sleeve credits Morgan and Chambers as appearing courtesy of Vee-Jay Records, and Timmons courtesy of Riverside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record holds just four pieces across roughly 39 minutes. Cal Massey wrote \"These Are Soulful Days\" and \"Nakatini Suite,\" McLean brought \"Midtown Blues,\" and Morgan's own \"The Lion and the Wolff\" is dedicated to the label's founders, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. \"Midtown Blues\" runs past twelve minutes, which accounts for most of side B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note waited about a year to release the session, issuing it as BLP 4034 in May 1961. 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