Put this at the top of Hank's career full of highlights: his 1960 Blue Note session with Art Blakey, Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers. Just looking at that personnel, you know this is going to be a... more

Elvin Jones - "Mr. Jones" In 1968, after six years with the seminal John Coltrane Quartet, the mighty drummer Elvin Jones signed with Blue Note Records, releasing 10 fantastic albums, including... more

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band is one of the most distinctive bands in jazz this century. The Fellowship first formed in 1997, helmed by drummer Brian Blade and... more

Vinyl LP pressing. By the time drummer Pete La Roca recorded his debut album Basra in 1965 he had already appeared on nine Blue Note sessions as a sideman and spent time in bands led by Sonny Rollins... more

Double vinyl LP pressing. In December 1996, as Lee Konitz approached his 70th birthday, the great alto saxophonist brought a unique multigenerational trio with pianist Brad Mehldau (then 26) and... more

Double vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in May 1970, this smoldering set of funky soul jazz by the great organist Lonnie Smith went unreleased until 1995. Captured live at Club Mozambique in Detroit just... more

Vinyl LP pressing. Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff once recalled: "I first heard Jimmy Smith at Smalls' Paradise in January of 1956. It was his first gig in New York. He was a stunning sight. A... more

Birdland was sacred ground for Blakey, who recorded three albums there from 1954–60. The last was this thriller, a 1960 double album (split into two volumes here) featuring the redoubtable lineup of... more

Vinyl LP pressing. After a prolific 5-year run from 1961-1965 when he made more than 20 great hard bop and soul jazz albums for Blue Note, guitarist Grant Green took a four-year hiatus from... more

Birdland was sacred ground for Blakey, who recorded three albums there from 1954–60. The last was this thriller, a 1960 double album featuring the redoubtable lineup of Blakey with Lee Morgan, Wayne... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. "We'd like for you all to help us get in the groove, let your hair down, and come on and get in the music with us," says Horace Silver in the spoken introduction to... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. German Jazz pianist Jutta Hipp remains one of the most intriguing yet little known figures in Blue Note history. A unique and shortlived presence on the NYC Jazz... more

Vinyl LP pressing. For his third Blue Note album Inventions & Dimensions (1963), pianist Herbie Hancock began moving away from the modernist hard bop sound that defined his first two albums Takin'... more

Vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in April 1964, In 'n Out falls square in the middle of the formidable run of five classic Blue Note albums that launched tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson's legendary... more

Vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in 1962, Hub-Tones stands as one of the most significant artistic statements of Freddie Hubbard's formidable career, and also features one of Reid Miles' most iconic album... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Over two days in August 1971, Donald Byrd brought a powerful band into A&M Studios in Los Angeles to record the jazz-funk exploration Ethiopian Knights, continuing... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin blew out of Chicago and made his debut album for Blue Note Records in 1956 steering a nimble quartet with pianist Wynton Kelly,... more