Coleman Hawkins - Soul (Full Album) 1960

 Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.^[1] One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn".^[2] Hawkins biographer John Chilton described the prevalent styles of tenor saxophone solos prior to Hawkins as "mooing" and "rubbery belches."^[3] Hawkins cited as influences Happy Caldwell, Stump Evans, and Prince Robinson, although he was the first to tailor his method of improvisation to the saxophone rather than imitate the techniques of the clarinet. Hawkins' virtuosic, arpeggiated approach to improvisation, with his characteristic rich, emotional, and vibrato-laden tonal style, was the main influence on a generation of tenor players that included Chu Berry, Charlie Barnet, Tex Beneke, Ben Webster, Vido Musso, Herschel Evans, Buddy Tate, and Don Byas, and through them the later tenormen, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ike Quebec, Al Sears,^[4] Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson.^[5] While Hawkins became known with swing music during the big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s.^[1]

Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing.^[1] He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.^[2][3][4]

Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.^[5]

Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1931.^[1] His mother was an ordained minister who had taught herself to play the piano; his father also played the piano and sang.^[2] His brothers were the bass player Tommy, drummer and singer Len, and Lynwood.^[3] Ray began playing the piano around the age of six or seven, following the example of his mother and his sister, Vera.^[1][3] Gospel influences in his playing came from being part of the church at this stage in his early life.^[4] He had switched from classical music to jazz by his early teens and played the double bass at junior high school.^[3] He was first paid to play when he was 12: "I would play for dances, and they'd sneak me into bars. I'd get four or five bucks a night, which was good money then."^[2] He turned professional aged 14, and immediately joined a local band led by Mickey Collins.^[4]

Vinyl rip (H/Q) 01.SOUL BLUES [00:00] 02.I HADN'T ANYONE TILL YOU [09:48] 03.GROOVIN' [14:21] 04.GREENSLEEVES [20:00] 05.SUNDAY MORNIN' [23:12] 06.UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG [29:40] 07.SWEETNIN' [34:22] COLEMAN HAWKINS : tenor sax KENNY BURRELL : guitar RAY BRYANT : piano WENDELL MARSHALL : bass OSIE JOHNSON : drums

KENNY BURRELL - Midnight Blue (1963)

 Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing.^[1] He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.^[2][3][4]

Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000)^[1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion during a stint on CTI in the 1970s.^[2] He was described by critic Steve Huey as "renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone [and] earthy grounding in the blues."^[3] In the 1960s Turrentine was married to organist Shirley Scott, with whom he frequently recorded, and he was the younger brother of trumpeter Tommy Turrentine.

Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican ancestry.^[1] Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz. His first hit, "El Watusi", was recorded by his Charanga Moderna in 1962, becoming the most successful pachanga song in the United States. In the late 1960s, Barretto became one of the leading exponents of boogaloo and what would later be known as salsa. Nonetheless, many of Barretto's recordings would remain rooted in more traditional genres such as son cubano. A master of the descarga (improvised jam session), Barretto was a long-time member of the Fania All-Stars.^[2][1] His success continued into the 1970s with songs such as "Cocinando" and "Indestructible." His last album for Fania Records, Soy dichoso, was released in 1990. He then formed the New World Spirit jazz ensemble and continued to tour and record until his death in 2006.

Track listing 00:00 - 01. Chitlins Con Carne (Kenny Burrell) 05:29 - 02. Mule (Burrell, Major Holley, Jr.) 12:27 - 03. Soul Lament (Kenny Burrell) 15:10 - 04. Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell) 19:10 - 05. Wavy Gravy (Kenny Burrell) 24:58 - 06. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) 29:23 - 07.Saturday Night Blues (Kenny Burrell) 35:40 - 08. Kenny's Sound (Kenny Burrell) 40:24 - 09. K Twist (Kenny Burrell) Credits: Kenny Burrell – guitar Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone Major Holley – bass Bill English – drums Ray Barretto – conga