Blue Note Announces Next Run of Classic Vinyl Reissue Series

of course, all-analog 180g pressed at Optimal

Blue Note Records announces the next run of titles in the Classic Vinyl Reissue Series, presenting 180g all-analog vinyl reissues of some of the most iconic masterpieces of the Blue Note catalog by jazz legends including Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, and others. Don Was and Cem Kurosman curate, Kevin Gray masters directly from the original analog master tapes Optimal presses and the price is right! Newly announced titles begin September 15 with the release of Horace Silver Blowin’ The Blues Away and Jimmy Smith Midnight Special, both of which are available for pre-order now on the Blue Note Store.

Classic Vinyl Reissue Series – Release Schedule:

 August 18, 2023

• Anthony Williams – Spring (1965)

• Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures (1966)

 September 15, 2023

• Horace Silver – Blowin’ The Blues Away (1959)

• Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special (1960)

 October 20, 2023

• Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Mosaic (1961)

• Hank Mobley – No Room for Squares (1963)

 November 17, 2023

• Tina Brooks – True Blue (1960)

• Wayne Shorter – Night Dreamer (1964)

 December 15, 2023

• Sonny Rollins – Newk’s Time (1957)

• Grant Green – Green Street (1961)

 January 19, 2024

• Bud Powell – Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (1949-51)

• Clifford Brown – Memorial Album (1953)

 February 16, 2024

• Lee Morgan – Search for the New Land (1964)

• Joe Henderson – Mode for Joe (1966)

 March 15, 2024

• Miles Davis – Volume 2 [BLP 1502] (1952-54)

• Donald Byrd – A New Perspective (1963)

 April 19, 2024

• Bobby Hutcherson – Happenings (1966)

• Herbie Hancock – Speak Like a Child (1968)

 

Of course this series runs concurrent with Joe Harley's Tone Poet series 

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