Other highlights include a first-ever vinyl release of pianist Andrew Hill’s brilliant 1969 album Passing Ships, which was rediscovered in the vaults by producer Michael Cuscuna and first released in 2003, and will come out May 7 paired with tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon’s expansive 1964 album One Flight Up. Katanga!, a rare gem from the Pacific Jazz catalog by saxophonist Curtis Amy and trumpeter Dupree Bolton, comes out on June 4 along with a first-time digital release of the album. The Tone Poet Vinyl Edition of Katanga! will include a new essay by Thomas Conrad that elucidates the story behind the album.
The Tone Poet series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues that are mastered from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. Tone Poet vinyl is manufactured at RTI in Camarillo, California, and packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing “Old Style” Gatefold Tip-On Jackets.
March 12, 2021
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels – Tone Poem (Blue Note, 2021) *mastered directly from the original 24/96 digital files*
May 7, 2021
Dexter Gordon – One Flight Up (Blue Note, 1964)
Andrew Hill – Passing Ships (Blue Note, 1969)
June 4, 2021
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – The Witch Doctor (Blue Note, 1961)
Curtis Amy & Dupree Bolton – Katanga! (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
July 9, 2021
Sonny Clark – My Conception (Blue Note, 1959)
McCoy Tyner – Expansions (Blue Note, 1968)
August 6, 2021
Lee Konitz & Gerry Mulligan – Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Pacific Jazz, 1953)
Wayne Shorter – The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, 1965)
September 10, 2021
Joe Pass – For Django (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
Stanley Turrentine – Rough ‘N Tumble (Blue Note, 1966)
October 8, 2021
Sonny Red – Out of the Blue (Blue Note, 1959-60)
Grant Green – The Latin Bit (Blue Note, 1962)
November 5, 2021
Hank Mobley – Curtain Call (Blue Note, 1957)
Jackie McLean – Tippin’ The Scales (Blue Note, 1962
December 3, 2021
Gerald Wilson – Moment of Truth (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
Freddie Hubbard – Breaking Point! (Blue Note, 1964)
January 7, 2022
Kenny Burrell – Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
Grant Green – Feelin’ The Spirit (Blue Note, 1962)
February 4, 2022
Harold Vick – Steppin’ Out (Blue Note, 1963)
Bobby Hutcherson – Stick Up! (Blue Note, 1966)
March 4, 2022
Chet Baker & Art Pepper – Picture of Heath (Pacific Jazz, 1956)
Blue Mitchell – Bring It Home To Me (Blue Note, 1966)
April 1, 2022
Donald Byrd – At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1960)
ScoLoHoFo (Scofield-Lovano-Holland-Foster) – Oh! (Blue Note, 2002)
