ELVIN ART TONY MAX BILLY MICKEY ED ROY JOE PHILLY JOE JACK

Hank Mobley “Workout” PHILLY JOE JONES
Sonny Rollins “Blue Note 1542”, Johnny Griffin “Introducing” MAX ROACH
Jazz Messengers “Buhaina’s Delight”, “Orgy in Rhythm,” “Holiday for Skins” ART BLAKEY
Elvin Jones “Putting It Together” ELVIN JONES
Hank Mobley “A Caddy for Daddy,” Dexter Gordon “Clubhouse,” Donald Byrd “Blackjack” “Slow Drag,” BILLY HIGGINS
McCoy Tyner “The Real McCoy,” Larry Young “Unity,” ELVIN JONES
Sam Rivers “Fuchsia Swing Song,” Jackie McLean “One Step Beyond” TONY WILLIAMS
Wayne Shorter “Schizophrenia,” Sam Rivers “Contours” JOE CHAMBERS
Art Taylor “AT’s Delight” ART TAYLOR
Jackie McLean “Destination Out” ROY HAYNES
Stanley Turrentine “Easy Walker” MICKEY ROKER
Jackie McLean “Demon’s Dance” JACK DEJOHNETTE

[@georgedendulk3657]

Hey hey! Don’t sleep on Al Foster who plays amazingly on Blue Mitchell’s The Thing To Do, and Down With It! Some of the most tasty, funky and crispy hard bop drumming i have ever heard and he was only in his early twenties! Ciao!

[@mapp4751]

HI KEN,a very good video but i would assume some of these lps would be hard to find? even more so as i am in Canada! your knowledge and enthusiasm is very inspiring! at age 70 i am still learning so much about this great art form! Cheers

[@sidvicious3129]

Ken, I don’t care how many people attempt to do what you are doing, but you are irreplaceable. Your style and knowledge of the art form and Bluenote in general is astounding. Being a drummer yourself you bring a unique perspective. You bring new/old music to both the young and old/young at heart.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thanks a lot, Sid. I really appreciate it.

[@JazzMessenger1218]

You always blow me away with your jazz drumming episodes. So insightful and honestly inspiring. Great job Ken keep this stuff coming. I was fortunate enough to see many of these drummers live at the Top of the Gate or the Village Vanguard. Please consider doing a similar video on the swing era.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Sounds like you’ve seen them all. Which swing drummers are you interested in?

[@JazzMessenger1218]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Bellson, Krupa, Rich, Papa Joe, Sonny Payne, Sonny Greer, Big Sid, Sam Woodyard.

[@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac]

Great!

[@norrieclark5217]

Great stuff Ken,all these albums are killer.Your descriptions of the drummers style and technique is illuminating and understandable for a layman like me.Thanks

[@Ross_Antonich]

Ken love this thank you! Can you do one of these about the great drummers recorded on ECM??

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

will try,thanks

[@jawaka1000]

Ornette Coleman's "new york is now" DID come out as a tone poet!!!! It's part of the "round trip" boxset. :) With the same photo's in the gatefold. !

[@berniedresel]

Pugilist! Good word! :) Always enjoy your videos, insight and love for the music, Ken!

[@crimson-blue]

Great content. More of these please!

[@Thestereosteve]

Thank you 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

where was I the other day and you were there on the phone?

[@marklatkowski9327]

Great, informative presentation! Many thanks, Ken.

[@joex2504]

Very pleasant and interesting video to listen to !

[@BaldyFella]

Excellent video Ken. A lot of value and knowledge in this.

[@jeffreysobczynski7113]

Really glad that you picked “Blackjack” from Byrd which goes virtually undiscussed by the VC and also “Clubhouse” from Gordon - but really think “Sidewinder” is Higgins at his greatest - the rhythm section of Higgins/Cranshaw/Harris is a machine Maybe Sidewinder is too obvious, but I have never been able to stop listening to my early mono pressing BTW my Blackjack is a Liberty stereo pressing from Keel with van Gelder and the serrated edge - sounds great Great video

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Mono rules

[@davidphillips6543]

That NYC breeze through the window must have felt good. Ken, your drumming expertise really sets these videos apart. I would love to see you break down specific drumming techniques (maybe you use a snare or symbol) then discuss records/players who had their own unique version of that technique. I know very little about drumming, but I've listed to a shitload of jazz so I know the sound of those techniques, but I have no idea about their origin. Maybe you profile one drummer at a time? Anyway, I love how you add some real knowledge to how these players are actually playing. Good stuff Ken!

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I haven’t played in years for

[@EricBaileyDrums]

AFAIK Philly Joe's last recording with Miles is when he sat in uncredited on Blues No. 2 off of Someday My Prince Will Come.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@EricBaileyDrums that’s it. And it’s on a 70s twofer as well.

[@SideShowRobb-sv4vi]

I come here to see who’s triggered by “vinyls” Love it. Also, great vid 👍🏻

[@rhythmfield]

Triggered - I don’t like it - but I’m an aging boomer so who gives a shit about my opinion and other fading aging grumpy old farts?

[@rsyalom]

Thank You Ken for the video, I have/know many of these albums. Great to hear them described from the perspective of the percussion, by a drummer such as yourself. The one album that keeps eluding me is the Art Blakey Buhaina's Delight....

[@doravidan9261]

Love the drumming on Wayne Shorter’s ETC. session.

[@Roudaki677]

Buhaina’s delight is such an absolutely beautiful album!

[@colourlessbluethings]

So many great albums here. And it's always interesting to get your more drumming focused insights. Totally agree with your comments on Freddie Hubbard too. Open Sesame is one of my favourite Blue Note albums.

[@mymixture965]

I also have these records in my collection, great music, no question. Nice video, nice to hear the drummers opinion.

[@sprachnroll]

Thank you. Would love to hear you comment on Paul Motian and Barry Altschul who I grew up listening to their playing on Bill Evans and Anthony Braxton records, respectively. Also not surprised to see All Music Guide give M'Boom Collage a middling review (this is common for many great records). Would love to hear you comment on that as well. Also, maybe a topic for a future video: modern big band drummers.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@sprachnroll I’ve commented on Paul motion before. I don’t know a lot about Barry Altschul though I enjoy the recordings he played on.

[@pickinstone]

If you are focusing on Blue Note drummers, what about Pete La Roca? His album with Joe Henderson was pretty WILD. Art Taylor and Ed Thigpin were kings of the brushes.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

! A horrible oversight

[@pickinstone]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 All good. Not as offensive as calling yourself a jazz fan and being aversive of all drummers. Actually, the worst offense is calling yourself a "jazz musician" and disrespecting the drummer in your band. Jazz ain't shite without a great drummer driving the band. And when there ain't a drummer in the band, you better believe that everyone on stage is doing their best to imagine the best drummer playing along. Afterall, what is jazz without the dance?

[@NeilWelner]

I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you. Glad that you mentioned Point of Departure. Tony's playing on track one might be my favorite performance of his. I also love his playing with all of the space available on Out to lunch. What do you think of Andrew Cyrille on the two Cecil Taylor Blue notes?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I don’t know his work as well as I should.

[@7and12inchvinyl]

Ok....I got all these.....see you next video

[@bellce0]

After I posted the comment, I remembered you focused solely on Blue Note guys. Enjoyed the episode…👍

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thank you

[@bellce0]

Of course, every great jazz drummer can’t be included on a list such as yours. If I’m adding another, it would be Dannie Richmond. I love his work with Mingus.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

He’s not on Luna. This video is dedicated purely to blue note albums.

[@luytondriman6236]

Great show Ken, I continuously have to jot down albums to check out that I haven't heard of ! By the way, have you ever featured the great British drummer Phil Seamen ? he was the best in the UK during the 60's and 70's, closely followed by Allan Ganley. Phil chose the matched grip and it can be heard via his style and solo's - freedom / flow and power ! And of the 'younger' US generation, what about Jeff 'Tain' Watts?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I don’t know enough about him and I have no recordings. But I know Ginger Baker copied him.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I don’t know enough about him and I have no recordings. But I know Ginger Baker copied him.

[@SonicPVC]

A young Tony Williams should be on Miles' " Live at the Plugged Nickle"

[@josephmintz3539]

Wonderful video. Not sure if this was intentional but what you sang at 12:37 sounded like Keiko’s Birthday March from Puttin’ It Together!

[@Localbandography]

Would be interested to get your take on ESP Disk Ken.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I don’t own many, but I can do a video

[@billharper7523]

One album I love but to my knowledge has not been put out on vinyl ever, is Art Taylor’s Mr. AT with Taylor’s Wailers. To my knowledge, it was only ever released on cd. Would love to see it reissued as a Tone Poet.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

That definitely came out on vinyl. One was auctioned off last week at Jazz Record center.

[@billharper7523]

How much did it sell for?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@billharper7523 You think an album originally released in 1960s came out on CD? a pristine mint copy sold for $2,849.

[@billharper7523]

Wow, big price! A friend bought a cd copy so I know it came out in that format. That was huge money tho for a vinyl copy, but there probably weren’t that many pressed that still exist in really good condition.

[@rhythmfield]

This is a great listing of great recordings, but I’m puzzled that you name Philly Joe Jones specifically as a blue note artist. He was a freelancer, he ended up on several great BN records, but didn’t do nearly as many BN sides as, say, Art Taylor. Philly probably did a lot more records on Columbia, perhaps a bunch on Prestige? And dozens of other really important labels. Are you specifically promoting or working for Blue Note?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

never called him a blue note artist no blue note records under his name. I said he did many sessions for Blue Note. What Columbia records did he play on? Working for Blue Note. You're daft. If anything I am persona non grata as far as BLue Note cause I don't spread the Kool Aid that Tone Poets are better than original pressings. You're daft.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

and except for his records with Miles he appears on very few Columbia records. Don't dare accuse me of working for Blue Note. Ass

[@jazzkatt7083]

Ken, seriously, you shouldn’t promote people saying “vinyls”. They’re going to embarrass themselves in conversation. 😮

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

But they will never learn to say records or LP. It’s over.

[@sensational_cellar8606]

So many young people say ‘vinyls’ now that it’s normal. They’re not embarrassing themselves to anyone but greying GenX and boomers.

[@Joe-yi8xj]

Mickey Roker plays his a** l of on Stanley Turrentine Another Story

[@terjemyller6573]

“Titles” is a better word, I’d say, as it covers every format the music is presented in. It’s about the music not the format, right?

[@agalleyne]

​​​@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Nooo! 🙅‍♂️ It's like using "sheeps" as a collective noun!! (Love the T-shirt, BTW)

[@rhythmfield]

I really don’t like ‘vinyl’ as a noun. Let’s be courageous, proud old farts and just not do that shall we? But I also can’t stand the new ha of a drum exercise or drum pattern a “chop.” That’s right, young people are calling a rudiment or a cool drum pattern: a chop. That’s even worse than shredding…

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I couldn't care less