Top 50 Blue Note Records In My Collection!

Hey what's up everyone, here are my top 50 Blue Note Records from my collection. Hope you enjoy!!

[@big_burly_bro]

I was a fan of Funk first. Donald Byrd was my segway into Jazz so I'll always have a soft spot for him. Cool to see him getting lots of love.

[@aszapata10]

I love Byrd In Hand! That’s a fantastic addition to your collection, hoping to snag one soon myself!

[@illcratez]

Nice video mate. In response to your comment about Pepper Adams, Byrd In Hand isn't his only appearance on Blue Note. He was a sideman on at least 6 other Donald Byrd records and a number of other artists. Some more notable albums like Lee Morgan's - The Cooker, Hank Mobley - Poppin'. Around 20 or so in total I believe.

[@archivoxbuenosaires]

agreed, cheers

[@kelsoamistad9145]

Fascinating! Fabulous collection. Thank you for sharing with us your inner sanctum.

[@SMALLSandJOE]

Thanks for the video. Great start for someone getting started in jazz AND a great video for people who have been into jazz for a while to check in and see what albums may have slipped under their radar! I come back to this one when looking for more albums to put in my playlist and familiarize myself with what else I need to keep an eye out for!

[@analog_archive]

Really great list of Blue Note albums! Love the mix of jazz funk and hard bop! Love seeing those OG labels especially those later 50s ones!

[@NextPlayRecords]

What’s cool is that you showed a few that would be in everyone’s top 50 but there are several different ones I’d put in mine. The depth of Blue Note sessions is unreal. I see you lean towards soul Jazz and piano leaders. Good stuff.

[@alitabbal9529]

Beautiful collection of golden age Blue Note! Thanks a lot for sharing your passion!

[@Exodus_comics]

LOVE fancy dancer - props brotha. Fire in that bottom 10….stepping into tomorrow.

[@andyshacks7812]

Your record collection is just amazing. I can only dream. Good to see Bobbi Humphrey in there. Play that loads - alas a Blue Note reissue from last year but still sounds pretty good. Bobby Hutcherson is def on my wantlist. Stream that loads in the kitchen lol. Great video. Cheers Will 👍🙏

[@bernhardhagen1013]

Wow! Well presented as well, really enjoyable

[@VinylPiper]

Great video. I have most of them but the ones you’ve shown that I don’t have, I’ve never seen. Added to my want list :).

[@Markymarkvinylnut]

Enjoyed this, lovely selection! If only we had this selection in UK record stores

[@Markymarkvinylnut]

Oh, Dial S for Sonny is AMAZING! GREAT sounding

[@ilyapisman818]

Great video. Amazing grails.

[@greghawkins229]

Amazing blue note collection

[@Privateersman1]

Love the vid. Love Blue Note. I'm probably twice your age but you're way ahead of me in terms of your collection and your knowledge. Thanks enormously.

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Thanks, that means a lot!!

[@stevebender4546]

Will, lots of killer blue note. I’m only barely a novice with jazz. Looking forward to seeing your impulse and prestige. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman

[@northbuster290]

I also collect blue note. My short list? Tom cat and the rajah from lee morgan, maiden voyage, night dreamer etc etc. Well in fact almost every blue note in on my top 50. The cover are unique and the music is unbelievable. Your collection is fantastic!

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Maiden voyage is on the top of my list, tough to find. Thanks!

[@hubtunes9607]

I need to find a copy of Byrd In Hand. One im missing. Great stuff. 🎶☮️🎶

[@ppearman79]

Nice work and collection. I think you had to burp a few times in the first two mins and held it in, well done.

[@NextPlayRecords]

Dadgum man I just found your channel! Another southern man that loves Jazz? I’m in. Looking forward to catching up on your posts. -Andy

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Awesome! Just subbed you

[@NextPlayRecords]

@@southerngrailsauctions thank you!

[@garyrobinson8665]

Im now listening to the byrd in flight record you recommended. I love it. I do love the Latin jazz bop stuff very much.

[@marvinkelley6339]

I met Chuck Rainey who played bass on all of those Mizell produced Donald Byrd albums. He said he only met Donald Byrd once because he would play his parts once everything else was done. Him and Harvey Mason both signed my vinyl copy of Places and Spaces. Chuck and Harvey both remain to be some of the coolest guys I’ve ever met.

[@cadmantheaviator]

Great video. Lots of those albums I've not heard, so helpful to be pointed towards them. Such a great label Blue Note. I read they paid the musicians for some rehearsal time before recording, which was apparently not the norm.

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Yeh Alfred and Francis coming from overseas hated to see how good musicians were treated. The players loved them for that and I think it incentivized great play and writing.

[@Terribleathletes]

Also, forgot to mention, you asked if Byrd In Hand was the only time Pepper Adams appeared on Blue Note, it was not; He also played on Royal Flush, probably my favorite offering from Donald Byrd.

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Still need that one!

[@MrLovell1971]

Will freakin’ amazing blue note picks Freddie Hubbard OPen Sesame is one of my favs you copy looks top shelf and that Lee Morgan The Cooker wow that’s a magnificent line up I watched this video you was pulling heat back to Back especially Donald Byrd’s Byrd In hand I’ve never seen this record Will take care you did you definitely did you homework on jazz collecting . Lovellandrew

[@sunafukin333]

いっぱいレコード持ってて羨ましいぜ！！！🔥🔥🔥

[@davidm1675]

Very nice albums. What state are you in?

[@TheManFromKansas]

Great video, what condition is the Dial s for sonny" i would love 2 buy it from you

[@dustinshaver3173]

Now that was impressive 👏 👌 Do you have many impulse albums?

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Oh yeh, I'll do my top Impulse and Prestige Records soon

[@bernhardhagen1013]

great stuff!! Watched it again! - but there are some classics that were not in your top 50 then? You left out Somethine Else, See no evil, Out to lunch , Thelonius Monk and several others.. Just curious if it was a conscious choice or maybe because you (understandably) didnt have original copies of them and were showing your top 50 in your vinyl collection.

[@southerngrailsauctions]

It's been tough to find clean original pressings of those titles. I've missed out on Out To Lunch quiet a few times.

[@Terribleathletes]

When you said "this is my favorite Horace Parlan" my eyes got wide and I just knew you were going to hold up Us Three lol. Just an unbelievably killer record, and one of the best examples of BN cover art if you ask me. A South Korean seller on eBay put a beautiful copy up for sale months ago and I was outbid, It's crazy how much money nice copies are going for nowadays.

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Definitely one of my prized Blue Notes, rarely see it up for sale these days.

[@Terribleathletes]

​@@southerngrailsauctionsand when it does come up it's usually a beaten up copy.

[@garyrobinson8665]

Great list. I like Bobby Hutcherson happenings, Wayne shorter speak no evil, horace silver songs for my father, herbie hancock inventions and maiden voyage, speak like a child. I do really like Latin jazz. The Do you like blossom dearie? Kenny Burrell plays on her album my gentleman friend from 1961 and her album comden and Green from 1959. Amazing albums if you like vocal jazz.

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Been looking for Blossom Dearie for a long time

[@garyrobinson8665]

@@southerngrailsauctions the vinyl is super hard to find i only have the cds at the moment but if I find the vinyl I will have to buy it. The music is incredible. Her band is really tight.

[@braden6992]

The Sermon soooo good

[@ceejaydeesoozaa]

WOW WHAT A COLLECTION.

[@southerngrailsauctions]

High praise from his Royal Dudeness is high praise indeed!!

[@robertschobesberger6300]

great list... a little bit short on jackie mclean, but all the other major blue note guys well represented

[@southerngrailsauctions]

All my Jackie is on New Jazz, still looking for clean Blue Note of his. It hasn't been easy 😒

[@adrianruiz5188]

Pepper adams was on hank mobleys poppin an amazing record

[@zacksjazz9172]

So I see your into the funkier side of BN. What made you gravitate towards these Lps more than the traditional 1000, 4000 series hard bop?

[@southerngrailsauctions]

The funky stuff makes me want to move my hips a little more lol

[@zacksjazz9172]

@@southerngrailsauctions For sure got Big John Patton "oh baby' def a foot stomper!

[@ergloo6660]

Gee thanks records make great frisbee's

[@marvinkelley6339]

Street Lady was a soundtrack to a Blaxploitation movie that was never released.

[@charleswalker5140]

You should check Blue Note’s Sonny Clark “Sonny’s Crib”, you’ll never be the same!!!!!

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Been on my wantlist for a long time. Definitely a tough one to track down!

[@torres870rem]

Lee Morgan. I have two copies. 👍🏻

[@rutgervangestel]

where did you get that ol Song for My father??? still looking for orignal pressing!!!

[@southerngrailsauctions]

Fresh Produce Records in Columbus Ga

[@rutgervangestel]

@@southerngrailsauctions nice!!! must have been expensive!! just wow man!!

[@southerngrailsauctions]

@@rutgervangestel thank you!! I got one for next week, lots of cool finds to show.

[@avery2896]

i really feature the funky 70s blue note releases cant lie

[@southerngrailsauctions]

I used to have a bunch, I really miss them and still love that late Blue Note funk.

[@avery2896]

@@southerngrailsauctions yep it soothes the soul

[@seano218]

Buddy! Please, your poor speakers! What did they do to make you put them in the corner like that?! At the very least, pull them forward to the edge of that entertainment unit! Please, you will be happier with the sound. If you wanna get really crazy pull them out into the room and spread them apart a little more to get a better stereo image, soundstage and center image. If you can't, due to wife and kids, at least pull them forward and maybe read up on speaker placement to get a better understanding. All that aside, nice video and really nice vinyl!!! Love anything Grant Green, Idle Moments is one of my favorites too! Kenny Burrells Midnight Blue is right up there too. Enjoy!

[@southerngrailsauctions]

I changed them awhile ago, they're about 15 feet apart now, much better. I'm learning 😌

[@seano218]

@@southerngrailsauctions awesome! Did you notice quite a difference then? I know a lot of people that listen and enjoy music don't necessarily take to much time to make their experience better and don't realise that just by better speaker placement... it makes a difference! Half of the sound is gear, the other half is placement and room. Most of my Jazz has been all the reissues as I just got into vinyl again last Christmas because my son got me an album and my TT needed to be replaced, so I got a new one and down the rabbit hole I've gone! Lol. One last tip, I just thought of... if you're using a felt or rubber mat, look at a rubber/cork blend. It'll change the sound for the better as well. Take care!

[@southerngrailsauctions]

@seano218 The difference was huge. Our house was built in the 1800s and has huge ceilings, so it was fun putting them in different places to get different sounds.

[@seano218]

@@southerngrailsauctions that's awesome! Enjoy all your great jazz albums!

[@ralex3697]

Nice list, but I’m personally not a fan of the mid 70s jazz era

[@southerngrailsauctions]

I wasn't at first either, but the older I get the more I'm loving the grooving bass licks and drums. Much more of a dance groove, plus my kids react more to it than the hard bop, so we connect to it better.

[@rinahall]

I just listened to a 10h European podcast radio show on Sonny Rollins (yes, 10x 1h, covering 1951-2001 !!!). My opinion of Rollins is that it seems very overrated to me. First of all as a player, he does not seem to me better than Johnny Griffin, Stitt, Roland Kirk, Phil Woods, Lateef ... but enjoys a much more important reputation ... and unjustified in my opinion. Ok he plays well, but not better than the musicians I mentioned. In terms of composition, he did not compose anything, everyone knows that St Thomas is a Caribbean folklore already recorded by Randy Weston in 1955 under the title Fire Down There. His other compositions from the 50s ... well, Oleo, Airegin etc ... this can in no way be compared to the compositions of Trane, Bird, Monk or Shorter ... also, his playing and his sound are terribly degraded after 1966 (36 years). It seems that he was traumatized by the arrival of Ornette, Trane, Ayler ... In the 60's he tried to be more free than Ayler, more calypso / blues than Ornette, and more mystical than Trane, but he didn't. did not succeed. Then in the 70s / 80s he tried to be funky, disco ... with really ridiculous and cheesy results ... Did he want to be funkier than James Brown himself? Also, in the radio show they say that he was paid current $ 300,000 for himself to record the Nucleus album (so listen to the result !!!!), and that, for his concerts, his financial claims were unrealistic, only the big festivals could afford it. He played with the Stones but didn't want to go on tour with them because, according to Jagger himself, he wanted too much money! I mean, I'm not making anything up here. In my opinion, he should have remained what he was before, a disciple of Bird at the Tenor, and quit at the age of 40 to leave a quality job, and without trying to follow fashion. Thank you for not insulting me because I have documented myself on Rollins and I like to have constructive discussions without being attacked on my person.