BOX
A beautifully crafted box, containing all elements of Blue Note Review. Equally at home as the centerpiece of your coffee table or adorning a prominent place next to your turntable, the box is wrapped in handsome blue linen with platinum foil stamping.
MULTI-ARTIST DOUBLE LP
An exclusive new compilation album on 2-LP, 180g vinyl of current drummers from the Blue Note roster and beyond including Brian Blade, Kendrick Scott, Tony Allen, Chris Dave, Nate Smith, Eric Harland, and Rob Turner (of GoGo Penguin) paying tribute to the great Tony Williams by re-interpreting Williams’ compositions from the six albums he made for Blue Note between 1985-1992. The album culminates with a previously unreleased recording of Williams’ quintet performing his tune “Juicy Fruit” from the 1992 concerts that produced Tokyo Live. It does not stream and is not for sale on any other digital or analog platforms. The gatefold Is wrapped in blue linen with platinum foil stamping, with an eye-opening centerfold, containing liner notes and album credits.
“Tone Poet” Joe Harley—co-founder and co-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl series—supervised the vinyl mastering and manufacturing of this record. The album was mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).
VINYL REISSUE
An all-analog audiophile 180g vinyl reissue of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers’ album Africaine featuring Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Walter Davis Jr., and Jymie Merritt. The album was recorded on November 10, 1959, but not first released until 1979. The session was Shorter’s first record date with The Jazz Messengers and featured two of his compositions: “Africaine” and “Lester Left Town.”
“Tone Poet” Joe Harley—co-founder and co-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl series—supervised the vinyl mastering and manufacturing of these records. The albums were mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).
VINYL REISSUE
An all-analog audiophile 180g vinyl reissue of Bobby Hutcherson’s album Patterns featuring James Spaulding, Stanley Cowell, Reggie Workman, and Joe Chambers. The album was recorded on March 14, 1968, but not first released until 1980. Four of the album’s six compositions were written by Chambers, the drummer and composer who was a key collaborator of Hutcherson’s throughout the 1960s.
“Tone Poet” Joe Harley—co-founder and co-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl series—supervised the vinyl mastering and manufacturing of these records. The albums were mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).
LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS
Never-before-released lithographs of drummers Art Blakey and Elvin Jones shot by photography icon and Blue Note Founder Francis Wolff
TRADING CARDS
A set of 20 Blue Note Trading Cards created exclusively for Blue Note Review by the Topps Company. Based on Topps’ 1959 Baseball Trading Cards, the set features artists including Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon, Lee Morgan, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Lloyd, Robert Glasper, and more.
ZINE
The zine Out Of The Blue features a fascinating collection of pieces edited by Elissa Middleton that includes: an essay on Tony Williams by Brian Blade, a conversation between Billy Hart and Victor Lewis about Williams, a portrait of Bud Powell by Colleen Williams (Tony’s wife), a poem by Jack Grapes, a comic drawn by Keith Henry Brown about an encounter between Art Blakey and Freddie Hubbard as told by Terence Blanchard, and more.
THE BOOK
The book Spirit & Time: Jazz Drummers On Their Art edited by Elissa Middleton featuring insights from drummers about their craft drawn from conversations she’s had with greats including Roy Haynes, Billy Hart, Joe Chambers, Barry Altschul, Kenny Washington, and others.
RECORD BRUSH
Keep your LPs clean with a Blue Note Carbon Fiber Anti-Static Record Brush. The brush has conductive Carbon Fibers that gently reach into record grooves, extracting dust and dirt from your LPs so that they don’t become embedded. A must have for record collectors!
CD
A CD version of the multi-artist LP is included in your set, so you can take Blue Note Review with you on the road
