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7000 / 1200 series

7000 series The "traditional series" of 10" LPs consisted of new recordings and reissues of material from the 78 era. Some of this material was repackaged in the short-lived 1200 series of 12" LPs. Catalogue numberYearArtistTitleNotes BLP 70011951Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen with "Wild Bill" DavisonSidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen with "Wild Bill" Davison BLP 70021951 Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics, Vol. 1 BLP 70031952 Jazz Classics, Vol. 2 BLP 70041952 Art Hodes and His Chicagoans The Best in 2 Beat BLP 70051952Art Hodes' Hot Five with Sidney Bechet and "Wild Bill" DavisonArt Hodes' Hot Five with Sidney Bechet and "Wild Bill" Davison BLP 70061952 Art Hodes' Blue Note Jazz Men Dixieland Jubilee BLP 70071952 Edmond Hall / Sidney DeParis Jamming in Jazz: Hall-DeParis' Blue Note Jazz Men BLP 70081952 Sidney Bechet / Bunk Johnson Days Beyond Recall BLP 70091952Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazz MenSidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazz MenAKA Giants of Jazz; reissue of the 1949 3×Shellac BLP 70101952 George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers Echoes of New OrleansAKA George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Vol. 1 BLP 70111953 James P. Johnson Rent Party BLP 70121953 James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen Jazz Band Ball BLP 70131953 George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers Echoes of New OrleansAKA George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Vol. 2 BLP 70141953Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen with "Wild Bill" DavisonSidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen with "Wild Bill" Davison, Vol. 2reissue of early fifties Vogue album BLP 70151953 Art Hodes' Hot Seven with Max Kaminsky and Bujie Centobie Dixieland Clambake BLP 70161953Sidney DeParis' Blue Note Stompers with Jimmy Archey and Omer SimeonSidney DeParis' Blue Note Stompers with Jimmy Archey and Omer Simeon BLP 70171953 Albert Ammons Memorial Album Boogie Woogie Classics BLP 70181953 Meade Lux Lewis Boogie Woogie Classics BLP 70191953 Pete Johnson Boogie Woogie Blues and Skiffle BLP 70201953The Fabulous Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six with Sidney DeParisThe Fabulous Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six with Sidney DeParis BLP 70211953 Art Hodes' Back Room Boys Out of the Back Room BLP 70221953 Sidney Bechet Port of Harlem Six BLP 70231953Mezz Mezzrow and His Band Featuring Lee Collins and Zutty SingletonMezz Mezzrow and His Band Featuring Lee Collins and Zutty Singleton BLP 70241953 Sidney Bechet Jazz Festival Concert, Paris 1952, Vol. 1 BLP 70251954 Jazz Festival Concert, Paris 1952, Vol. 2 BLP 70261954Sidney BechetDixie by the Fabulous Sidney Bechet BLP 70271955George Lewis and His New Orleans StompersGeorge Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Vol. 3 BLP 70281955George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Vol. 4 BLP 70291955 Sidney Bechet Olympia Concert, Paris 1954, Vol. 1 BLP 7030N/A Olympia Concert, Paris 1954, Vol. 2Unissued

1200 series Catalogue numberYearArtistTitleNotes BLP 1201 1955Sidney BechetJazz Classics, Volume 1 BLP 1202 1955Jazz Classics, Volume 2 BLP 1203 1955 Sidney Bechet Giants of Jazz, Volume 1 BLP 1204 1955 Giants of Jazz, Volume 2 BLP 1205 1955George Lewis and His New Orleans StompersGeorge Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Volume One BLP 1206 1955 George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Volume Two BLP 1207 1958 Sidney Bechet The Fabulous Sidney Bechet BLP 1208 1959George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers Concert! (F) BLP 1209 1983Albert Ammons, Pete JohnsonBoogie Woogie Classics Modern Jazz Series

Modern Jazz 5000 series The Blue Note Modern Jazz Series began late in 1951 with the following 10" monaural LPs. Some of these LPs were later reissued as part of the Blue Note 1500 Series of 12" LPs. At first, recordings were made in various studios in New York (Reeves Sound Studio, WOR Studios, Apex Studios, Audio Video Studios). Beginning in October 1953, however, most Blue Note sessions took place in Rudy Van Gelder's home studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. The sessions were produced by Alfred Lion and engineered by Van Gelder, and many LP covers featured photographs by Lion's partner in Blue Note Francis Wolff. Catalog numberYearArtistTitleDate recordedNotes BLP 50011952 Various artists Mellow the Mood 2/5/44, 6/18/44, 9/25/44, 7/17/45, 5/31/46, 1/31/55 BLP 50021952 Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music 10/15/47, 11/21/47, 7/2/48 reissued on BLP 50031952 The Amazing Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell 1949-08-08, 1951-05-01 reissued on BLP 1503/04 BLP 50041952 Fats Navarro / Tadd Dameron Fats Navarro Memorial Album 9/26/47, 9/13/48, 10/11/48, 8/8/49 reissued on BLP BLP 50051952James Moody James Moody with Strings 7/13/51conducted by André Hodeir BLP 50061952James Moody and His Modernists James Moody and His Modernists 10/18/48, 10/25/48 BLP 50071952 Erroll Garner Overture to Dawn, Volume 1 12/14/44 BLP 5008 Overture to Dawn, Volume 2 12/26/44 BLP 50091952 Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 1947-10-15, -24, -11-21, 1948-07-02, 1951-07-23 reissued on BLP 50101952 Max Roach Quintet and Art Blakey's Band New Sounds 12/22/47, 4/30/49, 5/15/49 BLP 50111952 Milt Jackson Wizard of the Vibes 1951-07-23, 1952-04-07 reissued on BLP 1509 BLP 50121952 Howard McGhee's All-Stars The McGhee / Navarro Boptet 1948, 1/23/50 BLP 50131953 Miles Davis Young Man with a Horn 1952-05-09 reissued on BLP BLP 50141953 Erroll Garner Overture to Dawn, Volume 3 11/24/44, 12/23/44, 12/25/44 BLP 5015 Overture to Dawn, Volume 4 11/16/44, 12/20/44, 12/23/44, 12/25/44 BLP 5016 Overture to Dawn, Volume 5 12/14/44, 12/26/44 BLP 50171953 Dizzy Gillespie Horn of Plenty 3/2/47, 4/11/52 BLP 50181953 Horace Silver Trio New Faces – New Sounds 1952-10-09, -20 reissued on BLP 1520 BLP 50191953 The Swinging Swedes / The Cool Britons New Sounds from the Old World 7/29/50, 9/5/51 BLP 50201953 Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet New Faces – New Sounds 3/2/52, 1/31/53 BLP 50211953 Lou Donaldson Quintet / Quartet New Faces – New Sounds 1952-06-20, -11-19 reissued on BLP 1537 BLP 50221953 Miles Davis Miles Davis, Vol. 2 1953-04-20 reissued on BLP BLP 50231953 Kenny Drew Trio New Faces – New Sounds 1953-04-16 BLP 50241953 Howard McGhee Howard McGhee, Volume 2 1953-05-20 BLP 50251953 Wynton Kelly Trio New Faces – New Sounds 7/25/51, 8/1/51 BLP 50261953 Various artists Memorable Sessions 1/25/44, 2/5/51 BLP 50271953 Various artists Swing Hi – Swing Lo 1/31/45, 7/17/45, 11/21/45, 9/23/46 BLP 50281953Jay Jay Johnson Jay Jay Johnson 1953-06-22 AKA Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown; reissued on BLP BLP 50291953 Elmo Hope Trio New Faces – New Sounds 6/53 BLP 50301953 Lou Donaldson–Clifford Brown New Faces – New Sounds 1953-06-09 reissued on BLP 1526 BLP 50311953 Wade Legge Trio New Faces – New Sounds 2/27/53 BLP 50321953 Clifford Brown New Star on the Horizon 1953-08-28 reissued on BLP 1526 BLP 50331954 Gil Mellé Quintet Gil Mellé Quintet, Vol. 2 3/25/53 BLP 50341954Horace Silver Trio Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey, Vol. 2 1953-11-23 AKA Horace Silver Trio, Volume 2 / Art Blakey – Spotlight on Drums; reissued on BLP 1520 BLP 50351954Sal Salvador Quintet Sal Salvador Quintet 12/24/53 BLP 50361954 Urbie Green Septet New Faces – New Sounds 12/27/53 BLP 50371954 Art Blakey Quintet A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 1954-02-21 live at Birdland; reissued on BLP BLP 5038 A Night at Birdland, Vol. 2 BLP 5039 A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3 BLP 50401954 Miles Davis Miles Davis, Vol. 3 1954-03-06 reissued on BLP BLP 50411954 The Amazing Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 1953-08-14 reissued on BLP 1503/04 BLP 50421954 Tal Farlow Quartet Tal Farlow Quartet 4/11/54 BLP 50431954 Frank Foster Quintet New Faces – New Sounds 5/5/54 BLP 50441954 Elmo Hope Quintet New Faces – New Sounds, Vol. 2 6/54 BLP 50451954 George Wallington and His Band George Wallington and His Band 5/12/54 BLP 50461954 Lionel Hampton Jazztime Paris 9/28/53 BLP 50471954 Clifford Brown Quartet Clifford Brown Quartet 10/15/53 BLP 50481954Gigi Gryce / Clifford Brown Sextet Gigi Gryce / Clifford Brown Sextet 10/8/53 BLP 50491954 Gigi Gryce / Clifford Brown Jazztime Paris, Volume 1 9/26/53, 9/28/53, 9/29/53 10/9/53, 10/10/53, 10/11/53 BLP 5050 Jazztime Paris, Volume 2 BLP 5051N/A Jazztime Paris, Volume 3 BLP 50521954 The Cool Britons New Sounds from Olde England 5/13/54, 5/15/54 BLP 50531954 Julius Watkins Sextet New Faces – New Sounds 8/54AKA Julius Watkins Sextet BLP 50541954 Gil Mellé Quartet New Faces – New Sounds 9/5/54AKA The Gil Mellé Quartet Volume 3 BLP 50551954 Lou Donaldson Sextet Lou Donaldson Sextet, Volume 2 1954-08-22 reissued on BLP 1537 BLP 50561954 Jutta Hipp Quintet New Faces, New Sounds from Germany 4/24/54 BLP 50571955 The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2 1954-09-24 reissued on BLP BLP 50581955 Horace Silver Quintet Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 3 1954-11-13 reissued on BLP 1518 BLP 50591955 Various artists Best from the West, Volume 1 12/31/54, 1/55 BLP 5060 Best from the West, Volume 2 BLP 50611955The Swinging Fats Sadi Combo The Swinging Fats Sadi Combo 1954 BLP 50621955 Horace Silver Quintet Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 4 1955-02-06 reissued on BLP 1518 BLP 50631955Gil Mellé Quintet Five Impressions of Color 2/27/55AKA Gil Mellé Quintet, Vol. 4 BLP 50641955Julius Watkins Sextet Julius Watkins Sextet, Volume 2 3/20/55 BLP 50651955 Kenny Dorham Octet Afro-Cuban 1955-03-29 reissued as BLP 1535 BLP 50661955 Hank Mobley Quartet Hank Mobley Quartet 1955-03-27 BLP 50671955 Lou Mecca Quartet Lou Mecca Quartet 3/25/55 BLP 50681955The Prophetic Herbie Nichols The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 1955-05-06 BLP 5069 The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 21955-05-13 BLP 50701955The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 1955-06-06reissued on BLP BN 50712014Miles DavisEnigma1952-05-09, 1953-04-20 Modern Jazz 1500 series Blue Note made the switch to 12" albums late in 1955. The Modern Jazz Series (see the 5000 series below) continued with the following 12" LPs. Many of these were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 81500 series), sometimes in electronically rechanneled stereo. In certain cases, the stereo versions of recordings from 1957 onwards only appeared many years later. Beginning in 1956 with BLP 1509, Reid Miles designed most of the Blue Note LP covers. The 1500 series has been systematically reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 1500" series, 20-bit 88.2 kHz CDs); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-1501, etc. In addition, originally unissued material from these dates was made available of Toshiba's 1600 series (20-bit 88.2 kHz CDs).