Peter A

It depends what you are looking for. I think the discography you are referring to (by Cuscuna/Ruppli) lists ALL recordings - in chronological order ? - ever made by Blue Note. You might want to buy the (Japanese) Blue Note Book - Jazz Critique Edition. I have it myself. This book lists all issued recordings in numerical order (complete with line ups), starting with 10" records. It also lists the Japanese LP's issued in the (late) seventies. Very nice pictures too, alot of them in color. A lot of the text is in Japanese, but fortunately crucial info (song titles, line ups) is in English. You can find it for only $ 24.99 at Dusty Groove, here's a link: Dusty Groove Peter

Mercury recorded a great battle of Red Prysock and Sil Austin in the end of the fifties: "Battle Royal -- For The Tenor Sax Championship Of The World". Incredibly exciting music, and Kenny Burrell is pretty hot too on this date!

Now that's pretty interesting! I have another Earland album on that very same Choice label, but that one is a trio recording: organ, guitar (Jimmy Ponder) and drums. I think it was recorded in 1966 and always assumed it was his first (pre-Prestige) recording! I have the Bumble Bee Slim too. Not really hard-edged Chicago blues, but - as expected - blues with a jazzy feel (or jazz with a bluesy feel), more or less comparable with other PJ recordings such as Jimmy Witherspoon (w. Teddy Edwards) and Paul Bryant.