dougcrates

I agree with Eric's sentiments. I have all the Tone Poet releases and hope the program continues well into the future . I am curious about which Capitol titles might be in play??

Original LP

2024 Tone Poet Series line-up January 5, 2024 Lou Donaldson – Midnight Creeper (Blue Note, 1968) Elvin Jones – Poly-Currents (Blue Note, 1969) February 2, 2024 Blue Mitchell – Down With It (Blue Note, 1965) Joe Lovano – Trio Fascination: Edition One (Blue Note, 1997) March 1, 2024 Jackie McLean – Action (Blue Note, 1964) Booker Ervin – Tex Book Tenor (Blue Note, 1968) April 5, 2024 Horace Silver – Silver’s Serenade (Blue Note, 1963) Anthony Williams – Life Time (Blue Note, 1964) May 3, 2024 Donald Byrd – Byrd’s Eye View (Transition, 1955) Bobby Hutcherson – Total Eclipse (Blue Note, 1968) June 7, 2024 Doug Watkins – Watkins At Large (Transition, 1956) Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean – Inta Somethin’ (Pacific Jazz, 1961) July 5, 2024 Donald Byrd – Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Transition, 1956) Wayne Shorter – Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, 1970) August 2, 2024 Lee Morgan – Taru (Blue Note, 1968) Bobby Hutcherson – Medina (Blue Note, 1969) September 6, 2024 The Modest Jazz Trio (Jim Hall/Red Mitchell/Red Kelly) – Good Friday Blues (Pacific Jazz, 1960) Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note, 1962) October 4, 2024 Booker Little – Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (United Artists, 1958) Donald Byrd – Kofi (Blue Note, 1969-70) November 1, 2024 Clifford Jordan – Cliff Jordan (Blue Note, 1957) Bobby Hutcherson – Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965) December 6, 2024 Freddie Roach – Good Move (Blue Note, 1963) Hank Mobley – A Slice of the Top (Blue Note, 1966)

2022 BGP CD

Original LP. Playing the 1996 CD version now. My original LP is in pretty good shape but the CD sounds much better.

Disc 1

Original LP

2006 Verve Originals CD