Open Sesame: Vinyl LP music-product Smith unveils the many ways

Smith unveils the many ways his creative expression has expanded

Warner Music and Cashmere Thoughts Recordings

Round Midnight

Lifted combines classic New Orleans sounds (funk

The guitarist’s vibrant album Green Is Beautiful is a highlight of the era with his distinctive tone shining on a set that included covers of James Brown (“Ain’t It Funky Now”)

Open Sesame: Vinyl LP music-product Smith unveils the many waysTrumpeter Freddie Hubbard burst upon the Blue Note scene in June 1960 with his auspicious debut album Open Sesame. Within 6 months Hubbard had already recorded a follow up (Goin Up) and appeared as a sideman on sessions with Tina Brooks (True Blue), Hank Mobley (Roll Call), Kenny Drew (Undercurrent), and Jackie McLean (Bluesnik). Hubbards bravado style was already fully formed on Open Sesame with his brilliant tone and jaw dropping technical prowess