Bluesnik (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP BF253P50% Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith

another singular talent who Lion was the first to record just a few years before he signed Nichols in 1955

the iconoclasm of Thelonious Monk and the swagger of Mannie Fresh was born

and introduces their newest collaborator

” “Riff Raff”) and one of McLean’s (“Kahlil the Prophet”)—the quintet goes exploring

Bluesnik (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP BF253P50% Zadie SmithAlto saxophonist Jackie McLean had the blues on his mind when he went into Van Gelder Studio in 1961 to record his hard bop masterpiece Bluesnik with a blazing quintet featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Pete La Roca on drums. The six song set of bluesy originals brims with immediacy and vibrancy. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master