Tenorman (Tone Poet): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 The Chess Records Christmas Album

The Chess Records Christmas Album is a celebration of the label’s 75-year legacy — and a welcome alternative to the usual jingled bells and decked halls

“I mean different ways of playing the changes so that you get a wider play of colors

Jeremy Corren on piano

” which would later be permanently ingrained into hip hop history when it was sampled by A Tribe Called Quest as the foundation of 2 of their all-time classic tracks: “Scenario” and “Check the Rhime

and vocalist Sasha Dobson

Tenorman (Tone Poet): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 The Chess Records Christmas AlbumA West Coast jazz date that blows with hard bop gusto, Tenorman by The Lawrence Marable Quartet featuring James Clay was a hard swinging session led by the esteemed drummer (Marable) that served as an introduction of the young Texan tenor (Clay) with support from pianist Sonny Clark and bassist Jimmy Bond. Side A 1. The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 2. Easy Living 3. Minor Meeting 4. Air Tight Side B 1. Willow Weep For Me 2. Three Fingers North 3. Lover