One Step Beyond — Jackie McLean (Blue Note, 1963)

Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers — Horace Silver (Blue Note, 1955)

Nobody had fused the Black church with bebop and made it swing like this before. Horace Silver brought gospel-inflected melody lines into jazz with The Preacher and Doodlin', backed by Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Art Blakey. This 1955 Blue Note session didn't just sell well -- it helped define the label's identity for the next decade. --- More from Sticky Note Podcasts: The Why of Words [https://whyofwords.com] (daily etymology) | Required Drinking [https://requireddrinking.com] (cocktail history) | Photography Knowledge (daily photo tips) stickynotepodcasts.com [https://stickynotepodcasts.com]

Live At Slugs' Volume 1 & 2 — Music Inc. (Strata-East, 1972)

Recorded on this date in 1970. Slugs' was the kind of after-hours club where the real music happened -- a cramped basement dive on East Third Street where musicians went to stretch out after their uptown gigs ended. Charles Tolliver had been making waves in the late sixties with Freddie Hubbard and Jackie McLean, but by nineteen seventy he was ready to lead his own revolutionary unit. Featured tracks: Peace With Myself, On the Nile Deep in the Stacks is a daily jazz podcast from Kissa Kissa in Brooklyn. --- More from Sticky Note Podcasts: The Why of Words [https://whyofwords.com] (daily etymology) | Required Drinking [https://requireddrinking.com] (cocktail history) | Photography Knowledge (daily photo tips) stickynotepodcasts.com [https://stickynotepodcasts.com]

One Step Beyond — Jackie McLean (Blue Note, 1963)

Recorded on this date in 1963. McLean was at a crossroads. The hard bop alto master had spent the late fifties running with Miles Davis and Art Blakey, but by nineteen sixty-three, he was pushing beyond the familiar changes and chord structures. Featured tracks: One Step Beyond, Ghost Town Deep in the Stacks is a daily jazz podcast from Kissa Kissa in Brooklyn. --- More from Sticky Note Podcasts: The Why of Words [https://whyofwords.com] (daily etymology) | Required Drinking [https://requireddrinking.com] (cocktail history) | Photography Knowledge (daily photo tips) stickynotepodcasts.com [https://stickynotepodcasts.com]

Night Dreamer — Wayne Shorter (Blue Note, 1964)

Recorded on this date in 1964. By April nineteen sixty-four, Shorter had already logged time with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, but Night Dreamer was his moment to step forward as a leader with something to say. Blue Note paired him with Lee Morgan on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums -- borrowed from Coltrane's quartet for the session. Featured tracks: Night Dreamer, Virgo Deep in the Stacks is a daily jazz podcast from Kissa Kissa in Brooklyn. --- More from Sticky Note Podcasts: The Why of Words [https://whyofwords.com] (daily etymology) | Required Drinking [https://requireddrinking.com] (cocktail history) | Photography Knowledge (daily photo tips) stickynotepodcasts.com [https://stickynotepodcasts.com]

My Gentleman Friend — Blossom Dearie (Verve Records, 1959)

Blossom Dearie born on this date in 1924. By nineteen fifty-nine, Dearie had already conquered the Paris jazz scene and made her mark in London, but this Verve Records session marked her full arrival as a recording artist in America. Producer Norman Granz paired her with an impeccable rhythm section -- Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums -- plus Kenny Burrell's guitar and Bobby Jaspar's flute. Featured tracks: Gentleman Friend, Someone To Watch Over Me Deep in the Stacks is a daily jazz podcast from Kissa Kissa in Brooklyn. --- More from Sticky Note Podcasts: The Why of Words [https://whyofwords.com] (daily etymology) | Required Drinking [https://requireddrinking.com] (cocktail history) | Photography Knowledge (daily photo tips) stickynotepodcasts.com [https://stickynotepodcasts.com]