LP cover - black and white photo on the bottom half, of a Black man (Silver) leaning out of a car and waving. We can see the cuff of his shirt and jacket, and the sleeve of his overcoat. He's smiling broadly. In the background are the bare branches of trees and a telephone pole. The top half is just black, with the title in red, the label in white, and a gold and black sticker reading "STEREO BLUE NOTE".

#jazzsky #vinylsky #vinylthunderdome Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet, Blue Note, 1959 [1966 reissue]. Silver, p; Blue Mitchell, tp; Junior Cook, ts; Eugene Taylor, b; Louis Hayes, d.

LP cover - a vibrant color photograph of a Black man (Holmes) in profile, with a bemused look on his face. He's wearing a black or dark blue jacket and a red checked shirt. The background is dark green; the photo is very dark overall but bright light is focused on his forehead, bringing his face into clarity. Woody Woodward took this fine, expressive picture.

#jazzsky #vinylsky #vinylthunderdome Richard "Groove" Holmes, "Groove", Pacific Jazz, 1961. His first appearance. Holmes, org; Ben Webster, ts; Les McCann, p; Lawrence "Tricky" Lofton, trb; George Freeman, g; Ron Jefferson, d.

LP cover - three pixelated black and white photos with motion blur, of an attractive young white girl with long dark hair dancing in a pretty dress. I'd bet money she's not dancing to this music, though you certainly could.

#jazzsky #vinylsky #vinylthunderdome Big John Patton, Got a Good Thing Goin', Blue Note, 1966. Patton, org; Grant Green, g; Hugh Walker, d; Richard Landrum, conga. Absolutely smoking set with guitar and organ playing perfectly in step with each other. A good thing indeed; perfect record.

LP cover - black and white photo of three Black men, one of whom is Fuzzy Kane. All three are wearing loud check jackets with peaked collars, and black ties. The one on the left has his arm around a standup bass.

#jazzsky #vinylsky #vinylthunderdome Fuzzy Kane Trio, Oomph!, Bay Sound, 1968. Is Fuzzy the almost bald electric piano guy, the neatly afro'd drummer in the middle, or the bass player? Kane, Warren Gantt, Monty Poulson. Groovy soul jazz in a Ramsey Lewis vein, from Baltimore.

LP cover - the same black and white photo of Silver pointing used in the trio compilation this same year, this time tinted blue instead of orange (blue is BLP 1518, orange is 1520).

#jazzsky #vinylsky #vinylthunderdome Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Blue Note, 1956 [1975 reissue with white b]. Silver, p; Kenny Dorham, tp; Hank Mobley, ts; Doug Watkins, b; Art Blakey, d. One of the formative documents of hard bop.

LP cover - a black and white photo of white man (Shank) in focus in the front, playing a baritone sax, and a Black man (Jones) in the background, out of focus, playing his trumpet. Also in focus is a weird hanging microphone that looks like a baseball bat (?). Shank has close cropped hair and a light colored sweater, with sleeves pushed up, over a striped shirt; Carmell is wearing a white dress shirt and black pants with a black belt. Behind them both are some light colored sound baffles. At the bottom of the cover, the title, artists, and label are listed, on bands of yellow, red, gold, and brown.

#jazzsky #vinylsky #vinylthunderdome Bud Shank, New Groove, Pacific Jazz, 1961. Shank, bs & as; Carmell Jones, tp; Dennis Budimir, g; Gary Peacock, b; Mel Lewis, d. Terrific group; Carmell is too rarely seen.

LP cover - a heavily pixelated halftone of a Black man (Stitt) blowing into his saxophone, against an acid-yellow background that covers the entire front. A round red circle in the upper right represents the sun. Artist and title have a bold typeface with heavy drop shadow, as was popular in the late 60s. Stitt is wearing a white turtleneck under a black jacket or sweater, and has a tidy little mustache. His eyes are closed.

#jazzsky #vinylsky Lots of great records at #vinylthunderdome yesterday. Sonny Criss, I'll Catch the Sun!, Prestige, 1969 [1972 repress]. Criss, as; Hampton Hawes, p; Monty Budwig, b; Shelly Manne, d. @vinylthunderdome.bsky.social

Tired of all these wack shows full of wack records? Never fear we’ll be back in West Seattle June 22nd at Jet City Labs. Free admission, beer and cocktails w/ID, all ages, all killer no filler, the cure for the common show.
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Come see us next Sunday at the Northwest Record Show, Seattles largest and longest running. We’ll be representing with 24 feet of heat plus a full run of new merch, come get some!
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