Further Explorations (Tone Poet Vinyl Series)

Further Explorations (Tone Poet Vinyl Series)Further Explorations documents hard bop pioneer Horace Silvers quintet featuring Art Farmer on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Teddy Kotick on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. One can always expect a Horace Silver date to groove, but this session from January 1958 is particularly inspired, with the pianist penning all but one of the compositions. The Outlaw is one of Silvers most irrepressible creations with brilliant solos from Jordan,

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But Foster first caught the ear of Blue Note Records co-founder Francis Wolff with his standout performance on Grant Green's searingly funky live album Alive

an epic picture composed of one hundred years of creative innovations in form

weaving them into their sleek

who aren’t about to let him go straight

Released in 1975

" From that moment on

Collectible album sleeves including never-before-seen photos

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set in the 1990s drug underworld of Melbourne

Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)

The album received near-universal acclaim on release