Category:Discography - Blue Note Records 1500 Series

1500 Series
Blue Note made the change to 12" LPs late in 1955. The Modern Jazz Series continued with the following 12" LPs. Most of these were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and artificial stereo versions (BST 81000 series). Beginning in 1956 with BLP 1509, Reid Miles designed most of the Blue Note LP covers. Together with Alfred Lion's production, Rudy van Gelder's engineering, and Frank Wolff's photography, Miles' designs defined not only the Blue Note look and sound, but the style of graphic design for the Beat Generation.

The 1500 series has been systematically reissued by Toshiba in Japan ("Blue Note Works 1500" series, 20-bit 88.2 kHz CDs); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-1501, etc. In addition, originally unissued material from these late 50s dates was made available on Toshiba's 1600 series (20-bit 88.2 kHz CDs).


 * 1501 Miles Davis Miles Davis Volume 1 05/09/1952, 04/20/1953, 04/20/1953
 * 1502 Miles Davis Miles Davis Volume 2 05/09/1952, 04/20/1953, 04/20/1953, 03/06/1954
 * 1503 Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 08/09, 2049, 05/01/1951, 05/01/1951
 * 1504 Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2 05/01/1951, 08/14/1953, 08/14/1953
 * 1505 J. J. Johnson The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 06/22/1953, 09/24/1954, 09/24/1954
 * 1506 J. J. Johnson The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 06/22/1953, 09/24/1954, 09/24/1954, 06/06/1955
 * 1507 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers At the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 1 11/23/1955
 * 1508 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers At the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 2 11/23/1955
 * 1509 Milt Jackson Wizard of the Vibes, Milt Jackson and The Thelonious Monk Quintet 07/02, 2048, 07/23/1951, 07/23/1951, 04/07/1952
 * 1510 Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1 10/15/1947, 10/24/1947, 10/24/1947, 11/21/1947
 * 1511 Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music, Volume 2 10/15/1947, 10/24/1947, 10/24/1947, 07/23/1951
 * 1512 Jimmy Smith A New Sound, A New Star, Volume 1 02/18/1956
 * 1513 Thad Jones Detroit-New York Junction 03/13/1956
 * 1514 Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith at the Organ A New Sound, A New Star, Volume 2 03/11/1956
 * 1515 Jutta Hipp At the Hickory House, Volume 1 04/05/1956
 * 1516 Jutta Hipp At the Hickory House, Volume 2 04/05/1956
 * 1517 Gil Mellé Patterns in Jazz 04/01/1956
 * 1518 Horace Silver Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers 11/13/1954, 02/06/1955, 02/06/1955
 * 1519 Herbie Nichols Herbie Nichols Trio 08/07/1955, 04/19/1956, 04/19/1956
 * 1520 Horace Silver and Art Blakey / Sabu [Horace Silver and Art Blakey / Sabu 10/09/1952, 11/23/1953, 11/23/1953
 * 1521 Art Blakey A Night at Birdland Volume 1 02/21/1954
 * 1522 Art Blakey A Night at Birdland Volume 2 02/21/1954
 * 1523 Kenny Burrell Introducing Kenny Burrell 05/29/1956, 05/30/1956, 05/30/1956
 * 1524 Kenny Dorham 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia 05/31/1956
 * 1525 Jimmy Smith The Incredible Jimmy Smith, Volume 3 06/17/1956
 * 1526 Clifford Brown Memorial Album 06/09/1953, 08/28/1953, 08/28/1953
 * 1527 Thad Jones The Magnificent Thad Jones 07/14/1956
 * 1528 Jimmy Smith At Club Baby Grand, Volume 1 08/04/1956
 * 1529 Jimmy Smith At Club Baby Grand, Volume 2 08/04/1956
 * 1530 Jutta Hipp Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims 07/28/1956
 * 1531 Fats Navarro The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1 09/26/1947, 10/11, 2048, 10/11, 2048
 * 1532 Fats Navarro The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 2 09/13, 2048, 10/11, 2048, 10/11, 2048
 * 1533 Johnny Griffin Introducing Johnny Griffin 04/17/1956
 * 1534 Paul Chambers Whims of Chambers 09/21/1956
 * 1535 Kenny Dorham Afro-Cuban 01/30/1955, 03/29/1955, 03/29/1955
 * 1536 J. R. Monterose J. R. Monterose 10/21/1956
 * 1537 Lou Donaldson Quartet/Quintet/Sextet 06/20/1952, 11/19/1952, 11/19/1952
 * 1538 Lee Morgan Lee Morgan Indeed! 11/04/1956
 * 1539 Horace Silver 6 Pieces of Silver 11/10/1956
 * 1540 Hank Mobley Hank Mobley Sextet with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan 11/25/1956
 * 1541 Lee Morgan Lee Morgan Volume 2|Lee Morgan Sextet|Lee Morgan Volume 2 12/02/1956
 * 1542 Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 12/16/1956
 * 1543 Kenny Burrell Kenny Burrell Volume 2 03/12/1956, 05/29/1956, 05/29/1956, 05/30/1956
 * 1544 Hank Mobley Hank Mobley and his All Stars 01/13/1957
 * 1545 Lou Donaldson Wailing with Lou 01/27/1955
 * 1546 Thad Jones The Magnificent Thad Jones, Volume 3 07/14/1956, 02/02/1957, 02/02/1957
 * 1547 Jimmy Smith A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One 02/11/1957, 02/13/1957, 02/13/1957
 * 1548 Jimmy Smith A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two 02/11/1957
 * 1549 Cliff Jordan/John Gilmore Blowing in from Chicago 03/03/1957
 * 1550 Hank Mobley Hank Mobley Quintet with Farmer, Silver, Watkins, Blakey 03/08/1957
 * 1551 Jimmy Smith At the Organ Volume 1 02/12/1957
 * 1552 Jimmy Smith At the Organ Volume 2 02/12/1957, 02/13/1957, 02/13/1957
 * 1554 Art Blakey Orgy in Rhythm, Volume 1 03/07/1957
 * 1555 Art Blakey Orgy in Rhythm, Volume 2 03/07/1957
 * 1556 Jimmy Smith The Sounds of Jimmy Smith 02/11/1957, 02/12/1957, 02/12/1957, 02/13/1957
 * 1557 Lee Morgan Lee Morgan Volume 3 03/24/1957
 * 1558 Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins, Volume 2 04/14/1957
 * 1559 Johnny Griffin A Blowin' Session 04/06/1957
 * 1560 Hank Mobley Hank 04/21/1957
 * 1561 Sabu Martinez Palo Congo 04/27/1957
 * 1562 Horace Silver The Stylings of Silver 05/08/1957
 * 1563 Jimmy Smith Plays Pretty Just for You 05/08/1957
 * 1564 Paul Chambers Paul Chambers Quintet 05/19/1957
 * 1565 Clifford Jordan Cliff Jordan 06/02/1957
 * 1566 Lou Donaldson Swing and Soul 06/09/1957
 * 1567 Curtis Fuller The Opener 06/16/1957
 * 1568 Hank Mobley Hank Mobley 06/23/1957
 * 1569 Paul Chambers Bass on Top 07/14/1957
 * 1570 Sonny Clark Dial S for Sonny 07/21/1957
 * 1571 Bud Powell Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell 08/03/1957
 * 1572 Curtis Fuller Bone &amp; Bari 08/04/1957
 * 1573 John Jenkins John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell 08/11/1957
 * 1574 Hank Mobley Peckin' Time 02/09/1958
 * 1575 Lee Morgan City Lights 08/25/1957
 * 1576 Sonny Clark Sonny's Crib 09/01/1957
 * 1577 John Coltrane Blue Train 09/15/1957
 * 1578 Lee Morgan The Cooker 09/29/1957
 * 1579 Sonny Clark Sonny Clark Trio 09/13/1957
 * 1580 Johnny Griffin The Congregation 10/23/1957
 * 1581 Sonny Rollins A Night at the Village Vanguard 11/03/1957
 * 1582 Clifford Jordan Cliff Craft 11/10/1957
 * 1583 Curtis Fuller Curtis Fuller Volume 3 12/01/1957
 * 1584 Louis Smith Here Comes Louis Smith 02/04/1958
 * 1585 Jimmy Smith Groovin' at Small's Paradise, Volume 1 11/15/1957
 * 1586 Jimmy Smith Groovin' at Small's Paradise, Volume 2 11/15/1957
 * 1587 Bennie Green Back on the Scene 03/23/1958
 * 1588 Sonny Clark Cool Struttin 01/05/1958
 * 1589 Horace Silver Further Explorations 01/13/1958
 * 1590 Lee Morgan Candy 11/18/1957, 02/02/1958, 02/02/1958
 * 1591 Lou Donaldson Lou Takes Off 12/15/1957
 * 1592 Sonny Clark nissued] 12/08/1957
 * 1593 Lou Donaldson Blues Walk 07/28/1958
 * 1594 Louis Smith Smithville 03/30/1958
 * 1595 Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else 03/09/1958
 * 1596 Kenny Burrell Blue Lights 05/14/1958
 * 1597 Kenny Burrell Blue Lights 05/14/1958
 * 1598 Bud Powell Time Waits - The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 4
 * 1599 Bennie Green Soul Stirrin 04/28/1958