Blue Note: Alts 'N Outs - Vinyl

Alt’s ‘N Outs features a fabulous collection of alternate and bonus tracks, buried treasure, from six of the most noteworthy albums in Blue Note history: Cannonball Adderley’s Somethin’ Else, Grant Green’s Idle Moments, Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’  Moanin’, Jimmy Smith’s Back at the Chicken Shack, and Sonny Clark’s Cool Struttin’. Includes fascinating liners by Syd Schwartz.

SIDE 1

1. Bangoon (Hank Jones)  5:05
Bonus track from Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else
Featuring: Cannonball Adderley, alto sax; Miles Davis, trumpet; Hank Jones, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Art Blakey, drums
Recorded March 9, 1958, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ. 

2. Jean de Fleur (Grant Green)  8:09
Alternate take from Grant Green – Idle Moments
Featuring: Grant Green, guitar; Joe Henderson, tenor sax; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Duke Pearson, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Al Harewood, drums
Recorded November 4, 1963, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

3. Dance Cadaverous (Wayne Shorter)  6:37
Alternate take from Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil
Featuring: Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Elvin Jones, drums.
Recorded December 24, 1964, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

SIDE 2

1. Moanin’ (Bobby Timmons)  9:19
Alternate take from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’
Featuring: Art Blakey, drums; Lee Morgan, trumpet; Benny Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie Merritt, bass
Recorded October 30, 1958, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

2. On the Sunny Side of the Street (Fields, McHugh)  5:45
Bonus track from Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack
Featuring: Jimmy Smith, organ; Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar, Donald Bailey, drums
Recorded April 25, 1960, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

3. Lover (Rodgers, Hart)  7:01
Bonus track from Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’
Featuring: Sonny Clark, piano; Art Farmer, trumpet; Jackie McLean, alto sax, Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums
Recorded January 5, 1958, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ.