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Kenny Dorham - The Complete 'Round About At The Cafe Bohemia

Product No: ABLU 22882
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Check out the jacket on the jacket

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 by Anthony This is one of those rare excellently recorded live jazz albums and even though it is in mono, it has a wide spread. It is far superior to my Japanese EMI pressing, plus there is added material on the second and third discs and a very informative booklet included.

Duke Ellington - Money Jungle

Product No: ABLU 46101
Available: BackOrdered
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

4 Stars
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2026 by Anonymous

Kenny Burrell - Kenny Burrell

Product No: ABLU 31971
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

fantastic LP, great sound.

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2025 by greg love all of the Kenny burrell lp's especially Midnight blue, but this one is really nice. Live stuff, but the recording and pressing is so good, you'd never know till the audience starts clapping. very low noise floor, no pops or cracks.. almost like the 45rpm stuff, but don't have to get up 3 times. LOL

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours

Product No: ABLU 96322
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Best Monaural Recording

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2025 by Andy Rogulich This pressing is outstanding. I have never heard a monaural recording sound this wonderful. I highly recommend it for everyone to add it to their collection. Kevin Gray did an outstanding job!

Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge

Product No: ABLU 24200
Available: BackOrdered
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

A Home Run

5 Stars
Posted Thursday, June 19, 2025 by Andre Excellent pressing, dead flat without sharp edge. I hate to pay a high price for warp records. The recording simple amazing good separation with an elegant bass and clear mid and highs. Recommended.

Jackie McLean - Action

Product No: ABLU 20397
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Tone Poets rule!!

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, March 6, 2024 by William Taylor This is a nice record. Bobby Hutcherson adds a quality finishing touch as well as some interesting solos.

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings & Plays

Product No: ABLU 70986
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Don't miss out on this!

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, April 15, 2023 by Matthew I am still waiting for the first Chet Baker Sings Tone Poet to come back into print. I was not going to miss out on this one though, and I am glad I didn't. Chet's voice sounds amazing on this, and the strings are a fantastic touch. As close to perfect as you can get.

Lee Konitz & Gerry Mulligan - Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet

Product No: ABLU 501
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, April 8, 2023 by Anonymous

Andrew Hill - Dance with Death

Product No: ABLU 16701
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

dance WITH death?

5 Stars
Posted Friday, March 10, 2023 by Anonymous

John Coltrane - Blue Train

Product No: ABLU 81057
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

F@#$%^$g Phenomenal!!!

5 Stars
Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2022 by Brad 'Nuff Said

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - Tone Poem

Product No: ABLU 13501
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Dead quiet

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, June 1, 2022 by Anonymous Just got back into vinyl last year. One of my best choices this year. Shines a light on the shortcomings of streaming. Wish I’d snagged I long to see you as well.

Joe Pass - For Django

Product No: ABLU 15801
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Stunning. Just beautiful

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, May 21, 2022 by Garrett With the exception of a few Grant Green and Jim Hall titles, jazz guitar isn’t usually my jam. But oh my, this is an elegant, intelligent, and delightful listen. My copy is dead quiet and totally flat. It’s a wonderful album at night, mellow with some up tempo passages. What a truly skilled musician brought to life on a wonderful recording. Buy this album and enjoy the open and elegant sound.

Hank Mobley - Curtain Call

Product No: ABLU 31401
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Great Session

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, April 27, 2022 by Anonymous Hank Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Sonny Clark, what more could you want? Apparently an early RVG Stereo recording which is why it's not panned as widely as he did later. It almost sounds mono but in my opinion that's not a bad thing. Great stuff.

Sonny Clark - My Conception

Product No: ABLU 601
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Love This Record

5 Stars
Posted Monday, February 7, 2022 by Anonymous Just look at that Lineup! One of my favorite Tone Poets so far. Must have in my opinion.

Curtis Amy and Dupree Bolton - Katanga

Product No: ABLU 87701
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

5 Stars
Posted Monday, October 11, 2021 by Anonymous

Grant Green - Born To Be Blue

Product No: ABLU 48601
Available: BackOrdered
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

5 Stars
Posted Monday, June 21, 2021 by Anonymous

Donald Byrd - Byrd In Flight

Product No: ABLU 11301
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

5 Stars
Posted Friday, June 11, 2021 by Anonymous

Gil Evans - New Bottle, Old Wine

Product No: ABLU 47301
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Very Dynamic

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, June 9, 2021 by Brian VanPelt This Gil Evans records are cut very loud. The very first sound is a blasting horn, which will wake you right up. From that point on, the pace move briskly.

The sense of space was wonderful. You really feel like you are sitting amongst a group of musicians, except it's not an intimate venue. This band is big and encompasses, completely, the space from left-to-right between your speakers. The sharpness of the instruments is fantastic. Every instrument is completely sharp and hyper-dynamic. I don't know if I've ever heard a record this dynamic before. When the horns all play at once, they will knock you out of your seat. Each instrument is easy to point out in space, and there are a lot of instruments.

Several instruments get a chance to solo, but I don't remember which, other than the guitar. There are so many instruments that I lost track. This is the second Gil Evans record (after Out of the Cool) that featured tunes that just throw in everything at you,

Paul Chambers - Bass On Top

Product No: ABLU 25901
Available: BackOrdered
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Standard Tone Poet Quality

5 Stars
Posted Tuesday, June 8, 2021 by Brian VanPelt It's nice to sit back and relax to a record for the first time, and genuinely not worry about surface noise. It's a freeing experience, like when I was a kid and put on a record for the first time. As usual for the Tone Poet series, there is little if any surface noise.

The setup has the bass player prominently on the right with the drums. Piano is in the middle, but a little further back. Finally, the electric guitar is on the left. Each instrument is afforded time to shine, and in most tunes that's the bass and the guitar, although one tune had a piano solo, and another tune had a drum solo.

The sound is softened, probably because the tape is old (1957), but much has been done with the tape. I suspect high frequencies needed to be trimmed a little, some of the higher frequencies might be a little muted. This has an older, tube-like sound to it.

By the way, the guitar solos are nothing short of stunning. Grade 4.5

Joe Henderson - State Of The Tenor Part 1

Product No: ABLU 57801
Available: BackOrdered
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Blue Note (Tone Poet)

A Live Tone Poet

4 Stars
Posted Monday, June 7, 2021 by Brian VanPelt This was recorded live, and the way it is mic'd suggests the 3 musicians were in close proximity when this was recorded. It's almost like a mono record. The musicians seem stacked front-to-back. I guess the sax is up front and the drums are in the back. The bass is back there somewhere. Now, it is a stereo album, but the sonic image is clustered close to the middle, and the sax stays in the middle - it's the obvious attraction (and holy cow can Joe Henderson play). I am used to the musicians being spread out from speaker-to-speaker, so I give 4 stars because I would have enjoyed it more if the 3 musicians were spread across my speakers. Otherwise, the recording is stellar, albeit not as loudly cut as the other Tone Poet releases that I've reviewed so far.

Every instrument is well-defined, and the drums can sometimes be intense - I could feel them like I was there - that guy is a maniac. I don't know how the bass guy can keep up, but his fingers are up to t