Buhaina’s Delight (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 Pianist Duke Pearson’s too-little-known holiday

Pianist Duke Pearson’s too-little-known holiday gem Merry Ole Soul was the sole Christmas album of the classic Blue Note era

7    Temple Steps

Russ Pahl on pedal steel guitar

Brown’s clean blues picking style—honed while playing in John Lee Hooker’s and T-Bone Walker’s bands—marinates funkily with the swinging soul-jazz organ of Gerald Wiggins

Buhaina’s Delight (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 Pianist Duke Pearson’s too-little-known holidayThe line up of drummer Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers shifted in 1961 with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard replacing Lee Morgan, pianist Cedar Walton replacing Bobby Timmons, and the addition of Curtis Fuller on trombone who joined existing members Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone and Jymie Merritt on bass. This powerful new sextet line up first recorded on the album Mosaic, and quickly returned to the studio the next month to begin recording Buhainas Delight.