George Coleman

Empyrean Isles

Herbie Hancock · 1964

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock · 1965

Freddie HubbardFreddie Hubbardフレディ・ハバード was the sole horn on Herbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック's masterpieces Empyrean IslesEmpyrean IslesHerbie Hancock · 1964 (1964) and Maiden VoyageMaiden VoyageHerbie Hancock · 1965 (1965). His piercing tone and lyrical solos became signatures of Hancock's modal work.

— Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook, 2003

Eastern Rebellion

Eastern Rebellion · 1975

Takin' Off

Herbie Hancock · 1962

The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan · 1964

Deciphering the Message

Makaya McCraven · 2021

Billy Higgins anchored Blue Note's hard-bop peak on Herbie Hancock's Takin' Off (1962) and Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder (1964). He's also credited on the 2021 release Deciphering the Message, built from vintage Blue Note tape — two decades after his death in 2001.

Passion Flower-The Music Of Billy Strayhorn

Fred Hersch · 1996

Softly

Roseanna Vitro · 1993

Forward Motion

Fred Hersch Group, The · 1991

American Love Song

Dick Sisto · 1995

Tom Rainey's name now travels with free improvisation. But the paper trail here runs the other way: from Forward Motion (1991) to Passion Flower (1996), it is mostly standards work in Fred Hersch's group — the avant-garde drummer's documented decade is a piano trio.