BLUE NOTE Tone Poet Series

• gatefold TRIPLE LP + booklet
• Pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI
• packaged in a deluxe tip-on trifold jacket
• includes 6 previously unissued tracks

Guitarist Kenny Burrell had already achieved rising star status with several stellar Blue Note albums to his name when he entered the storied NYC jazz club The Five Spot Café on August 25, 1959 to record On View At The Five Spot Café. The band Burrell assembled for the gig was stacked with top talent: Art Blakey on drums, Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone, Roland Hanna and Bobby Timmons on piano, and Ben Tucker on bass. The mood was relaxed and soulful, but the music was red hot and the grooves were deep on that steamy summer evening of hard bop bliss.

The newly expanded 3-LP Tone Poet Vinyl Edition  set of On View At The Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters gives the listener the best seat in the house and marks the first time Burrell’s complete recorded performances from that magical evening have been made available in any format, including six previously unreleased tracks. This deluxe edition includes a plethora of great editorial, with never-before-seen Francis Wolff photos, essay by Syd Schwartz and an insightful new interview of Kenny Burrell by Don Was.

PERSONNEL:
Ben Tucker - (bass)
Art Blakey - (drums)
Kenny Burrell - (guitar)
Bobby Timmons - (guitar on  A1, B1, B2)
Roland Hanna - (piano on A2, B3)
Tina Brooks - (tenor sax)

LP ONE:
A1. Birk's Works
A2. Hallelujah

B1. Lady Be Good
B2. Lover Man
B3. 36-23-36
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LP TWO:
C1. Swingin'
C2. If You Could See Me Now
C3. Beef Stew Blues

D1. The Next Time You See Me, Things Won't Be The Same
D2. The Take Off
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LP THREE:
E1. Birks Works
E2. Lady Be Good

F1. Love Walked In
F2. 36-23-36 / The Theme