Alts’n Outs (RSD 2025)

Description

Blue Note sessions often yielded more recorded material than could be fit on a single LP. Some of these ended up in expanded CD/digital versions, but very few have found their way to vinyl. ‘Alt’s ‘N Outs’ features a fascinating new 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”. Released on 180gm opaque blue vinyl for Record Store Day 2025.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Bangoon (Aka Alison’s Uncle) [outtake from Cannonball Adderley’s ‘Somethin’ Else’] – Cannonball Adderley
2. Jean De Fleur (Alternate Track from Grant Green’s ‘Idle Moments’) – Grant Green
3. Dance Cadaverous (Alternate Take from Wayne Shorter’s ‘Speak No Evil’) – Wayne Shorter
4. Moanin’ (Alternate Take of Art Blakey’s ‘Moanin”) – Art Blakey
5. On the Sunny Side of the Street (Outtake from Jimmy Smith’s ‘Back at the Chicken Shack’) – Jimmy Smith
6. Lover (Outtake from Sonny Clark ‘Cool Struttin”) – Sonny Clark