A sweet collection of mellow moments from the Prestige Records catalog – long tracks that represent some of the more laidback tracks from their hardbop sessions. Titles include "Round Midnight" by Donald Byrd, "While My Lady Sleeps" by John Coltrane, "I See Your Face Before Me" by Miles Davis, "Imagination" by Sonny Stitt, "There Are Such Things" by Sonny Rollins, and "When Your Lover Has Gone" by Art Farmer. LP, Vinyl record album

Mellow work from Tommy Flanagan – working here in great trio formation with Roy Haynes on drums and Tommy Potter on bass! The overall feel of the set's in keeping with the more laidback style of Prestige's Moodsville label, and Tommy tickles the ivories nicely on some standards that include a few nice obscure numbers. The album features the original tune "Jes Fine", a solo reading of "Come Sunday", and the tracks "Velvet Moon", "Born To Be Blue", and "In The Blue Of The Evening". CD

Mellow work from Tommy Flanagan – working here in great trio formation with Roy Haynes on drums and Tommy Potter on bass! The overall feel of the set's in keeping with the more laidback style of Prestige's Moodsville label, and Tommy tickles the ivories nicely on some standards that include a few nice obscure numbers. The album features the original tune "Jes Fine", a solo reading of "Come Sunday", and the tracks "Velvet Moon", "Born To Be Blue", and "In The Blue Of The Evening". LP, Vinyl record album

One of the rarest Frank Wess albums for Prestige – an obscure set cut for the label's excellent Moodsville imprint, a sub-label with a sound that's very much in keeping with its name! Frank lays back a bit for this one – blowing flute and tenor with an easy-going tone, yet in a style that's a bit more focused than on some of his freer blowing session work. The group on the set features some great piano by Tommy Flanagan, plus bass by Eddie Jones and drums by Bobby Donaldson – all brewing up a nice soul jazz vibe on tracks that include "Star Eyes", "Rainy Afternoon", "It's So Peaceful In The Country", "Gone With The Wind", and "Stella By Starlight". CD

An obscure session by tenorist Sam "The Man" Taylor – and quite possibly his best! This one's a lot more open-ended than some of his more famous MGM recordings, and was cut with a small group that includes Wally Richardson on guitar, Lloyd Mayers on piano, Art Davis on bass, and Ed Shaughnessy on drums. The tracks are spare and spooky – and Taylor's dreamy work on tenor is fantastic in both tone and timing. Titles include "Suzie Wong", "Anna", "Gloria", "Laura", "Song Of The Barefoot Contessa", and "Anastasia". LP, Vinyl record album

With selections by Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Gene Ammons, Coleman Hawkins, Red Garland, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Billy Taylor, Shirley Scott, Lem Winchester, and James Moody. LP, Vinyl record album

Beautiful beautiful work from tenorist Gene Ammons – and an album that really demonstrates that during the 60s, one of Ammons' strongest suits was his work with a mellow tune or ballad! The tracks here are wonderfully laidback, but never sleepy – very soulful, and solidly put together in that Ammons-made gentle-blown way – using just a few notes to send the message out with a powerful punch, without ever overdoing things the way that a few of his tenor contemporaries might be tempted to do! The group's a great fit too – with the lovely Patti Brown on piano, plus bass from George Duvivier and bass from Ed Shaughnessy – and titles include "Two Different Worlds", "Skylark", "Three Little Words", "Street Of Dreams", and "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To". LP, Vinyl record album

Wonderful work from that early 60s moment when Lucky Thompson was really opening up with a newly soulful sound – and mixing in some great soprano sax work with his tenor! The tunes are familiar, but the execution is wonderful – Lucky blowing easily in a quartet with Hank Jones on piano, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Dave Bailey on drums – the last of whom really keeps things moving, even when mellow. Titles include " Long Ago And Far Away", "Lovely To Look At", "No More", "Look For The Silver Lining", "Who", "Dearly Beloved", "Why Do I Love You", "Why Was I Born", and "They Didn't Believe Me". LP, Vinyl record album

A pair of soulful gems from tenorist Gene Ammons – back to back on a single CD! The Soulful Moods is beautiful beautiful work from tenorist Gene Ammons – and an album that really demonstrates that during the 60s, one of Ammons' strongest suits was his work with a mellow tune or ballad! The tracks here are wonderfully laidback, but never sleepy – very soulful, and solidly put together in that Ammons-made gentle-blown way – using just a few notes to send the message out with a powerful punch, without ever overdoing things the way that a few of his tenor contemporaries might be tempted to do! The group's a great fit too – with the lovely Patti Brown on piano, plus bass from George Duvivier and bass from Ed Shaughnessy – and titles include "Two Different Worlds", "Skylark", "Three Little Words", "Street Of Dreams", and "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To". The second album is Nice & Cool, but not in a west coast way – and instead a set that's got Gene Ammons working some wonderfully soulful magic on a set of gentle ballads! The set's got a brilliant late nite sort of feel – one of those tenor albums that seems to sound even better in the space past midnight – as the warm glow from Ammons' horn seems to sparkle even more strongly in the dark – standing out with that stark, spare approach that always makes his ballad work so special – and unlike just about anyone else. The group here is nice and cool too – with Richard Wyands on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and JC Heard on drums – and titles include "Someone To Watch Over Me", "I Remember You", "Willow Weep For Me", and "Till There Was You". CD

An unusual collection from Prestige – issued in the early 60s, but featuring late 50s work by Miles with Coltrane, plus one added Coltrane track on his own – all based around the compositions of Richard Rodgers. The work is classic Davis/Trane material from the Prestige years – with supporting players that include Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Jimmy Cobb, and Philly Joe Jones – plus trumpeter Wilbur Harden on the one track without Davis. Titles include "It Never Entered My Mind", "Spring Is Here", "My Funny Valentine", "I Could Write A Book", and "Blue Room". LP, Vinyl record album

The Hawk Relaxes, but never lets himself go – and a set like this is a great illustration of the gentle genius that made so many later Coleman Hawkins records so great! The relaxed setting for this record is a perfect setting for Hawkins to open up and stretch out – working his tenor with a sound that has surprising modern edges, and unusual twists and turns, yet still all the careful economy of his better-known classic sides. There's a command of the instrument here that few other aging players ever seemed to muster – always a sense of new discovery and invention that marks the work strongly, even at a time when Hawkins could have been sitting on his laurels, playing the same old tune! Titles are all standards, but don't let that fool you – because there's plenty of magic in Coleman's versions of "Moonglow", "Just A Gigolo", "Speak Low", "When Day Is Done", and "I'll Never Be The Same". Oh, and we almost forgot – just because we're so focused on Hawkins – the other players include Ronnell Bright on piano, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Andrew Cyrille on drums – making a surprising early appearance here! CD

A cool collection of Prestige Records work – with performances by Coleman Hawkins, Willis Jackson, Gene Ammons, Frank Wess, Dave Pike, Thad Jones, Ted Curson, and others! LP, Vinyl record album

Great later work from this tenor giant – some of his sublime and surprisingly modern work for the Moodsville label! CD

Kenny Burrell gets the soul call from Prestige Records – the result is one of his grooviest albums of the 60s! The vibe here is nicely mellow – pretty laidback, and almost in the late nite style of some of the Moodsville label dates – with Kenny's guitar ringing out in these beautifully-formed tones – over light rhythms from Will Davis on piano, Martin Rivera on bass, and Bill English on drums – plus just a little bit of conga from Ray Barretto, which creeps into the groove nicely when it's used. Titles include "Soul Call", "Kenny's Theme", "Here's That Rainy Day", and "Mark One". CD features the bonus track "Oh Henry". CD

Tracks include "Moodsville", "After Midnight", "Bean In Orbit", "Stalking" and "Hassle". CD