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Blue Note has announced new releases in its Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series.

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Blue Note’s ongoing Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series launched in 2019 to mark the label’s 80th anniversary.

Highlights in the latest instalment include: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers’ The Witch Doctor, McCoy Tyner’s Expansions, Chet Baker & Art Pepper’s Picture of Heath, Bobby Hutcherson’s Stick Up!

Alongside the reissues, Blue Note is also releasing Charles Lloyd &The Marvels’ new album Tone Poem, marking the first new release in the series.

Head here for more info, and check out the full list of 2021-2022 reissues and releases below.

Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series releases:

12th March 2021

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels — Tone Poem

7th May 2021

Andrew Hill —

4th June 2021

Curtis Amy & Dupree Bolton —

9th July 2021

McCoy Tyner —

6th August 2021

Wayne Shorter —

10th September 2021

Stanley Turrentine —

8th October 2021

Grant Green —

5th November 2021

Jackie McLean —

3rd December 2021

Freddie Hubbard —

7th January 2022

Grant Green —

4th February 2022

Bobby Hutcherson —

4th March 2022

Blue Mitchell —

1st April 2022

ScoLoHoFo (Scofield-Lovano-Holland-Foster) —

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