Two great Blue Note recordings first issued Blue Note Record 501!

J.C. Higginbotham Quintet / Frank Newton Quintet – Weary Land Blues / Daybreak Blues
Label: Blue Note – 501

A J.C. Higginbotham Quintet– Weary Land Blues
Bass – John Williams*
Drums – Sidney Catlett
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Albert Ammons
Trombone – J.C. Higginbotham
B Frank Newton Quintet– Daybreak Blues
Bass – John Williams*
Drums – Sidney Catlett
Guitar – Teddy Bunn
Piano – Albert Ammons
Trumpet – Frank Newton

Recorded on April 7, 1939.

Frank Newton on trumpet, J.C. Higgingbotham on trombone, Albert Ammons at the piano, Teddy Bunn at the guitar, Johnny Williams on double bass and Sidney Catlett on drums. They recorded five tunes that day and two titles can be found on "my" Blue Note record BN 501. It was Blue Note's first "regular " 10-inch (25 cm) record with a blue-white Blue Note label.

Daybreak Blues Improvisation by the Frank Newton Quintet/ Weary Land Blues Improvisation by the J.C. Higgingbotham Quintet

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The Port of Harlem Jazzmen ( f.l.t.r: J.C. Higginbotham - Sidney Bechet - Sidney Catlett - Johnny Williams and Frank Newton. Teddy Bunn is in front) ( source: Mosaic Records)
Three month later, on the 7th of April 1939 Alfred Lion rented the studio again and invited a group of six musicians, which he named The Port of Harlem Jazzmen. The six men were: Frank Newton on trumpet, J.C. Higgingbotham on trombone, Albert Ammons at the piano, Teddy Bunn at the guitar, Johnny Williams on double bass and Sidney Catlett on drums. They recorded five tunes that day and two titles can be found on "my" Blue Note record BN 501. It was Blue Note's first "regular " 10-inch (25 cm) record with a blue-yellow Blue Note label, which would be replaced later for its regular blue-white label. This early Blue Note record got a honoured place in my collection. Enjoy the tune: Daybreak Blues by the Frank Newton Quintet.