Blythe, Arthur

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Basic Blythe New - Vinyl - FC 40884 Sealed 1988 Vinyl, Clean COH. more
	Da-Da New - Vinyl - FC 40237 Sealed, Obscure 1986 Original Featuring Olu Dara. more
	Elaborations New - Vinyl - FC 38163 Sealed 1982 Original Featuring Bobby Battle, Levyn Bell, Bob Stewart, Abdul Wadud Plus Special Guests Mohammad Abdullah And Wilbur Morris. more
	Elaborations Used - Vinyl - FC 38163 1982 Original Featuring Bobby Battle, Levyn Bell, Bob Stewart, Abdul Wadud Plus Special Guests Mohammad Abdullah And Wilbur Morris. more
	Illusions New - Vinyl - JC 36583 Sealed 1980 Original. Saw Cut. more
	Illusions New - Vinyl - JC 36583 1980 White Label Promo With Custom Inner Sleeve. Glossy, Unplayed Condition. Featues Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall, James Blood Ulmer, Abdul Wadud. Bob Stewart And Bobby Battle. “It Is Surprising How Artistically Productive Altoist Arthur Blythe Was During His Period On Columbia. Despite The Hype And Columbia's Reputation For Pressuring Artists To Play Mass-Appeal Music, Blythe's Recordings For That Label Are Inventive And Creative. For This, His Third Columbia Release, Blythe Uses Two Different Groups: An "In The Tradition" Quartet With Pianist John Hicks, Bassist Fred Hopkins, And Drummer Steve McCall, And A More Eccentric Unit With Guitarist James Blood Ulmer, Cellist Abdul Wadud, Tuba Player Bob Stewart, And Drummer Bobby Battle. No Matter The Setting, The Distinctive Alto Of Blythe Is Heard In Top Form On Six Of His Unusual Originals. It's Recommended.” Scott Yanow, All Music Guide. more
	Illusions New - Vinyl - JC 36583 Sealed 1980 Original With Custom Album Hype Sticker On The Shrink Wrap. more
	In The Tradition New - Vinyl - JC 36300 Sealed 1979 Original, CC. Features Stanley Cowell, Fred Hopkins And Steve McCall. more
	In The Tradition Used - Vinyl - JC 36300 Beautiful 1979 Original. Features Stanley Cowell, Fred Hopkins And Steve McCall. more
	Lenox Avenue Breakdown Used - Vinyl - JC 35638 Scarce 1979 White Label Promo With Gold Promo Stamp On Back Jacket. Includes Two-Page Label Bio. “Given The Urban Title Of Alto Saxophonist Arthur Blythe's Debut Columbia Album, It's Quite A Shock When He And His Red-Hot Band Of Collaborators That Include James Blood Ulmer On Guitar, Bob Stewart On Tuba, Flutist James Newton, Bassist Cecil Mcbee, And Jack Dejohnette Open With The Decidedly Funky Latin Breaks On "Down San Diego Way." It's Not A Vamp And It's Not A Misleading Intro, The First Of Four Tracks Showcases Not Only The Deep Versatility Of The Rhythm Section, But Blythe's Own Gift As Both A Composer And As A Soloist. He States The Melody, Handing Off The Harmonics To Ulmer And Newton And Then Flies High Into The Face Of Its Chosen Changes, Allowing The Beat To Change Under Him Several Times Before Bringing Back A Theme And Letting Ulmer Solo. Blythe's Grounding In The Blues And In Modal Composition Guide Him On The Title Track; He And Newton Move Through Intervallic Shifts Of Chromatic Intensity And Spatial Columnar Structures, While Ulmer Builds A Middle Bridge To Both Ground And Fly From. But Blythe Is Not Content Here To Showcase The Extremes. On Both "Slidin' Through," His Exercise In Harmolodic Composition, And "Odessa," Blythe Provides Ample Proof Of His Wisdom As A Bandleader, Encouraging Solo And Rhythmic Interplay Between Different Groups Of Musicians Such As Mcbee And Blythe On The Former And Between Himself, Newton And Ulmer On The Latter As The Rhythm Section Winds It Out In Both Cases, Stretching The Narrow Envelope Into Something Far More Textured And Thematically Unified — Note The Ornette-Meets-Noir Ambience Of "Odessa." This Group Lays Like A Band That Had Been Together For Years, Not The Weeklong Period It Took Them To Rehearse And Create One Of Blythe's Masterpieces. Over 20 Years Later, Lenox Avenue Breakdown Still Sounds New And Different And Ranks Among The Three Finest Albums In His Catalog.” – Thom Jurek, All Music Guide more
	Lenox Avenue Breakdown Used - Vinyl - JC 35638 1979 White Label Promo With Gold Promo Stamp On Back Jacket. Appears Glossy, Unplayed. “Given The Urban Title Of Alto Saxophonist Arthur Blythe's Debut Columbia Album, It's Quite A Shock When He And His Red-Hot Band Of Collaborators That Include James Blood Ulmer On Guitar, Bob Stewart On Tuba, Flutist James Newton, Bassist Cecil McBee, And Jack Dejohnette Open With The Decidedly Funky Latin Breaks On "Down San Diego Way." It's Not A Vamp And It's Not A Misleading Intro, The First Of Four Tracks Showcases Not Only The Deep Versatility Of The Rhythm Section, But Blythe's Own Gift As Both A Composer And As A Soloist. He States The Melody, Handing Off The Harmonics To Ulmer And Newton And Then Flies High Into The Face Of Its Chosen Changes, Allowing The Beat To Change Under Him Several Times Before Bringing Back A Theme And Letting Ulmer Solo. Blythe's Grounding In The Blues And In Modal Composition Guide Him On The Title Track; He And Newton Move Through Intervallic Shifts Of Chromatic Intensity And Spatial Columnar Structures, While Ulmer Builds A Middle Bridge To Both Ground And Fly From. But Blythe Is Not Content Here To Showcase The Extremes. On Both "Slidin' Through," His Exercise In Harmolodic Composition, And "Odessa," Blythe Provides Ample Proof Of His Wisdom As A Bandleader, Encouraging Solo And Rhythmic Interplay Between Different Groups Of Musicians Such As Mcbee And Blythe On The Former And Between Himself, Newton And Ulmer On The Latter As The Rhythm Section Winds It Out In Both Cases, Stretching The Narrow Envelope Into Something Far More Textured And Thematically Unified — Note The Ornette-Meets-Noir Ambience Of "Odessa." This Group Lays Like A Band That Had Been Together For Years, Not The Weeklong Period It Took Them To Rehearse And Create One Of Blythe's Masterpieces. Over 20 Years Later, Lenox Avenue Breakdown Still Sounds New And Different And Ranks Among The Three Finest Albums In His Catalog.” – Thom Jurek, All Music Guide more
	Light Blue-Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk Used - Vinyl - FC 38661 Mint 1983 Original In Shrink Wrap. 1B/1G Stampers. Featrures Abdul Wadud, Bob Stewart, Bobby Battle And Kevyn Bell. more
	Metamorphosis Used - Vinyl - IN 1038 Beautiful 1979 Silver Label Original Featuring Abdul Wadud, Ahmed Abdullah, Bob Stewart, Steve Reid And Muhamad Abdullah. more
	Put Sunshine In It Used - Vinyl - FC 39411 1985 Original Featuring The Superb "Tumalumah" Track. VSRW. more
	The Grip Used - Vinyl - IN 1029 Rare 1977 Original Pressed On Close To 180gm Vinyl. Blythe, Alto Saxophone; Ahmed Abdullah Trumpet; Bob Stewart, Tuba; Abdul wadud, Cello; Steve Reid, Trap Drums; Muhamad Abdullah, Percussion. The Six Blythe Compositions: Tunes: "The Grip," "Spirits In The Field," "Sunrise Service," "Lower Nile," "As Of Yet" And "My Son Ra." Appears Unplayed. more