Their 1961 Sue Records debut, including I Idolize You and A Fool In Love, plus ten more sides from the same period.

The greatest gospel bluesman; one of the very greatest bottle-neck guitarists.
Almost overwhelmingly intense and gripping.

Thoroughly entertaining downhome blues, intricate ragtime, hokum and instrumental guitar stomps.

‘Best of all his Blue Notes… Quebec is on cracking form here, and his pitch and phrasing on Someday My Prince Will Come should be a lesson to all young jazz players. Green has, for us, his finest hour, ripping though My One And Only Love and If I Should Lose You with a ruggedness of emotion that goes hand and hand with the simplicity of diction. Not a single note is wasted’ (The Penguin Guide To Jazz).

Giddily lovely ballads from 1962, with Chuck Israels taking over from Scott LaFaro.
That’s Nico on the cover.

From 1969, this first collaboration with Harold Land — questing but chilled post-bop — is probably the best.
Steeped in the compositions of Joe Chambers, the closer Pompeian is a tour de force; opening as a waltz, detouring into moody marimba.

‘Classic vinyl.’

Wonderful third album, from 1975, with the almighty jazz-funk masterpiece Rock Creek Park and the get-down-and-party murder of Happy Music (as rinsed by Kool Herc and a cast of millions). Takes your troubles off your mind.
‘Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series.’