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Half Note discography: 4500 series

This is a discography of the 4500 series of albums released by the US based Half Note label.

The Half Note label was started by the Blue Note jazz club in New York in 1998 initially as a means of releasing live recordings made at the venue.

The 4500 series replaced the 4900 series in 2003/2004. The 4500 series forms the bulk of the output on the label. These are the only albums released on the label that are listed on the Blue Note venue website.

Half Note pages on the site

4500 series : HN 4516 to HN 4557

4900 series : HN 4901 to HN 4914

4200 series : HN 4201 to HN 4207




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Half Note CDs: 4500 series

Peace: Live At The Blue Note, Kenny Werner Trio, 2004, Half Note HN 4516

Tracks : Pinocchio / Fall, All Things Are You, Jabali, Peace, Stella By Starlight, Evidence, Chach

Musicians : Kenny Werner, Weidenmueller, Ari Hoenig

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Another Kind Of Blue: The Latin Side Of Miles Davis: Live At The Blue Note, Conrad Herwig, 2004, Half Note HN 4517

Tracks : So What, Freddie Freeloader, Blue In Green, All Blues, Flamenco Sketches, Petits Machins (Little Stuff)

Musicians : Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch, Paquito D'Rivera, Mario Rivera, Dave Valentin, Edsel Gomez, John Benitez, Robby Ameen, Richie Flores

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Detained At The Blue Note, Jeff "Tain" Watts, 2004, Half Note HN 4518

Tracks : 107 Steps, JC Is The Man, Mr. JJ, Sigmund Groid, ... Like The Rose

Musicians : Jeff "Tain" Watts, Kenny Garrett, Marcus Strickland, Dave Kikoski, David Gilmour, Eric Revis

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The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note, Elvin Jones Jazz Machine, 2004, Half Note HN 4519

Tracks : E.J.'s Blues, Straight No Chaser, Body and Soul, Truth, A Lullaby of Itsugo Village, Wise One, Three Card Molly

Musicians : Elvin Jones, Darren Barrett, Robin Eubanks, Antoine Roney, Michael Brecker, Carlos McKinney, Gene Perla

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Out Of Nowhere: Live At The Blue Note, James Carter Organ Trio With Special Guests Hamiet Bluiett & James "Blood" Ulmer, 2005, Half Note HN 4520

Tracks : Out Of Nowhere, Along Came Betty, Highjack, Song For Camille, Little Red Rooster, I Believe I Can Fly

Musicians : James Carter, Gerard Gibbs, Leonard King, Hamiet Bluiett, James "Blood" Ulmer

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Remember Love, Mary Stallings, 2005, Half Note HN 4521

Tracks : What A Difference A Day Makes, There Is No Greater Love, Hello Yesterday, Centerpiece, Moment To Moment, Didi, Remember Love, Lucky To Be Me, I Just Found Out About Love, Make Me Rainbows, Why Should There Be Stars, Still The One, Stuck In A Dream, Funny Not Much, What A Difference A Day Makes

Musicians : Mary Stallings, Wallace Roney, Frank Wess, Vincent Herring, Geri Allen, Darryl Hall, Billy Hart

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Live at the Blue Note, Arturo Sandoval, 2005, Half Note HN 4522

Tracks : The Real McBop, Eso Es lo Que Hay, Eastern Blues, Blues for Diz, A Lovely One, Sureña, If I Ain't Got You, Rhythm of Our World

Musicians : Arturo Sandoval, Felipe Lamoglia, Phil Magallanes, Rene Toledo, Dennis Marks, Alexis Arce, Tomás Cruz

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Live at the Blue Note, Arturo Sandoval, 2005, Half Note HN 4523

Tracks : The Real McBop, Eso Es lo Que Hay, Eastern Blues, Blues for Diz, A Lovely One, Sureña, If I Ain't Got You, Rhythm of Our World

Musicians : Arturo Sandoval, Felipe Lamoglia, Phil Magallanes, Rene Toledo, Dennis Marks, Alexis Arce, Tomás Cruz

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Native Lands (CD/DVD), Calhoun, 2005, Half Note HN 4524

Tracks : CD: Afro Blue, Pyramids, Naked, Nefertiti, Ancient One First Born, Tateich, Umoja, Emanation, She, Three Cards Molly, Push, Dorita, East, Native Lands, Echoes Of Elvin / DVD: Will Calhoun's Travels To Brazil And Morocco / Harmolodic Studio Sessions

Musicians : Will Calhoun, Wallace Roney (tracks 1, 4 & 7), Antoine Roney (tracks 2 & 10), Pharoah Sanders (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7), Orrin Evans (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 12), Mos Def (track 13), Kevin Eubanks (track 2), Pandeiro (track 9), Stanley Jordan (track 11), Cheik Tdiane Seck (track 7), Buster Williams (tracks 1 & 7), John Benitez (tracks 4, 10 & 12), Marcus Miller (track 6), Tateich Calhoun (track 5), Naná Vasconcelos (track 14), Gregg Marret (track 12)

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New York Cool: Live At Blue Note, Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, 2005, Half Note HN 4525

Tracks : Body & Soul, Harrisburg Address, Easy Living, I'll Remember April, Star Eyes, Third Plane, Blues For Happy People

Musicians : Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham

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Locked & Loaded: Live At The Blue Note, Odean Pope Saxophone Choir, 2006, Half Note HN 4526

Tracks : Epitone, Prince Lasha, Cis, Central Park West, Coltrane Time, Terrestrial, Muntu Chant

Musicians : Odean Pope, Elliot Levin, Seth Meicht, Terrence Brown, Terry Lawson, Julian Pressley, Louis Taylor, Robert Landham, Joe Sudler, Joe Lovano (tracks 3 & 6), Michael Brecker (tracks 2 & 5), James Carter (track 7), George Burton, Tyrone Brown, Craig Mclver

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Under Rousseau's Moon: Live At The Blue Note, Gil Goldstein, 2007, Half Note HN 4527

Tracks : The Moon Struck One, Donna Lee, Three Women, Good Morning Anya, Bass Solo, Boplicity/Some Skunk Funk, Sarah's Touch, Percussion Solo, Liberty City, Three Views Of A Secret, The Camel's Lament, Moondreams, Suninga

Musicians : Gil Goldstein, Randy Brecker, Chris Potter, Joyce Hammann, Lois Martin, David Eggar, Richard Bona, Mike Mainieri, Don Alias

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Democracy: Live At The Blue Note, Kenny Werner, 2007, Half Note HN 4528

Tracks : Democracy Now, Fish Gotta Fly, Untitled Lament, One for Joni, Intro to Hedwig's Theme, Hedwig's Theme

Musicians : Kenny Werner, Matt Shulman, Kenny Wheeler (tracks 5 & 6), David Sanchez, Scott Colley, Brian Blade

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From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note, Grady Tate, 2007, Half Note HN 4529

Tracks : You Are My Sunshine, Everybody Loves My Baby, Teach Me Tonight, Lush Life, Little Black Samba, Where Do We Start, All Blues, It Might As Well Be Spring, I've Got The World On A String

Musicians : Grady Tate, Glen Drews, Bill Easley, Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhardt, Dennis Mackrel

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Sketches of Spain y Mas: The Latin Side of Miles Davis: Live At The Blue Note, Conrad Herwig, 2007, Half Note HN 4530

Tracks : Solar, Seven Steps to Heaven, Sketches of Spain, Petits Machins

Musicians : Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch, Dave Valentin, Paquito d’Rivera, Mario Rivera, Edsel Gomez, Robert Ameen, Richie Flores

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As Is ... Live At The Blue Note (CD / DVD), Avishai Cohen, 2007, Half Note HN 4531

Tracks : CD: Smash, Elli, Etude, Bass Suite #1, Feediop, Remembering, Caravan / DVD: Freediop, Samuel, One For Mark, Nu Nu, Smash, Remembering, Caravan

Musicians : Avishai Cohen, Sam Barsh, Mark Guilliana, Jimmy Greene, Diego Urcola

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As Is ... Live At The Blue Note (DVD), Avishai Cohen, 2007, Half Note HN 4532

Tracks : Freediop, Samuel, One For Mark, Nu Nu, Smash, Remembering, Caravan

Musicians : Avishai Cohen, Sam Barsh, Mark Guilliana, Jimmy Greene, Diego Urcola

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Quartet, McCoy Tyner, 2007, Half Note HN 4533

Tracks : Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit, Mellow Minor, Sama Lacuya, Passion Dance, Search For Peace, Blues On The Corner, For All We Know

Musicians : McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, Jeff "Tain" Watts

Recorded live at Yoshi's in Oakland on December 30 & 31, 2006.

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Delirium Blues Project: Serve Or Suffer, Werner And Vitro, 2008, Half Note HN 4534

Tracks : What Is Hip, Goodnight Nelda Grebe, The Telephone Company Has Cut Us Off, Blue, Be Cool, Half Moon, In The Dark, Cheater Man, Everybody's Cryin' Mercy, Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down

Musicians : Roseanna Vitro, Kenny Werner, Randy Brecker, Ray Anderson, James Carter, Geoff Countryman, Adam Rogers, John Pattitucci, Rocky Bryant

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The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter, Conrad Herwig, 2008, Half Note HN 4535

Tracks : Ping Pong, Tom Thumb, El Gaucho, Night Dreamer, This Is For Albert, Adam's Apple, Masqualero, Footprints

Musicians : Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch, Ronnie Cuber, Luis Perdomo, Eddie Palmieri (tracks 6, 7 & 8), Ruben Rodriguez, Robby Ameen, Pedro Martinez

Recorded live at the Blue Note in New York on March 16 & 17, 2007

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Cirio: Live At The Blue Note, Francisco Mela, 2008, Half Note HN 4536

Tracks : Tierra and Fuego, Channel 2, Cirio, Maria, Pequena Serenata de Urna, Benes, Urick Mela, Afro Son

Musicians : Francisco Mela, Mark Turner, Jason Moran, Lionel Loueke, Larry Grenadier

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Guitars (CD / DVD), McCoy Tyner, 2008, Half Note HN 4537

Tracks : CD: Improvisation 2, Passion Dance, 500 Miles, Mr P.C., Blues On The Corner, Improvisation 1, Trade Winds, Amberjack, My Favourite Things, Slapback Blues, Greensleeves, Contemplation, Boubacar, Baba Drame / DVD: Mr P C, Contemplation, 500 Miles, Trade Winds, Greensleeves, Duets With Marc Ribot, Checking The Piano, McCoy's Thoughts, Rehearsing At The BlueNote With Bela Fleck

Musicians : McCoy Tyner, Bill Frisell, Derek Trucks, John Scofield, Marc Ribot, Bela Fleck, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette

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Across The Divide: A Tale Of Rhythm & Ancestry, Omar Sosa, 2009, Half Note HN 4538

Tracks : Promised Land, Giu-Giu, Gabriel's Trumpet, Across Africa (The Dream), Across Africa (Arrival), Sugar Baby Blues, Night Of The Four Songs, Solstice, Ancestors

Musicians : Omar Sosa, Leandro Saint-Hill, Tim Eriksen, David Gilmore, Childo Tomas, Marque Gilmore, Ramon Diaz

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Emperor March Live At The Blue Note, Charles Tolliver Big Band, 2009, Half Note HN 4539

Tracks : On The Nile, I Want To Talk About You, Emperor March, Chedlike, In The Trenches, Toughin'

Musicians : Charles Tolliver, Cameron Johnson, Michael Williams, Keyon Harrold, David Weiss, Mike Dease, Jason Jackson, Stafford Hunter, Ernest Stuart, Aaron Johnson, Bill Saxton, Bruce Williams, Todd Bashore, Billy Harper, Marcus Strickland, Jason Marshall, Stanley Cowell, Anthony Wonsey, Reggie Workman, Gene Jackson

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I'm BeBoppin' Too, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, 2009, Half Note HN 4540

Tracks : I'm BeBoppin' Too, Cool Breeze, 'Round Midnight, Manteca, Birks' Works, If You Could See Me Now, Dizzy's Blues, Una Mas, I Can't Get Started, One Bass Hit, Tin Tin Deo, Lover Come Back to Me

Musicians include : Slide Hampton (musical director), Frank Greene, Greg Gisbert, Claudio Roditi, Roy Hargrove, Jason Jackson, Steve Davis, Michael Dease, Douglas Purviance, Antonio Hart, Mark Gross, James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Cyrus Chestnut, Yotam Silberstein, John Lee, Lewis Nash, Roberta Gambarini

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Solo: Live From San Francisco, McCoy Tyner, 2009, Half Note HN 4541

Tracks : African Village, I Should Care, Lazy Bird, Naima, Just Feeling, You Taught My Heart To Sing, Blues For Jeff, Ballad For Aisha, Sweet And Lovely, Angelina, A Mellow Tone

Musicians : McCoy Tyner

Recorded live at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco om May 6, 2007.

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Heaven On Earth, James Carter, John Medeski, Christian McBride, Adam Rogers, Joey Baron, 2009, Half Note HN 4542

Tracks : Diminishing, Slam's Mishap, Street Of Dreams, Infiniment, Blue Leo, Heaven On Earth

Musicians : James Carter, John Medeski, Christian McBride, Adam Rogers, Joey Baron

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No Beginning No End, Kenny Werner, 2010, Half Note HN 4543

Tracks : Death Is Not The Answer, Loved Ones, The God Of Time, Astral Journey, We Three, Visitation: Waves Of Unborn, Cry Out, Coda

Musicians include: Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, Judy Silvano, plus woodwinds, strings, vocals

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The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock, Conrad Herwig, 2010, Half Note HN 4544

Tracks : Oliloqui Valley, One Finger Snap, Butterfly, The Sorcerer, Actual Proof, Maiden Voyage, Cantaloupe Island, Watermelon Man

Musicians : Conrad Herwig, Randy Brecker, Mike Rodriguez, Craig Handy, Bill O'Connell, Eddie Palmieri, Ruben Rodriguez, Robby Ameen, Pedro Martinez

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Balloons, Kenny Werner, 2011, Half Note HN 4546

Tracks : Sada, Siena, Balloons, Class Dismissed

Musicians : Kenny Werner, Randy Brecker, David Sanchez, John Patitucci, Antonio Sanchez

Recorded live at the Blue Note in New York on April 17 & 18, 2010.

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The Jazz Ballad Song Book, Randy Brecker with The Danish Radio Big Band, 2011, Half Note HN 4547

Tracks : All Or Nothing At All, Cry Me A River, Someday My Prince Will Come, Foregone Conclusion, Goldfinger, Skylark, I Talk To The Trees, This Is All I Ask, The Immigrant/Godfather, Round Midnight

Musicians : Randy Brecker, The Danish Radio Big Band

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Institute Of Higher Learning, Kenny Werner and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, 2011, Half Note HN 4548

Tracks : Cantabile: First Movement / Second Movement / Third Movement, Second Love Song, The House Of The Rising Sun, Compensation, Institute Of Higher Learning

Musicians : Kenny Werner, Serge Plume, Jeroen Van Malderen, Nico Schepers, Pierre Drevet, Marc Godfroid, Ben Fleerakkers, Lode Mertens, Laurent Hendrick, Bart Defoort, Kurt Van Herck, Frank Vaganée, Dieter Limbourg, Bo Van Der Werf, Peter Hertmans, Jos Machtel, Martijn Vink

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Tree Of Life, Francisco Mela, 2011, Half Note HN 4549

Tracks : Retrograde, Africa en mis Venas, Toma del Poder, Yadan Mela, Classico Mela, The Nearness of You, Yo Me, Just Now, Fiesta Conga, Gracias a la Vida

Musicians : Francisco Mela, Jowee Omicil, Uri Gurvich, Elio Villafranca, Leo Genovese, Ben Monder, Luques Curtis, Peter Slavov Jr., Arturo Stable, Esperanza Spalding

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This Is Jazz, Donald Harrison, 2011, Half Note HN 4550

Tracks : Cut & Paste, MSRP, You Are My Sunshine, Seven Steps to Heaven, I Can't Get Started, Treme Swagger

Musicians : Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham

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Cry Love, Maya Azucena, 2011, Half Note HN 4551

Tracks : Cry Love, Shine, Near, Changed My Mind, The Half, Belong To The Sun, My Back's Not Up Against the Wall, Run Into The Light, Warrior, Live On, Little Ghetto Boy

Musicians include : Maya Azucena, Christian Ver Halen, Maurice Brown, Jonathan Kantor, Gareth Bane, Lakecia Benjamin, Jay Rodriguez, Chris Rob, Vernon Reid, Vicente Miranda, Hagar Ben Ari, Keith Golden, Jonathan Maron, Daniel Sadownick

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Enfants Terribles: Live At The Blue Note, Lee Konitz / Bill Frisell / Gary Peacock / Joey Baron, 2012, Half Note HN 4552

Tracks : What Is This Thing Called Love, Body & Soul, Stella By Starlight, I'll Remember April, I Remember You, I Can't Get Started

Musicians : Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock, Joey Baron

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Fours: A Dance Jam: Live At The Blue Note (DVD), Savion Glover, 2012, Half Note HN 4553

Tracks : Jam #1, Jam #2, Jam #3, Jam #4, interview footage

Musicians : Savion Glover, McCoy Tyner, Eddie Palmieri, Roy Haynes, Jack Dejohnette, Patience Higgins, Marcus Strickland, Kurt Faussette, Andy McCloud, Brian Grice

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Wild Beauty: Sonata Suite, Brussels Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano, 2013, Half Note HN 4556

Tracks : Wild Beauty, Powerhouse, Streets Of Naples, Our Daily Bread, Big Ben, Sanctuary Park, Miss Etna, Viva Caruso

Musicians : Frank Vaganee, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lovano

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The Latin Side Of Joe Henderson, Conrad Herwig Featuring Joe Lovano, 2014, Half Note HN 4557

Tracks : Recorda Me, Mamacita, Afro-Centric, Black Narcissus, Blue Bossa, Inner Urge

Musicians : Conrad Herwig, Alex Sipiagin, Joe Lovano, Ronnie Cuber, Bill O'Connell, Ruben Rodriguez, Robby Ameen, Richie Flores

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Coalition, Kenny Werner, 2014, Half Note HN 4558

Tracks : Phonetics #2 (Folk Dance), April Blue, Flying, Swan Song, Tune 4, Wishful Dreaming

Musicians : Kenny Werner, Lionel Loueke, Miguel Zenon, Benjamin Koppel, Ferenc Nemeth

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Last updated April 2017