For the Price Guide: Blakey, Jackie, Jug & More

Here are a few recent items we’ll be adding to the Jazz Collector Price Guide:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 1, Blue Note 1507. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing in VG++ condition, both record and cover. The price was $202.50. Also, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 2, Blue Note 1508. This was also an original Lexington Avenue pressing. This one was in M- condition, both record and cover. It sold for $416.

John Coltrane and Hank Mobley, Two Tenors, Prestige 7043. This is a second pressing

of the original Elmo Hope LP. It had a yellow label with the New Jersey address. The record was M- and the cover was VG++. The price was $153.50.

Yusef Lateef, Before Dawn, Verve 8217. This was an original pressing with the trumpeter logo. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG. The price was $127.50. Also, Yusef Lateef at Cranbrook, Argo 634. This was an original pressing. The record was VG++, the cover was VG+ and the price was $73.

Jackie McLean, Jackie’s Bag, Blue Note 4051. This was an original pressing with the West 63rd Street address. It was in VG+ condition, both record and cover, and sold for $285.

Gene Ammons, Funky, Prestige 7083. This was an original pressing with the yellow label and the New York address. It was in M- condition and sold for $291.60.

Johnny Hodges, Perdido, Norgran 1091. This was an original yellow label pressing. The record was VG++ and the cover was VG+. The price was $102.50.