Blue Note All-Stars

The short-lived Blue Note All-Stars came together in late 1995 when WNET had a special radio report on young up-and-coming musicians and requested interviews with some of Blue Note's artists. Since trumpeter Tim Hagans, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, altoist Greg Osby, pianist Kevin Hays, and drummer Bill Stewart were all available (and had recently played with different groups at the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival), they were interviewed and (at the request of WNET producers) played a few songs together (along with bassist Doug Weiss). When the resulting music was stronger than exp...