Tone Poet Society
The Tone Poet Society is a monthly subscription of Blue Note’s Tone Poet Vinyl Series: Definitive Vinyl Reissues from The Finest in Jazz Since 1939. Tone Poet Society members will get two Tone Poet titles per month, plus exclusive perks like access to exclusive Tone Poet Society reissues, free shipping two weeks prior to retail release, behind the scenes access from “Tone Poet”/Series producer Joe Harley and more.
The Tone Poet Series is produced by Tone Poet Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.
Available Territories
US • Canada • UK • European Union • Switzerland • Iceland • Norway • Monaco • Andorra • Liechtenstein • San Marino • Vatican
How It Works:
Build your Tone Poet Collection
Tone Poet Society members will get two titles per month from Blue Note’s Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Series: Definitive Vinyl Reissues from The Finest in Jazz Since 1939.
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Free Early Shipping
If you subscribe to the Tone Poet Society on or after the 7th of the month, your first order may ship on or around the scheduled release date. All subsequent orders will ship 2 weeks before the scheduled release date.
Build your Tone Poet Collection
Tone Poet Society members will get two titles per month from Blue Note’s Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Series: Definitive Vinyl Reissues from The Finest in Jazz Since 1939.
Flexible Subscriptions
Sign up for monthly, 3-month, 6-month, or annual subscriptions with increasingly more savings and benefits.
Free Early Shipping
If you subscribe to the Tone Poet Society on or after the 7th of the month, your first order may ship on or around the scheduled release date. All subsequent orders will ship 2 weeks before the scheduled release date.
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TIER 4
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$38.98 PER TITLE
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$43.98 PER TITLE
Billed $87.96 monthly
TIER 3
3 months
6 titles
SAVE $96 per year!
+ FREE SHIPPING
US Members
$34.98 PER TITLE
Billed $209.88 every three months
International Members
$39.98 PER TITLE
Billed $239.88 every three months
TIER 2
6 months
12 titles
SAVE $144 per year!
+ FREE SHIPPING
US Members
$32.98 PER TITLE
Billed $395.76 every six months
International Members
$37.98 PER TITLE
Billed $455.76 every six months
TIER 1
12 months
24 titles
SAVE $192 per year!
+ FREE SHIPPING
US Members
$30.98 PER TITLE
Billed $743.52 annually
International Members
$35.98 PER TITLE
Billed $863.52 annually
TIER BENEFITS:
All Tiers
- FREE Shipping 2 weeks prior to retail release dates
- Behind the scenes access with photos and videos from “Tone Poet” Joe Harley
- Monthly newsletter with in-depth details on each Tone Poet release and more from “Tone Poet” Joe Harley
- First looks and early access to special releases and products from Blue Note Records
Tier 3 and Above
- Access to purchase quarterly Limited-Edition Tone Poet Society exclusive Tone Poet releases
Tier 2 and Above
- Access to purchase Limited Quantity Tone Poet Test Pressings
- A one-time use 15% discount code from the Blue Note Store with each renewal (not to be combined with other discounts/offers, some exclusions apply)
Tier 1
- Tone Poet Society welcome package with an exclusive Tone Poet Society merch item and a hand signed note from Blue Note President Don Was and Tone Poet Joe Harley.
- Quarterly drawing for a Tier 1 member to have a 15-minute video call with “Tone Poet” Joe Harley. US perk only.
- A one-time use 30% discount code from the Blue Note Store with each renewal (not to be combined with other discounts/offers, some exclusions apply)
This Month’s Titles
shipping November 21, 2025
Donald Byrd – At The Half Note Café, Vol. 2
(TONE POET VINYL SERIES)Trumpeter Donald Byrd was only 2 years into his 2 decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet into Manhattan’s Half Note Café in November 1960 to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable live set of hard bop featuring Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano, Laymon Jackson on bass, and Lex Humphries on drums. Byrd had already established himself as a leading trumpeter on the scene and was riding high on a creative hot streak that produced the studio albums Off To The Races, Byrd In Hand, Fuego, and Byrd In Flight. At The Half Note Café, Vol. 2 jumps right into Pearson’s brightly swinging “Jeannine” and includes two Byrd tunes—an extended take of the band’s bluesy theme song “Pure D. Funk” & the hard-grooving “Kimyas”—as well as a lilting take on the standard “When Sonny Gets Blue.”
Johnathan Blake – Homeward Bound
(TONE POET VINYL SERIES)Johnathan Blake’s 2021 Blue Note debut Homeward Bound was a celebration of life and legacy that introduced the drummer-composer’s masterful modern jazz quintet Pentad featuring alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, keyboardist David Virelles, and bassist Dezron Douglas. The 8-song set is imbued with warmth and swing as heard on the album’s emotional and musical centerpiece, “Homeward Bound (for Ana Grace),” a tribute to Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, the daughter of saxophonist Jimmy Greene and flutist Nelba Marquez-Greene, who perished in the Sandy Hook tragedy. Other standout Blake originals include “Rivers & Parks,” a piece that evokes the distinctive musical styles of both Sam Rivers and Aaron Parks, and the uptempo burner “LLL” dedicated to drummer Larence “Lo” Leathers. The album also looked to unusual sources of repertoire with a stunning arrangement of the South African traditional “Abiyoyo” and a rousing cover of Joe Jackson’s 1982 hit “Steppin’ Out.”
Donald Byrd – At The Half Note Café, Vol. 2
(TONE POET VINYL SERIES)Trumpeter Donald Byrd was only 2 years into his 2 decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet into Manhattan’s Half Note Café in November 1960 to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable live set of hard bop featuring Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano, Laymon Jackson on bass, and Lex Humphries on drums. Byrd had already established himself as a leading trumpeter on the scene and was riding high on a creative hot streak that produced the studio albums Off To The Races, Byrd In Hand, Fuego, and Byrd In Flight. At The Half Note Café, Vol. 2 jumps right into Pearson’s brightly swinging “Jeannine” and includes two Byrd tunes—an extended take of the band’s bluesy theme song “Pure D. Funk” & the hard-grooving “Kimyas”—as well as a lilting take on the standard “When Sonny Gets Blue.”
Johnathan Blake – Homeward Bound
(TONE POET VINYL SERIES)Johnathan Blake’s 2021 Blue Note debut Homeward Bound was a celebration of life and legacy that introduced the drummer-composer’s masterful modern jazz quintet Pentad featuring alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, keyboardist David Virelles, and bassist Dezron Douglas. The 8-song set is imbued with warmth and swing as heard on the album’s emotional and musical centerpiece, “Homeward Bound (for Ana Grace),” a tribute to Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, the daughter of saxophonist Jimmy Greene and flutist Nelba Marquez-Greene, who perished in the Sandy Hook tragedy. Other standout Blake originals include “Rivers & Parks,” a piece that evokes the distinctive musical styles of both Sam Rivers and Aaron Parks, and the uptempo burner “LLL” dedicated to drummer Larence “Lo” Leathers. The album also looked to unusual sources of repertoire with a stunning arrangement of the South African traditional “Abiyoyo” and a rousing cover of Joe Jackson’s 1982 hit “Steppin’ Out.”
Tone Poet Society Exclusive
Elvin Jones - Coalition
Limited to 1,000 Copies • Individually numbered • Tone Poet Society Exclusive Gold Foil Stamp • Lithographic Print
After his legendary run in the seminal John Coltrane Quartet, the master drummer Elvin Jones signed with Blue Note in 1968 and began building his own career as a bandleader. His first two albums for the label—Puttin’ It Together and The Ultimate—were spare sax-bass-drums trio outings that were followed by the expanded ensemble explorations of 1969’s Poly-Currents. Jones then found a happy medium on his 1970 album Coalition featuring Cuban conguero Candido Camero woven into Jones’ intricate polyrhythms with two exceptional saxophonists taking flight—George Coleman on tenor and Frank Foster on alto, tenor, and bass clarinet—anchored by Wilbur Little’s sturdy bass. Opening with the evocative “Shinjitu” composed by Elvin’s wife Keiko Jones, the set also includes originals by Coleman (“5/4 Thing”) and Foster (“Ural Stradania” and “Simone”) as well as an impressionistic rendition of the Jerome Kern standard “Yesterdays.”
Upcoming Titles
MORE RELEASES COMING IN 2026!
The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.
The Tone Poet Series is produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.
2025 Tone Poet Release Schedule
January 3, 2025
The Jazz Crusaders – Freedom Sound
Andrew Hill – Grass Roots
February 7, 2025
Dizzy Reece – Blues In Trinity
Horace Parlan – Up & Down
March 7, 2025
Curtis Amy & Frank Butler – Groovin’ Blue
Hank Mobley – Third Season
April 4, 2025
Art Pepper – Modern Art
Teddy Edwards – Sunset Eyes
May 2, 2025
Leo Parker – Rollin’ With Leo
Grachan Moncur III – Some Other Stuff
June 6, 2025
Andrew Hill – Andrew!!!
Serge Chaloff – Blue Serge
July 4, 2025
Sam Rivers – A New Conception
Dexter Gordon – Landslide
August 1, 2025
Horace Silver – The Tokyo Blues
Jackie McLean – Jacknife
September 5, 2025
Chico Hamilton – Chico Hamilton Quintet
Don Cherry – Complete Communion
October 3, 2025
Stanley Turrentine – In Memory Of
Bobby Hutcherson – Montara
November 7, 2025
Duke Jordan – Flight to Jordan
Sheila Jordan – Portrait of Sheila
December 5, 2025
Donald Byrd – At The Half Note Café, Vol. 2
Johnathan Blake – Homeward Bound