{"title":"Featured - Hi-Fidelity","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"duke-ellington-indigos-impex-records-reissue","title":"Duke Ellington - Indigos (2024 IMPEX Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Duke at his most soulfully nocturnal. An elegant, romantic set of ballads from the master of American large-group jazz. The 1958 album features performances of jazz standards such as \"Mood Indigo\", \"Autumn Leaves\", and \"Prelude To a Kiss\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis all-star ensemble lay back on this beautiful set of swinging, romantic ballads now available for the first time in pristine 180-gram vinyl. Ellington was often imitated, never equaled. There's a clear \"blue mood\" at work in these sessions and Kevin Gray's all-analog mastering brings out a nocturnal mood, while keeping things warm and mellow. A deep and wide soundstage, mellifluous lows and crystalline highs make Indigos a perfect accompaniment to your late night listening. — via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis neglected gem from Duke Ellington’s tremendous catalogue should not be overlooked. Originally released in 1958, Ellington Indigos captures the heralded American jazz pianist and his august orchestra in a blue, contemplative mood. From Ellington’s reflective opening solo on “Solitude” to the mournful tempo of “Autumn Leaves” - this ruminative and romantic LP is ideal for nocturnal contemplation over a glass of Scotch. Each velvety composition also allows a different member of Ellington’s band to take the spotlight. Whether it's Shorty Baker’s exquisite trumpet on “Mood Indigo”, or Johnny Hodges’ passionate alto saxophone on “Prelude to a Kiss”, or Jimmy Hamilton’s fluid clarinet on “Tenderly” - this sterling record is a moonlit showcase for Ellington and his contemporaries.  — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a rainy early evening in January, and I’m sipping a martini and spinning an Impex 45rpm test pressing of Ellington’s Indigos LP. Before you read any further, drop this review and order a copy before it’s too late—it’s one of the best things I’ve heard in a while. A musical gem, a sonic knockout. Originally released in 1958, Indigos is a gorgeously moody collection of tunes. Ellington’s unaccompanied piano intro to “Solitude” shows an exceptionally natural sound, with great studio ambience. When the band rolls in there’s a thrilling dynamic kick and musical pizzazz to die for—rich, throaty brass, silky strings. On “Where or When” you’ll hear the alto soloist breathing as he plays; on “Mood Indigo” the full orchestra really fills the room, extending wall to wall, front to back, and also in height, with an uncanny illusion of the players on a tiered bandstand, quite life-sized too. Then there’s the nimble, walking bass lines, the dreamy sounding clarinet, floating in space, just so “there.” Impex has a fine 33 version of this title, but this one marking the title’s 65th anniversary smokes it. The release includes a 16-page booklet with new liner notes and never seen photos. What a record! — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theabsolutesound.com\/articles\/duke-ellington-and-his-orchestra-ellington-indigos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Absolute Sound\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5BymHphSwXImKUTljcMJvu?utm_source=generator\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Impex Records, Columbia\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Stereo, Mono\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024 \/ Original Release: 1958\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Big Band\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: TAV Essential Listening\u003cbr\u003eFile under:  Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impex Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456449224862,"sku":"874925895153","price":98.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/ab67616d0000b273160aa011e35301c4fdff9d78.jpg?v=1728041761"},{"product_id":"keith-jarret-the-koln-concert","title":"Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A TAV Essential Listening Album -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded as one continuous concert at the Cologne Opera House in 1975, this hour-long solo improvisation by Pennsylvanian pianist Keith Jarrett became nothing short of legendary - and the best-selling piano record in history. Indulgent and esoteric, but also transformative and spiritual - \u003cem\u003eThe Köln Concert\u003c\/em\u003e features Miles Davis' and Art Blakey’s former keyboardist at his most audacious and unrestrained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs much jazz as it was classical and pop, Jarrett brought the poorly-tuned piano he was provided to life with mutating passages and marvellous turns that provided the listener with an immersive glimpse to the piano maestro’s train of thought in real-time. Built upon repeating meditative motifs and hypnotically rhythmic sequences, this live performance was divine inspiration manifested. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0I8vpSE1bSmysN2PhmHoQg?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2010 onwards \/ Original: 1975\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Post Bop, Free Improvisation, Live, Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456458039454,"sku":"602527278889","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/c90a5a6b7173bdca3fecfe71af4d21d0ef633fc7.jpg?v=1646290755"},{"product_id":"eric-dolphy-at-the-five-spot-volume-1-200g-analogue-production-reissue","title":"Eric Dolphy - At The Five Spot, Volume 1 (2023 Analogue Productions Reissue)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter having left the ensemble of Charles Mingus and upon working with John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy formed a short-lived but potent quintet with trumpeter Booker Little, who would pass away three months after this recording. Despite all of the obstacles and subsequent tragedy, this quintet became legendary over the years justifiably so — and developed into a role model for all progressive jazz combos to come. The combined power of Dolphy and Little; exploring overt but in retrospect not excessive dissonance and atonality — made them a target for critics but admired among the burgeoning progressive post-bop scene. With the always stunning shadings of pianist Mal Waldron, the classical-cum-daring bass playing of Richard Davis, and the colorful drumming of alchemistic Ed Blackwell, there was no stopping this group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLive at the legendary Five Spot Café in New York City, this band set the Apple, and the entire jazz world on their collective ears. \"Fire Waltz\" demonstrates perfectly how the bonfire burns from inside the soul of these five brilliant provocateurs, as Dolphy's sour alto and Little's dour trumpet signify their new thing. Dolphy's solo is positively furious, while Blackwell nimbly switches up sounds within the steady 3\/4 beat. \"Bee Vamp\" does not buzz so much as it roars in hard bop trim. A heavy tandem line breaks and separates in the horn parts like booster rockets. Blackwell is even more amazing, and Dolphy's ribald bass clarinet set standards that still influences players of the instrument. Where \"The Prophet\" is a puckery blues, it is also open armed with minor phrasings and stretched harmonics. This is where Waldron and Davis shine in their terra cotta facades of roughly hewn accompaniments to Dolphy and Little's bold flavored statements. A shorter alternate take of \"Bee Vamp\" is newly available, shorter by two-and-a-half minutes and with a clipped introductory melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost hail this first volume, and a second companion album from the same sessions, as music that changed the jazz world as much as Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane's innovative excursions of the same era. All forward thinking and challenged listeners need to own these epic club dates. — via AllMusic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2QmssU0RNrWDa0YIJwDcb7?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Prestige, New Jazz, Analogue Productions\u003cbr\u003eSeries: The Prestige Stereo Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Original Release: 1961\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Post Bop, Modal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456471605406,"sku":"753088826016","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/71krsXlhvzL.jpg?v=1677131199"},{"product_id":"miles-davis-cookin-with-the-miles-davis-quintet-200g-mono-analogue-productions-reissue","title":"The Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (Analogue Productions Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Miles Davis Quintet of 1955-’57 was a phenomenon that left many jaws dropping. Their magic and in-the-fast-lane fluidity was best caught onstage, in a live context. One who witnessed the ascent of the group was the normally staid music journalist Ralph Gleason, who later wrote:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI heard this band many nights at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, for which I am grateful…they wailed. And they didn’t need to warm up…the sheer intensity of it was thrilling. Fast or slow, they made every bar sound like it had been born in an atom-splitting burst of energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quintet was a phenomenon. At their exuberant, full-throttle best, the group simply had so much to offer: Coltrane’s raw, edgy – at times endless – tenor improvisations. Garland’s fiery, left-hand chording.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePhilly Joe’s exciting cymbal work and propulsive rim shots. Miles’ subdued, muted trumpet. Chambers’ adept and soulful bowed solos. Years after the quintet’s debut, jazz writers were exhilarated by their interactivity. “The intricacy of the linkage between the minds of these musicians has never been equaled in any group, in my opinion,” wrote Gleason. Prestige president Bob Weinstock lauded them “the Louis Armstrong Hot Five of the modern era.” In 1956, when Columbia Records wanted to sign Miles away from Prestige, he still had significant time on his 3-year contract. As Columbia’s George Avakian remembered, Miles brainstormed a win-win situation that made both labels happy:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMiles got a crazy idea and it worked. He said “Tell Bob Weinstock you’d like to record me, and you won’t put the masters out until the end of my [Prestige] contract, which would be about two years hence. Meanwhile they can stockpile albums, and when Columbia comes out with my first album, you’re going to advertise it and promote it, right?” I said, “Sure we will.” “So Prestige will get the benefit of that . . .”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStockpile is exactly what Prestige did: in 1956, over two marathon sessions, Miles and his Quintet performed four album’s worth of tunes, most of them from their well-rehearsed live set-list of jazz standards, with no retakes. To this day, the gerund-themed quartet of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCookin’\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelaxin’\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorkin’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteamin’\u003c\/i\u003e— define a high-water mark for small group jazz improvisation.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe tunes are also telling of the group’s distinctive strengths: their cohesive swing — and Coltrane’s growing confidence – on burners like “Salt Peanuts,” “I Could Write A Book,” Rollins’ “Oleo,” and Miles’ “Tune Up.” Their penchant for brisk, mid-tempo numbers that closely followed Ahmad Jamal’s interpretations of “If I Were A Bell” and “Surrey With The Fringe On Top.” Their ability to re-imagine certain structures, like Thelonious Monk’s “’Round Midnight,” making them their own. The pretty songs: Miles alone with the rhythm section, Coltrane laying out as he often did on the trumpeter’s ballad features. Miles’ performances of “My Funny Valentine” and “It Never Entered My Mind” proved career-launching and revealed the inner sensitivity he spent a lifetime masking with a street-tough exterior. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/50J57uCvPub0yK2kjkfC9J?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Analogue Productions, Prestige\u003cbr\u003eSeries: The Prestige Mono Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Mono, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 1957\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Bop, Hard Bop, Post Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456472359070,"sku":"753088709432","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/81BjFop_xKL._UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1741343053"},{"product_id":"john-coltrane-blue-train-blue-note-music-matters-the-definitive-vinyl-reissue-series-mono","title":"John Coltrane – Blue Train | Mono | Music Matters Reissue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA TAV Curator’s Pick.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Train is the second studio album by American jazz musician John Coltrane, originally released in 1957 by Blue Note Records, and is the only album Coltrane has recorded with arguably the greatest jazz label of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShowcasing a star studded line up made up of Coltrane’s Miles Davis bandmates which includes Lee Morgan, Kenny Drew and Paul Chambers to name a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most accessible jazz records of all time with an iconic sound that is recommended for casual jazz listeners wanting to get into Coltrane’s works or jazz in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“John Coltrane only recorded one album as a leader for Blue Note, but it was the turning point of his career and one of his greatest hours. 31 at the time of 1957’s Blue Train, Coltrane had been largely unknown just two years earlier. 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After Blue Train was recorded, there was never again any doubt that John Coltrane was a giant.” – \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.musicmattersjazz.com\/product_p\/mmblp-1577.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMusic Matters\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The disc is packed solid with sonic evidence of Coltrane's innate leadership abilities. 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All cut at 33 1\/3.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 200-gram LPs pressed at Acoustic Sounds' state-of-the-art pressing plant, Quality Record Pressings, plated by Gary Salstrom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep groove label pressings, tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooker Telleferro Ervin II (1930 - 1970) was an American tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and blues\/gospel phrasing. He is best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Booker Ervin's recordings with Charles Mingus and Randy Weston brought him good reviews and a bit of notoriety. 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He is abetted by the power and drive of Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, and Alan Dawson.” – \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/d\/82001\/Booker_Ervin-The_Freedom_Book-200_Gram_Vinyl_Record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAcoustic Sounds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooker Ervin, tenor sax\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJaki Byard, piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Davis, bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlan Dawson, drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A10H2KhDntEBPSSN5ov6Sij\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eItem description:\u003c\/strong\u003e        \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"498\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Booker+Ervin%22\"\u003eBooker Ervin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Freedom Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22label+-+Analogue+Productions%22\"\u003eAnalogue Productions\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22label+-+prestige%22\"\u003ePrestige\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis reissue: 2016 | Original: 1963\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHard Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog No:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAPRJ 7295\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456484483230,"sku":"753088725915","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/db3efdf5fbe39172e25637aac9c16da0f1a7681e.jpg?v=1646290943"},{"product_id":"stan-getz-joao-gilberto-getz-and-gilberto-45rpm-analogue-production-reissue","title":"Stan Getz \u0026 Joao Gilberto ft. 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This universally beloved record is the rare album that will appeal to purists and the casual public alike. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova's finest moment, Getz\/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova's greatest innovators - guitarist\/singer João Gilberto and composer\/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim - to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic. Ever since Jazz Samba, the jazz marketplace had been flooded with bossa nova albums, and the overexposure was beginning to make the music seem like a fad. Getz\/Gilberto made bossa nova a permanent part of the jazz landscape not just with its unassailable beauty, but with one of the biggest smash hit singles in jazz history - \"The Girl From Ipanema,\" a Jobim classic sung by João's wife, Astrud Gilberto, who had never performed outside of her own home prior to the recording session. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond that, most of the Jobim songs recorded here also became standards of the genre - \"Corcovado\" (which featured another vocal by Astrud), \"So Danço Samba,\" \"O Grande Amor,\" a new version of \"Desafinado.\" With such uniformly brilliant material, it's no wonder the album was such a success but, even apart from that, the musicians all play with an effortless grace that's arguably the fullest expression of bossa nova's dreamy romanticism ever brought to American listeners. 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Beyond essential. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/getz-gilberto-mw0000649528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/73ZRKdD3Ds43IjHrhKgucY?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Analogue Productions, Verve Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Verve Reissues\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, 12\", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 200g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2011 \/ Original Release: 1964\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Latin\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve \/ Analogue Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456486613150,"sku":"753088854514","price":95.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/8495305457ca979874c65e717db2ed4c94251752.jpg?v=1646290963"},{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-head-hunters-200g-analogue-productions-reissue","title":"Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (Analogue Productions reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eAfter a celebrated stint in Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet, jazz luminary Herbie Hancock began his fascination with funk, rock and electronic instruments. Although his experimentations displeased purists at the time, Hancock wisely ignored the critics. As a result, his most famous and commercially successful album was born. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eOriginally released in 1973 on Columbia Records, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e showcased Hancock on synthesisers and the Fender Rhodes, with support from drummer Harvey Mason, bassist Paul Jackson, percussionist Bill Summers and saxophonist \/ reedist Bennie Maupin. This album was the renowned keyboardist at his grooviest, drawing inspiration from the likes of Sly Stone and James Brown in his effort to return jazz to its swinging and syncopated dancefloor roots. Featuring funk, soul, and R\u0026amp;B rhythms enmeshed with phenomenal improvisations, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e remains as jazz-funk’s most admired record. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock's career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on \u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing heavily from Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and James Brown, Hancock developed deeply funky, even gritty, rhythms over which he soloed on electric synthesizers, bringing the instrument to the forefront in jazz. It had all of the sensibilities of jazz, particularly in the way it wound off into long improvisations, but its rhythms were firmly planted in funk, soul, and R\u0026amp;B, giving it a mass appeal that made it the biggest-selling jazz album of all time (a record which was later broken). Jazz purists, of course, decried the experiments at the time, but \u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e still sounds fresh and vital decades after its initial release, and its genre-bending proved vastly influential on not only jazz, but funk, soul, and hip-hop. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/head-hunters-mw0000649551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5fmIolILp5NAtNYiRPjhzA?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Analogue Productions, Columbia\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, 180gr\u003cbr\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2021 \/ Original Release: 1974\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Fusion, Jazz-Funk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: TAV Essential Listening\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ Soul-Jazz \/ Jazz-Funk\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— How ‘Head Hunters’ Shook Up Jazz (and Herbie Hancock’s World) —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1973 album proved that jazz could make a major impact on the modern pop mainstream. — (via \/\/ Hank Shteamer, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/09\/arts\/music\/herbie-hancock-head-hunters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/a\u003e, August 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerbie Hancock still vividly recalls the night, 51 years ago, when the Pointer Sisters skated circles around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We came up and played our weird stuff, and when they came out, they were wearing roller skates,” he said in a video interview in June, recalling a show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. “The audience went insane.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat humbling experience in the spring of 1973 sparked a major change in Hancock’s thinking. After establishing himself as one of the leading jazz pianists of the ’60s, he had embraced electric keyboards and homed in on the so-called weird stuff with the Mwandishi band, a sextet that was both fearlessly exploratory and largely oblivious to the tastes of the average listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We need to learn from them,” he remembered thinking of the Pointers. “Maybe there’s something that can emerge from us that would work for a young audience.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the early fall, he had disbanded Mwandishi and was busy writing and recording with a new quintet, informed as much by contemporary funk leaders like Sly and the Family Stone as cutting-edge jazz. When the group ventured to clubs around the Bay Area to test out its in-progress material, “People went nuts,” Hancock said, beaming at the memory. “They were all dancing, and they loved it, and it just blew our minds.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting album, “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e,” released in October 1973, would be pivotal both for Hancock and for jazz. Peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, it later went platinum, yielded a Top 20 R\u0026amp;B hit in the monstrously grooving “Chameleon” and leveled up Hancock’s concerts into arenas, proving definitively that jazz could make a significant impact on the modern pop mainstream. No instrumental jazz release since has made a bigger bang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Aug. 14, Hancock will commemorate the monumental “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e” legacy at the Hollywood Bowl with a rare retrospective show loosely timed to the album’s 50th anniversary. Unlike a brief late ’90s reunion, this one will feature all of the surviving musicians from the original album: the woodwind player Bennie Maupin, the percussionist Bill Summers and the drummer Harvey Mason, with the renowned bassist Marcus Miller subbing in for Paul Jackson, who died in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Hancock, now 84, the show is a chance to celebrate an album that he said “changed my world” with a level of success that came as a “complete shock.” For those the album has affected, the reunion is an opportunity to toast a singular American classic, and its uncanny reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“All I can say is: wow,” said the multi-instrumentalist and producer Terrace Martin, who has worked with Hancock and played a key role in Kendrick Lamar’s “\u003cem\u003eTo Pimp a Butterfly\u003c\/em\u003e,” arguably the 21st century’s definitive jazz-adjacent pop triumph. “It’s happening, and I’m alive to see it happen.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a phone interview from a tour stop in Marseille, France, Miller said he’d felt an immediate thrill when Hancock called him around six months ago and floated the “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e” reunion. “That’s just kind of like seeing the Beatles get back together,” he said. The bassist, 65, had absorbed the album while growing up in Jamaica, Queens. “The kids in my hood, they were playing ‘Head Hunters’ at the block parties,” he recalled, where the typical soundtrack included acts like Parliament, War and Kool \u0026amp; the Gang. “Herbie’s records got played right in there.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trumpeter and genre-spanning composer Terence Blanchard, 62, a frequent Hancock collaborator who will appear with him at the Hollywood Bowl in a separate set, recalled the impact of first hearing “Head Hunters” in high school. “It blew me away because prior to that, we hadn’t heard anything coming from the R\u0026amp;B world that had that sophistication of the jazz harmonic legacy,” he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHancock, leaning back on a couch in his Los Angeles home in a spiffy checkered button-up and his signature rectangular tinted glasses, said he’d wanted to make a funky album: “I’m from Chicago — that’s part of my own personal heritage. I used to sing the doo-wop songs and listen to the Five Thrills and all that when I was a younger kid in high school. And so I said, ‘Well, let me bring up some of my own ethnic stuff.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrucially, the original “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e” lineup wasn’t simply a funk outfit. Hancock brought his considerable jazz know-how, as did Maupin, the sole holdover from the Mwandishi band, while Mason had already established himself on the pop scene, playing sessions in Los Angeles and touring with Carole King. Summers was studying ethnomusicology at U.C. Berkeley when he met Hancock. The percussionist introduced one of the band’s signature ingredients when he adapted a technique called “hindewhu” — a combination of singing and whistle-playing that he had heard on an album of Central African field recordings — into an unshakable hook that led off the quintet’s new arrangement of “Watermelon Man,” an early ’60s Hancock tune made famous by Mongo Santamaría.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It was such a mystical sound that I had to learn how to do it,” Summers said in a phone interview. (Lacking an instrument that was pitched correctly, he improvised a replacement that he still employs today: a beer bottle filled with water.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musicians are quick to credit the contributions of their late bassist. “Hands-down, Paul Jackson was the slam-dunker,” Summers said. “He was the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the band.” Maupin said Jackson “brought the funk” and “put the feeling on it, and all we had to do was just go with the flow.” When asked about the signature hiccuping beat he plays on “Chameleon,” Mason also deferred to Jackson: “It was derived from what the bass was playing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat track, with its unshakable ARP Odyssey vamp and bright, tenor-saxophone-led fanfare, helped usher along a breakthrough. “‘Chameleon’ was played on R\u0026amp;B radio, and I think the tune is like 15 minutes long,” Summers said, still sounding incredulous. “And it was the first time in my life that I heard that kind of music played on a popular format.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven as it brought in a flood of new listeners, Hancock’s aesthetic shift riled jazz purists. Reviewing a 1976 Hancock performance that featured a rendition of “Chameleon,” the New York Times critic John Rockwell wrote that the artist’s funk direction “will no doubt continue to sell lots of records, but in a way that doesn’t seem to do justice either to Mr. Hancock’s jazz potential or to the best of what he might offer the world of popular music.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaupin said that the group “drew a lot of heat,” recalling returning to Paris after an earlier, well-received show there with Mwandishi: “When we went back with the funk, they threw [expletive] at us. They threw apple cores and toilet paper rolls and all kinds of stuff.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHancock laughed as he recalled the backlash from certain corners. “People that we now call the jazz police — and many of them were writers, critics — they just said I was a sellout,” he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor listeners like a young Miller, the immediacy of the music was all that mattered. “I was 13,” he said. “I didn’t need a damn critic to tell me about ‘\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album’s success freed up Hancock to follow his restless creative spirit, whether that meant incorporating D.J. scratching into his 1983 hit “Rockit,” or interpreting the work of his longtime friend Joni Mitchell on the Grammy-winning 2007 LP “River: The Joni Letters.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd for subsequent generations, “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e” has remained a shining example of how to break out of genre-based strictures. Growing up studying saxophone, Martin, now 45, felt that it was “kind of sacrilegious” to play anything other than straight-ahead jazz. But hearing “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e,” he said, “I saw it was OK to make people dance. It was OK to get hit records and still play your ass off. It was OK to be this upper-echelon artiste but to come party and hang out, have a good time, and smile, and make others feel good.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the musicians are looking forward to tapping into that celebratory feeling at the Hollywood Bowl, but the show will be extra special for Mason, who bowed out of Hancock’s group after recording the album because of his studio commitments. “It’ll be fun to play the music and see where it goes,” he said, “and see the acceptance of the people, which I never got to see.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original group dissolved around the mid-70s as Hancock moved on to other projects, but along with the drummer Mike Clark, Mason’s hard-grooving replacement, Summers has consistently held down a version of the band in the studio and on the road. “Believe me: Everybody will be there, including Oprah,” he said with a laugh of the upcoming concert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven though the arrangements for the show will stick close to the original album, Hancock seems enthused by the potential for surprise. “I don’t know what’s going to happen: I mean, we’re all older gentlemen now,” he said with a chuckle. But as he reflected on the “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e” legacy, what came through most was the satisfaction of following his instincts and ultimately outlasting his detractors — yes, even the jazz police.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe recounted a time when Leonard Feather, the prominent critic, who had reviewed “Head Hunters” poorly upon its release, approached him backstage at a jazz festival. “He said to me, ‘Here’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you for a while.’ He said, ‘I remember with your “\u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e” record,’ he said, ‘I only gave you two stars,’” Hancock recalled. “‘I was wrong.’ I had never, ever heard a critic do that before.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gesture stuck with Hancock. “I was thinking, Wow, Leonard Feather just apologized to me. 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It is assembled from unissued results of a single recording session at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1958. As Coltrane's fame grew during the 1960s long after he had stopped recording for the label, Prestige used unissued recordings to create new marketable albums without Coltrane's input or approval.” - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Coltrane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eWiki\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The title could not have been more accurate. By 1962, Coltrane’s leadership role was undeniable; he was a standard-bearer of musical commitment, and intense, bold exploration. As well, all four tunes on the album were truly ‘standards’: 32-bar tunes originally crafted for Broadway or Hollywood projects, adopted by jazz instrumentalists to interpret and explore. There’s another meaning to be gleaned from the album’s title. In 1958, when Coltrane recorded the tracks, he often favored melodies that had attained popularity during his teen years—familiar and unfamiliar alike—all in a search to find new structures and fresh inspiration. 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Neil Fujita that adorns \u003cem\u003eTime Out’s\u003c\/em\u003e cover, Dave Brubeck Quartet’s revered 1959 album was conceived as a radical exploration of uncommon time signatures - a bold journey into odd metres foreign to jazz. No one could have predicted that \u003cem\u003eTime Out’s\u003c\/em\u003e unconventional structures would counterintuitively become the American pianist’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful endeavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Headlined by altoist Paul Desmond's “Take Five” - a 5\/4 West Coast jazz classic that has become generationally ubiquitous in pop culture - alongside the 9\/8-spliced \"Blue Rondo à la Turk\" which melded Turkish folk rhythms with classical elements - this album is filled with some of jazz history’s most recognizable tunes. Cerebral in construct, yet accessible in execution, \u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e is indubitably one of the quintessential \"cool jazz\" records ever made. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnalogue Productions and Quality Record Pressings present the definitive \u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, now a 33 1\/3 RPM LP. Reissued as a gatefold jacket, with rare black and white photos from the Columbia Studios recording session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtually all serious and even casual music lovers ought to be familiar with, or at least are likely to have heard The Dave Brubeck Quartet, even without realizing it — for the quartet's best-known hit \"Take Five\" has graced the soundtracks of multiple films, including \"Mighty Aphrodite,\" \"Pleasantville\" and \"Constantine.\" The piece is famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody, as well as its use of unusual 5\/4 time — so distinctive, it's a rare jazz track that became a pop hit. Including the monster hit \"Take Five,\" the Brubeck Quartet's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a jazz and audiophile classic. Every album collection needs a copy. And now, cut at 33 1\/3 RPM on 180-gram premium vinyl, pressed at Quality Record Pressings (Acoustic Sounds' own industry-lauded LP manufacturer), Analogue Productions brings you\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003erenewed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike its 45 RPM sibling,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis presented here packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket. Inside are eight fantastic black and white images shot during the recording session at Columbia's famous 30th Street Studios. Sony Music supplied the images for use in our SACD reissue, and gave us persmission to use them in our LP reissue as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The jacket is also special — very heavy-duty. It's produced by Stoughton Printing featuring a printed wrap mounted to a heavyweight chipboard shell, producing an authentic \"old school\" look and feel. Never has\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e's colorful iconic cover art looked so vibrant. The record label's sales executives didn't want a painting on the cover when\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edebuted in 1959 on Columbia Records, Brubeck told an interviewer. An entire album of originals? That wouldn't work either, he was told. Some standards and some show tunes were needed in the mix. Fortunately, Brubeck ignored the conventional wisdom and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecame the original classic we know it as today. Brubeck became proof that creative jazz and popular success can go together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was intended as an experiment using musical styles Brubeck discovered abroad while on a United States Department of State-sponsored tour of Eurasia. In Turkey, he observed a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9\/8 time, a rare meter for Western music. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Desmond, who was Brubeck's alto saxophonist, wrote \"Take Five,\" at Brubeck's urging to try and write a song in quintuple (5\/4) time. \"I told Paul to put a melody over (drummer) Joe Morello's beat,\" Brubeck explained. As a jazz pianist, Brubeck became a household name in jazz in part due to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e's success. Demond's cool-toned alto and quick wit fit in well with Brubeck's often heavy chording and experimental playing. Morello and bassist Gene Wright completed the group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Quartet traveled and performed constantly around the world until breaking up in 1967 to pursue other musical ventures. \u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epeaked at No. 2 on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epop albums chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. \"Take Five\" became a mainstream hit, reaching No. 25 on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHot 100, and No. 5 on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e's Easy Listening survey, the precursor to today's Adult Contemporary charts. The song was included in countless movies and television soundtracks and still receives significant radio play. — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eHeavy-duty chipboard shell stock by Stoughton Printing\u003cbr\u003e180-gram LP cut at 33 1\/3 RPM by Bernie Grundman and pressed at Quality Record Pressings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0nTTEAhCZsbbeplyDMIFuA?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Columbia Records, Analogue Productions\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, 200g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2015 \/ Original Release: 1959\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Bop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Columbia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456518365342,"sku":"0753088819216","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/4523de7a155a663f9249e0811ca4fd1e4037bfb2.jpg?v=1646291469"},{"product_id":"duke-ellington-blues-in-orbit-200g-analogue-productions-reissue","title":"Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit  (200g Analogue Productions reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuke Ellington is joined by the likes of Clark Terry, Johnny Hodges and more for this recording from multiple sessions spreading from February 1958 to December 1959.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It's tempting for Blues in Orbit to be overlooked when Duke Ellington's best albums are discussed, but truly it's an undisputed gem. There are 11 tracks, none of them is longer than 4:50 and it is all good stuff. There are some familiar favorites such as \"In a Mellotone\" and \"C Jam Blues\" as well as less often heard gems like \"Blues in Blueprint and \"Sweet and Pungent.\" It is also in stereo, and the arrangements are superb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe featured performers include Ellington stalwarts Johnnie Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney and Jimmy Hamilton, as well as the less familiar Booty Wood and Matthew Gee. Johnnie, in particular is well showcased here, taking the lead not only in slow pieces like \"Brown Penny\" and \"Sentimental Lady\", but also in the rousing, \"Smada.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full Analogue Productions reissue treatment is at work on this smashing LP — famed mastering engineer Bernie Grundman handled the remastering from the original analog tapes. The lacquers were plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings, maker of the world's finest-sounding LPs. Lastly we've stashed each super-silent 200-gram disc in a premium Stoughton Printing gatefold jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of the takes were recorded during after midnight sessions recorded over two nights starting on December 2, 1959 in New York at Columbia Records' studio on East 30th Street. Each night Duke's late dinner arrived at 2 a.m. — a sizzling steak, a pot of coffee with lemons in it, portions of American cheese, and grapefruits. After dinner, and a breather for the band, the sessions finished around dawn in a swinging fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're just getting into jazz, this album is highly recommended as a great way to initiate your collection. The sound is incredible, with packaging to match. Another audiophile home run.” – \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/d\/106817\/Duke_Ellington-Blues_In_Orbit-200_Gram_Vinyl_Record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAcoustic Sounds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“it's an album worth tracking down, if only to hear the band run through a lighter side of its sound -- indeed, it captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the former and the technical polish of the latter. Ellington and company were just back from a European tour when the bulk of this album was recorded at one after-midnight session in New York on December 2, 1959 -- the arrangements had to be hastily written out when the copyist failed to appear for the gig. So on the one hand, the band was kicking back with these shorter pieces; on the other, the group was also improvising freely and intensely at various points.” – \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/blues-in-orbit-mw0000644737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5nifIOxB4n4XLxgJDqGJUG\" allowtransparency='“true\"' frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"498\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Duke+Ellington%22\"\u003eDuke Ellington\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlues In Orbit\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/label-analogue-productions\"\u003eAnalogue Productions\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/label-columbia\"\u003eColumbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 200g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis reissue: 2016 | Original - 1960\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig Band, Swing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog No:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAAPJ 056\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Columbia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456518693022,"sku":"753088005619","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/field4_f6dff6a8-a256-4df9-92aa-aa1ba7ec58ed.jpg?v=1677131237"},{"product_id":"hugh-masekela-hope-45rpm","title":"Hugh Masekela – Hope (Analogue Productions 33RPM Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHugh Masekela is a world-renowned South African flugelhornist, trumpeter, bandleader, composer, singer and defiant political voice. Masekela began to hone his, now signature, Afro-Jazz sound in the late 1950s during a period of intense creative collaboration, most notably performing in the 1959 musical King Kong, written by Todd Matshikiza, and, soon thereafter, as a member of the now legendary South African group, the Jazz Epistles (featuring the classic line up of Kippie Moeketsi, Abdullah Ibrahim and Jonas Gwangwa). — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hughmasekela.co.za\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom his roots as part of the Jazz Epistles in the 1950s, to his work in the 1960s within New York’s thriving jazz scene, to his famed anti-apartheid anthems such as \"Soweto Blues\" and \"Bring Him Back Home'' in the decades after – it is difficult to condense Masakela’s half century career as \"the father of South African jazz.\" Thankfully, we have his 1994 live album originally released on Triloka Records to guide us through his legendary discography. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHope\u003c\/em\u003e is a time-travelling expedition, surveying the most iconic tunes from Masakela’s repertoire. From his chart-topping instrumental hit “Grazing in the Grass,” to an early Afro-jazz fusion highlight in \"Abangoma,\" to a wonderful cover of Fela Kuti’s “Lady” - Hope is the ideal introduction to Masakela’s legacy as a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and political activist.  — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Analogue Productions reissue of Hugh Masekela's masterpiece\u003cem\u003e Hope\u003c\/em\u003e, now available on 33 1\/3 LP. Mastering from Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio; 180-gram knock-your-socks-off silent heavyweight vinyl plated and pressed by Quality Record Pressings. Stoughton Printing tip-on old-style heavyweight gatefold jacket. The ultimate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA longtime audiophile demonstration disc. \u003cem\u003eHope\u003c\/em\u003e will show off your system's dynamic range as well as any record ever released. Hugh Masekela, the outstanding South African trumpeter, assembled a seven-piece group and recorded this great set live at Washington, D.C.'s Blues Alley. The songs stretch over a period of nearly five decades and serve as an informal guided tour of Masekela's life. The songs are honest and bare, and as for the sound, wow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike a prior 45 RPM version that included seven songs, this 33 1\/3 reissue contains the full program as originally recorded with all 12 tracks included! Plus, as an added bonus, this version includes a special insert — featuring an exclusive interview with Grammy\/Emmy Award-winning engineer David Hewitt, who recorded Hope originally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hugh's record is right up near the top for a lot of reasons,\" Hewitt says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHewitt and his team were afforded the time they needed, and they pulled out all the stops to pull off what's now recognized as an all-time great recording. They used better-quality microphones, they were micing the room for ambient sound, and Masekela was performing for a sophisticated and appreciative audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We used stuff from our stash of mics as opposed to what you'd find typically at a jazz club. We actually had control via the record label and producers, so we could take our time. We had the ability to mic the room for abient sound. ... you've got people that actually know and appreciate the music and respond accordingly. What you've got there is all the right stuff at the right time and the right people, and then something magical happens.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to that magic unfold — put on this Analogue Productions reissue of \u003cem\u003eHope\u003c\/em\u003e, and be transported.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How sad, if timely: this stunning reissue of the 1994 live album arrived in the very week that trumpeter Masekela passed away. One of the most successful ambassadors ever for African music, his fusing of the continent's rhythms and instruments with contemporary jazz and rock proved irresistible. Nearly every one of you has heard him, thanks to guess spots with The Byrds and Paul Simon. His breakthough hit from 1968 — the infectious \"Grazing In The Grass\" — is here, along with another 11 tracks recorded at Blues Alley, the U.S. club that gave us Eva Cassidy. Notably, despite its early-1990s origins, this is all-analogue.\" — Sound Quality = 90% - Ken Kessler, HiFi News, May 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...\u003cem\u003eHope\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those intensely visceral, large as life, and immediately present recordings that will make pretty much any system sound at least very good, and will cause better ones to raise goose bumps.\" — Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, August 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...The high quality original mix plus Analogue Productions' superb mastering has resulted in a terrific, very transparent sonic with great impact.\" — John Henry, Audiophile Audition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/d\/127593\/Hugh_Masekela-Hope-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAcoustic Sounds\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2Ubm26bDPar5pEM0wsajZt\" allowtransparency='“true\"' frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Analogue Productions\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2018 \/ Original: 1994\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Folk, World\u003cbr\u003eStyle: African\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: TAV Essential Listening\u003cbr\u003eFile under:  Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Triloka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456525115550,"sku":"753088000614","price":85.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/ff5a557f9268e3a65521edd78813bbc35194e26e.jpg?v=1646291555"},{"product_id":"yo-yo-ma-chris-thile-edgar-meyer-bach-trios","title":"Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer ‎– Bach Trios","description":"\u003cp\u003eNonesuch Records releases an album of J.S. Bach works recorded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and bassist Edgar Meyer. Bach Trios comprises works by Bach originally written for keyboard instruments, plus one sonata for viola da gamba and features arrangements of pieces from The Well-Tempered Clavier, The Art of Fugue, and more. The Times of London calls Bach Trios \"effervescent\" and \"irresistible.\" In 2011, Ma, Thile, and Meyer – along with Stuart Duncan – collaborated on The Goat Rodeo Sessions, which won two Grammy Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer's first recording together was the 1996 album Appalachia Waltz, which also featured fiddler Mark O'Connor; that album was followed by Appalachian Journey, also with O'Connor, in 2000. Meyer and Thile also began playing together nearly two decades ago, and first performed live as a duo in 2003. They have made two duo albums, 2008's Edgar Meyer \u0026amp; Chris Thile and the Grammy-winning 2014 record Bass \u0026amp; Mandolin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThile then joined Meyer on Ma's 2008 holiday album, Songs of Joy and Peace, before the trio reunited, along with Stuart Duncan, for The Goat Rodeo Sessions, an album of original tunes drawing from the musicians' backgrounds in bluegrass, classical, and American roots music. The Goat Rodeo Session debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 on the classical and classical crossover charts, as well as No. 1 on the bluegrass chart, where it stayed for eleven weeks. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.musicdirect.com\/vinyl\/Yo-Yo-Ma-Chris-Thile-and-Edgar-Meyer-Bach-Trios-(Vinyl-LP)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ePress Release\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYo-Yo Ma, cello\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Thile, mandolin, guitar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdgar Meyer, bass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Bach Trios is made up of Bach works written for keyboard instruments, plus one sonata for viola da gamba.  Since there isn’t a keyboard or viola da gamba to be found among these three musical titans, the arrangements must make up for it, and what arises is a unique blend of stringed instruments that reinvent the compositions in new and exciting ways. Thile’s mandolin frequently yields the most startling, revelatory results; it often fills in for a missing piano or harpsichord.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdditionally, for an instrument that conjures up the feel of bluegrass, the listener is often reminded of Appalachia Waltz and Appalachian Journey, the albums Ma and Meyer recorded with fiddler Mark O’Connor. It’s a neat trick to give 18th century Baroque masterpieces just a hint of heartland Americana, but it works here because it’s done so subtly and not as a gimmick.”\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/review\/yo-yo-ma-chris-thile-and-edgar-meyer-bach-trios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ePopmatters\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5SbylfazVixJi7hahuuzvH\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"498\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Yo-Yo+Ma%22\"\u003eYo-Yo Ma\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Chris+Thile%22\"\u003eChris Thile\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Edgar+Meyer%22\"\u003eEdgar Meyer‎\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBach Trios\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Label+-+Nonesuch%22\"\u003eNonesuch\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaroque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog No:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e558933-1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Nonesuch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456543924382,"sku":"YoYoMaChrisDefaultTitle","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/S_bcb1c621-e5d8-4873-b704-59c2f7c8ae24.jpg?v=1664433401"},{"product_id":"royhaynesquartetoutoftheafternoon","title":"Roy Haynes Quartet ‎– Out Of The Afternoon","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoy Haynes was just about everywhere in the golden age of jazz, recording classic albums with some of the most legendary names of the genre: Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Bud Powell, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, Milt Jackson, McCoy Tyner and Jackie McLean. During this time he didn't record extensively as a leader, but he did produce two outstanding albums under his own name, the trio outing We Three (with Phineas Newborn and Paul Chambers) and the hard-bop-verging-on-post-bop Out Of The Afternoon, an excellent example of the adventurous spirit that was taking flight in the jazz world in the early 1960s. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How Haynes managed to hook up with Roland Kirk for Out Of The Afternoon is anyone's guess (as far as I can tell they didn't record together elsewhere, and Kirk did not make very many appearances as a sideman), but in any case when they stepped into the studio in May of 1962 the result was an exciting album that remains criminally under-appreciated despite the outstanding contributions of the all the players present. Tommy Flanagan shines on the piano, his delicate touch the perfect complement to Kirk and Haynes. Flanagan, like Haynes, seemed to have recorded with just about everyone in the '50s and '60s, and he may not be the first hard bop pianist that comes to mind when listing the greats, but he certainly had a serious impact on modern jazz as we know it, appearing on such classics as Giant Steps, Saxophone Colossus and Blues-Ette. – \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thejazzrecord.com\/records\/2016\/7\/11\/roy-haynes-quartet-out-of-the-afternoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTheJazzRecord.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0GJDQ99H4GvoBT4Ro5T2QJ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Analogue Productions ‎– AIPJ 23\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries: Impulse! 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Highlights include the Side 1 opener “Talkin’ About” and the modal masterpieces “Dhyana” and “David the King.” – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.bluenote.com\/*\/*\/The-Waiting-Game-LP-Tone-Poet-Series\/6Q7Q0000000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3z6u4GF6rQSObJ8AcgmYJ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Blue Note ‎– B0032109-01, Blue Note ‎– BST-40536, Blue Note ‎– BST 40536, Blue Note ‎– ST-40536\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet Series –\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 08 Jan 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Hard Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456649142430,"sku":"602508934193","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/TinaBrooks.webp?v=1664432295"},{"product_id":"alishaheedmuhammadadrianyoungeazymuthjazzisdead4","title":"Ali Shaheed Muhammad \u0026 Adrian Younge \/ Azymuth ‎– Jazz Is Dead 4","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn this unique Jazz Is Dead recording with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, the trio once again demonstrates their ability to elevate their collaborators while also showcasing their distinctive sound, continuing to redraw the boundaries of Brazilian jazz, futuristic funk and their beloved samba. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tinnitist.com\/2020\/11\/25\/now-hear-this-azymuth-adrian-younge-ali-shaheed-muhammad-azymuth-jid004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTinnitist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Saying it was an honor and pleasure to make an album with Azymuth is a huge understatement. To the crate diggers of the Jazz \u0026amp; Hip-Hop kind Azymuth’s music is very important. They are the soulful jazz side of Brazil with a dash of psychedelic blended in and a whole lot more. They are incredibly talented giants walking amongst us and they are very humble,” says Shaheed Muhammad. “I feel as if Adrian and I barely scratched the surface of what’s possible with Mamão, Alex and Kiko. The 004 album came together with ease. Watching them play the songs with so much vigor and delight taught me the importance of loving what you do. We hope that people will make this album a part of their regular rotation and I look forward to when we can kick it with Azymuth again.” – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tinnitist.com\/2020\/11\/25\/now-hear-this-azymuth-adrian-younge-ali-shaheed-muhammad-azymuth-jid004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAli Shaheed Muhammad\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/30mmbtPJOYzPZSb9q20Bdn\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Jazz Is Dead ‎– JID004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 × Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 23 Oct 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Jazz Is Dead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456660643998,"sku":"686162826377","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/77fccb9e4e4f49528d7506273f7dca498ee81834.jpg?v=1646293660"},{"product_id":"jackie-mclean-destination-out-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Jackie McLean – Destination... 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Inspired by this new musical direction and the tonal qualities of the band, McLean brought Moncur and Hutcherson back into the studio later that year with Larry Ridley on bass and Roy Haynes to record what would be his masterpiece of inside-out jazz: Destination… Out! On four original pieces—three by Moncur (“Love and Hate,” “Esoteric,” “Riff Raff”) and one of McLean’s (“Kahlil the Prophet”)—the quintet goes exploring, conjuring different moods and creating exciting new sounds that still sound fresh today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/jackie-mclean-destination-out-lp-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5G3L2XFdPWxKmsFSljLjj1?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note – 3876157, UMe – 3876157, Blue Note – 84165, Blue Note – ST-84165, Blue Note – BST 84165, Blue Note – 006002438761579\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note Classic Vinyl Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21 Jan 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHard Bop, Post Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456661790878,"sku":"602438761579","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/destination-out-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series.jpg?v=1646293714"},{"product_id":"grantgreen-borntobebluetonepoetseries","title":"Grant Green - Born To Be Blue (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough Grant Green provided his share of groove-oriented soul-jazz and modal post-bop, his roots were hard bop, and it is in a bop-oriented setting that the guitarist excels on \u003cem\u003eBorn to Be Blue\u003c\/em\u003e. Most of the material on this five-star album was recorded at \u003c\/span\u003eRudy Van Gelder\u003cspan\u003e's New Jersey studio on December 11, 1961, when Green was joined by tenor titan \u003c\/span\u003eIke Quebec\u003cspan\u003e, pianist \u003c\/span\u003eSonny Clark\u003cspan\u003e, bassist \u003c\/span\u003eSam Jones\u003cspan\u003e, and drummer \u003c\/span\u003eLouis Hayes\u003cspan\u003e. Tragically, \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e was near the end of his life -- the distinctive saxman died of lung cancer at the age of 44 on January 16, 1963 -- but there is no evidence of \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e's declining health on Born to Be Blue. He was playing as authoritatively as ever well into 1962, and the saxman is in fine form on hard-swinging interpretations of \"Someday My Prince Will Come\" and \u003c\/span\u003eAl Jolson\u003cspan\u003e's \"Back in Your Own Back Yard.\" It's interesting to hear \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e playing bop, for his big, breathy tone was right out of swing and was greatly influenced by \u003c\/span\u003eColeman Hawkins\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eBen Webster\u003cspan\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough \u003c\/span\u003eQuebec\u003cspan\u003e and Green (who was 14 years younger) had very different musical backgrounds, they were always quite compatible musically. They clearly enjoyed a strong rapport on the uptempo selections as well as ballads like \"My One and Only Love\" and \u003c\/span\u003eMel Torme\u003cspan\u003e's \"Born to Be Blue.\" — via AllMusic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/54Hn6pJrW564ZmaZDbK6Td?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note ‎Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet Series \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 gram, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2019 \/ Original Release: 1962\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Blue Note Tone Poet Series\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456676307102,"sku":"602577868443","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/68e30af02b992db8e6c8a134c2ed43d5146bdd95.jpg?v=1646294272"},{"product_id":"ninasimoneiputaspellonyouacousticsounds","title":"Nina Simone ‎– I Put A Spell On You (Acoustic Sounds Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1965 album I Put a Spell on You features some of Nina Simone's best-known songs. She covers the Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song \"I Put a Spell on You\". The original version gave the song an ironic theme, but Simone transformed it into a thrilling love song, complete with horns and strings. It had become one of her most well-known songs. She used the title for her 1992 autobiography \"I Put A Spell On You\". Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/d\/117252\/Nina_Simone-I_Put_A_Spell_On_You-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eVerve \/ Acoustic Sounds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3ofZeSWPHZOE5WC2tNZDez\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Verve Records ‎– PHS 600-172\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries: Acoustic Sounds Series –\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 13 Nov 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz, Funk \/ Soul, Blues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Soul-Jazz, Big Band, Cool Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Verve \/ Acoustic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456695345310,"sku":"602507274658","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/Nina-Simone-I-Put-A-Spell-On-You-1LPcopy.jpg?v=1710221619"},{"product_id":"freddie-hubbard-ready-for-freddie-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Freddie Hubbard – Ready For Freddie (Classic Vinyl Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Indianapolis-born trumpeter Freddie Hubbard introduced his prodigious talent on Blue Note Records with a run of remarkable albums recorded thru the early 1960s. At first rooted firmly in hard bop, Hubbard began to broaden his approach on his masterwork Ready for Freddie, recorded in August 1961. “The way in which I’m most interested in going is Coltrane-like,” Hubbard told liner note writer Nat Hentoff. Hubbard had recorded with Coltrane earlier in the year on the saxophonist’s Atlantic album Olé Coltrane and Africa\/Brass for Impulse. Hubbard further explained, “I mean different ways of playing the changes so that you get a wider play of colors.” To paint with those colors Hubbard assembled a band that included three musicians from Coltrane’s orbit: bassist Art Davis, pianist McCoy Tyner, and drummer Elvin Jones. The date also marked the first collaboration between Hubbard and Wayne Shorter, a startlingly original saxophonist and Hubbard’s soon-to-be bandmate in The Jazz Messengers when the trumpeter replaced Lee Morgan in Art Blakey’s flagship band later that year on seminal Blue Note albums including Mosaic and Buhaina’s Delight. Rounding out the unique sextet on Ready for Freddie is Bernard McKinney on euphonium, a mellow-toned brass instrument that enhanced the ensemble’s tonal palette. The album opens with Hubbard’s sprightly tune “Arietis,” a nod to his astrological sign Aries, before down-shifting into the sublime ballad “Weaver of Dreams,” a stunning performance by Hubbard where both his brilliant tone and awe-inspiring technical command of his horn are on full display. Following Shorter’s jaunty tune “Marie Antoinette,” the band pays homage to Charlie Parker with Hubbard’s fleet-footed tune “Birdlike.” The album comes to a close with the expansive and explosive “Crisis,” a Hubbard original that sought to capture some of the simmering tensions of the early-1960s. — (via Label)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1WW55eOxlZCvPWJDYmhZXD?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note – 3596791, UMe – 3596791, Blue Note – 84085, Blue Note – ST-84085, Blue Note – BST 84085, UMe – 00602435967912\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note Classic Vinyl Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, 180 Gram\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 Oct 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHard Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456700260510,"sku":"602435967912","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/unilp96791__97041-1630098724.jpg?v=1646294923"},{"product_id":"thetheloniousmonkquartetmonksdream","title":"The Thelonious Monk Quartet ‎– Monk's Dream (IMPEX Audiophile Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A TAV Essential Listening Album -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough highly regarded by his peers, commercial success eluded Thelonious Monk for the first three decades of his career. It wasn’t until his Columbia Records debut in 1963, that the American jazz pianist finally broke through with his best-selling album, \u003cem\u003eMonk’s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e. While his dissonant and angular approach to the piano was previously dismissed  as too difficult, perhaps Monk was simply too far ahead of the curve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this album, the exhilarating and unorthodox freedom Monk conveys was properly embraced in the post-bop era. Accompanied by bassist John Ore, saxophonist Charlie Rouse and drummer Frankie Dunlop, Monk’s Dream came true - realised by the vision, aptitude and immaculate craftsmanship he displays on iconic tracks such as \"Just a Gigolo\" and \"Bolivar Blues”, among others. — The Analog Vault\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonk's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e is the Columbia Records debut release featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Jazz scholars and enthusiasts alike also heralded this combo as the best Monk had been involved with for several years. Although he would perform and record supported by various other musicians, the tight -- almost telepathic -- dimensions that these four shared has rarely been equalled in any genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the early '60s, bop had become considered passé by artists as well as fans looking for the next musical trend. This is coupled with the fact that discerning Monk fans would have undoubtedly recognized many of these titles from several live recordings issued at the end of his tenure on Riverside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot to belabor the point, however, but precious few musicians understood the layer upon layer of complexities and challenges that Monk's music created. On tracks such as \"Five Spot Blues\" and \"Bolivar Blues,\" Rouse and Dunlop demonstrate their uncanny abilities by squeezing in well-placed instrumental fills, while never getting hit by the unpredictable rhythmic frisbees being tossed about by Monk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugmenting the six quartet recordings are two solo sides: \"Just a Gigolo\" and \"Body and Soul.\" Most notable about Monk's solo work is how much he retained the same extreme level of intuition throughout the nearly two decades that separate these recordings from his initial renderings in the late '40s. Monk's Dream is recommended, with something for every degree of Monk enthusiast. — via AllMusic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5VTlqV8lZH3YspQ1cDcjrL?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Impex Records \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2017 \/ Original Release: 1963\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Piano, Hard Bop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impex Records \/ Columbia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456703602846,"sku":"AIMX6014","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/AdSizeMonksDream-1_jpg.webp?v=1742306718"},{"product_id":"johncoltranequartetballads","title":"John Coltrane Quartet ‎– Ballads (Acoustic Sounds Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Coltrane's immortal Impulse! records, \u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e (1964) and \u003cem\u003eBallads\u003c\/em\u003e (1963) both have drawn rave reviews since their original release. A.B. Spellman, former administrator for the National Endowment for the Arts, once described Ballads as \"some of the most sensitive, heartfelt music that any lover ever sang on a horn.\" Put simply, most guys don't play the saxophone like John Coltrane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe intense passionate Coltrane interpretation of standards such as \"All Or Nothing At All,\" \"What's New,\" \"It's Easy To Remember\" and the Sinatra classic \"Nancy (With The Laughing Face)\" are the essence of \u003cem\u003eBallads\u003c\/em\u003e. When asked why attempt such an undertaking, Coltrane replied \"Variety.\" While it may have been a short detour by Trane before he exploded off into the nether regions of jazz music a few years later, it is still a fantastic document of one of the premier jazz groups of the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking to offer definitive audiophile grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded, Verve Label Group and Universal Music Enterprises' new audiophile Acoustic Sounds vinyl reissue series utilizes the skills of top mastering engineers and the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings. All titles are mastered from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co. in high-quality gatefold sleeves with tip-on jackets. The releases are supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, the world's largest source for audiophile recordings. — via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2fdnSzyVkyG5R0VJgo9Gv5?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Impulse!, Verve Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Acoustic Sounds Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2020 \/ Original Release: 1963\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Modal, Cool Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456746234014,"sku":"602508889301","price":75.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/71_ZhpWip5L.jpg?v=1741152223"},{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-maiden-voyage","title":"Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEven by the high-water marks set by Herbie Hancock’s tremendous 1960s Blue Note output, 1965’s \u003cem\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the pinnacle artistic achievements of the great pianist’s career. Hancock is joined here by his Miles Davis Quintet bandmates Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums, along with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and George Coleman on tenor saxophone. The quintet embarks on an oceanic exploration of five original Hancock compositions, several of which have since become enduring standards of the jazz lexicon including the title track, “Eye of the Hurricane,” and “Dolphin Dance.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/herbie-hancock-maiden-voyage-lp-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series?srsltid=AfmBOoroL2joX7InLKLUdYHamCg0iLVNdhdMpiIH-50GRx2I7Aiw5as0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLess overtly adventurous than its predecessor, \u003cem\u003eEmpyrean Isles\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e nevertheless finds Herbie Hancock at a creative peak. In fact, it's arguably his finest record of the '60s, reaching a perfect balance between accessible, lyrical jazz and chance-taking hard bop. By this point, the pianist had been with Miles Davis for two years, and it's clear that Miles' subdued yet challenging modal experiments had been fully integrated by Hancock. Not only that, but through Davis, Hancock became part of the exceptional rhythm section of bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams, who are both featured on Maiden Voyage, along with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and tenor saxophonist George Coleman. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quintet plays a selection of five Hancock originals, many of which are simply superb showcases for the group's provocative, unpredictable solos, tonal textures, and harmonies. While the quintet takes risks, the music is lovely and accessible, thanks to Hancock's understated, melodic compositions and the tasteful group interplay. All of the elements blend together to make \u003cem\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e a shimmering, beautiful album that captures Hancock at his finest as a leader, soloist, and composer. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/maiden-voyage-mw0000241413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe history of jazz is often told through the exploits of its firestarters, outsized personalities like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis who sent shockwaves through every bandstand they visited. That’s the headline level, and it’s useful for understanding various periods and styles. But as the music evolved and expanded in the 1960s, priorities shifted, and so did the roles of the players. There was need for musicians who were perhaps not always so flamboyant. The collective pursuit of a sound became as important as individual heroics, and that created opportunities for gifted team players and facilitators, musicians who sought to complement what was happening rather than dazzle people all the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e springs from the mind of one of the most adept and creative of the sound-sculpting facilitators, pianist and composer Herbie Hancock. By the time he recorded this, Hancock had been in the Miles Davis Quintet for several years, an experience he, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams, the rhythm section here, all described as transformative. Among Hancock’s tasks in that group was to create expansive landscapes for Davis; the pianist stoked and framed what became epic discussions by drawing on a range of sources. His accompaniments might glance at the syncopated jabs of 1920s Ellington, or the clusters of free jazz, or the gorgeous pastel chords associated with Debussy. Hancock has said that in the Davis fold he learned about space and subtlety, about how something small and slight, like a three-note chord, could trigger torrents of spontaneous creativity. To hear that in action, consult virtually any recording of the ‘60s Quintet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr check out this record, because Hancock brought those strategies for conjuring and slyly shaping a tune into his own projects. \u003cem\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e, arguably his peak solo statement from the 1960s, appropriates elements of the Davis group dynamic for a transfixingly understated meditation on the lure of the sea. It’s a classic that’s justifiably revered for its compositions and its solos, and also, perhaps most importantly, the rich and delicate interactions that run throughout. The album is a perfect case study in the art of group interplay; it offers an array of thoughtful answers to the question “How, exactly, does conversation happen in jazz?” Hancock starts with the notion of melody: Each of these five pieces is built around a singable theme, one that’s durable enough to be inverted, paraphrased or passed around the group in the heat of improvisation. The melodies of Hancock’s tunes serve as a kind of through-line, echoing in the margins. Hancock refers to his themes, in oblique ways, when accompanying trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and tenor saxophonist George Coleman: He’s cultivating an atmosphere of expansive openness, and sometimes those glancing references help remind everyone involved about the dimensions of the canvas, the color palette and overall tone. This tactic proves particularly wise on the deceptively challenging “Dolphin Dance:” The mood is placid but the solos get stormy, and whenever it seems like the music is about to fracture, Hancock slips in some little phrase that gathers everyone back together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the headstrong jazz year 1965, lots of players were screaming “Look what I can do!” trying to grab attention by any contrived means possible. Hancock’s \u003cem\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e represents the flipside of all that: His windblown, undulating, intentionally low-key environment proceeds from the belief, acquired from Davis, that a minimal setting can inspire all kinds of meaningful musical conversations. Everybody is listening carefully, and out to enhance the proceedings. There is great grace, and concision, in every gesture here, and it’s not an accident that within these discussions, there are also bold, wailing outbursts and provocations. That’s what happens when everyone involved is in pursuit of musical aptness rather than audacity. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenote.com\/spotlight\/herbie-hancocks-maiden-voyage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7huPJTTsWVt854oZkr88mf?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2021 \/ Original Release: 1965\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop, Modal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456781033630,"sku":"602435931968","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/unilp93196__06933-1627705636.jpg?v=1646297023"},{"product_id":"jimmysmithwithstanleyturrentineprayermeetintonepoetseries","title":"Jimmy Smith With Stanley Turrentine ‎– Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note Tone Poet series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the Hammond B-3 organ in jazz during the mid-1950s. Arguably his finest recorded moments came during the sessions he recorded with tenor saxophone giant Stanley Turrentine in the early 1960s which helped define soul jazz.Recorded in 1963, Prayer Meetin’ is brimming with the kind of late-night soulful blues grooves that made the Smith and Turrentine collaborations such classics. Highlights of the session include the incredible interplay between Smith, Turrentine, guitarist Quentin Warren, and drummer Donald Bailey on the title track and “Red Top,” while Turrentine delivers a ballad tour-de-force on “I Almost Lost My Mind.” — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/jimmy-smith-prayer-meetin-lp-tone-poet-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/64YCPfhaVROS1Ai2Y54mcB\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2020 \/ Original: 1964\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz \u003cbr\u003eStyle: Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ Blue Note Tone Poet \u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records (Tone Poet series)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456789094558,"sku":"602508811326","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/02c6225b9ad51643410a374cdf9c05cc07cbe73a.jpg?v=1646297273"},{"product_id":"raycharlesraycharlesliveinconcert","title":"Ray Charles ‎– Ray Charles Live In Concert","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile remaining a compelling performer well into his long career, Charles was never more essential than on this live recording. He had not grown bored with his material yet, and he played and sang with all to the playful soul and sensuality he had brought to the music 15 years before. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe introduces and sings \"I Got A Woman\" (1955) like it was recorded the previous day, respecting the song the for what it provided him—and us (The The Rolling Stones should be so graceful). He plays organ on \"Georgia on my Mind,\" infusing more soul than thought possible into the Carmichael\/Gorrell classic. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf the previously unreleased material (besides \"Georgia\") \"That Luck Old Sun,\" \"Busted\" and \"My Baby (I Love Her, Yes I Do)\" make the greatest additions to the original release. Charles fronts a big band, the format he used with such success a few years earlier on Genius + Soul = Jazz! (reissued Concord, 2010). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has both alto saxophonist Hank Crawford and tenor saxophonist David \"Fathead\" Newman in the horn section, giving a touch of the older days. This is prime genius in his prime. 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Consisting of a single continuous composition, divided into four tracks and six movements - the American double bass doyen, alongside his 11-piece band, crafted a complex aural exploration of his own tortured psyche. This album is a structurally adventurous and hauntingly eloquent song suite, a multi-layered swirl of emotion manipulated through a rumbling swarm of saxes, flamenco guitar lines and expressive upper woodwinds. 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The latter was a highly interactive quartet session featuring Pharoah Sanders on tenor saxophone and piccolo, Henry Grimes on bass, and Ed Blackwell on drums that presented five Cherry originals including “Awake Nu” and “The Thing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/don-cherry-where-is-brooklyn-lp-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5MfuoMr4VQqgrjQcQiPc2z?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note – 3876171, UMe – 3876171, Blue Note – BST 84311, Blue Note – BNST 84311, Blue Note – 00602438761715\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note Classic Vinyl Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21 Jan 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456934846622,"sku":"602438761715","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-2390999-1327279119.jpg?v=1646299647"},{"product_id":"tinabrooks-minormovetonepoetseries","title":"Tina Brooks - Minor Move | Tone Poet Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded in 1958, Minor Move was Tina Brooks’ very first recording, though it wasn’t released until 1980, 6 years after his tragic death at the age of 42. 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As Larry Kart notes in the album liners, Brooks’ sound, with its prayerful, airy and speech-like tone, sets him apart. “Brooks was one of those musicians for whom feeling and sound were one.” On this set featuring 2 Brooks originals and 3 standards, the saxophonist is joined by a veritable who’s who of hard bop royalty with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Sonny Clark on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/collections\/tone-poets\/products\/tina-brooks-minor-moves-lp-tone-poet-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5g0JJixBHg3QsqxW9tVJjH\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/281-Blue-Note\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e ‎– B0030487-01\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet Series –\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, \u003ci\u003e180g, Gatefold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 25 Oct 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Hard Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456939139230,"sku":"602577868450","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/e76bc557e283b975996ef48059b7793668d162cc.jpg?v=1646299722"},{"product_id":"mccoy-tyner-tender-moments-tone-poet-series","title":"McCoy Tyner – Tender Moments (Tone Poet series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn his second Blue Note album Tender Moments, pianist and composer McCoy Tyner explored the colors and textures available in a nonet setting with some of the finest musicians of the time: Lee Morgan on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, James Spaulding on alto saxophone and flute, Bob Northern on French horn, Howard Johnson on tuba, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. Highlights of the session include dedications to John Coltrane (“Mode to John”) and Thelonious Monk (“The High Priest”) as well as the stunning ballad “All My Yesterdays.” – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/mccoy-tyner-tender-moments-lp-tone-poet-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBlue Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eBlue Note Records’ Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/47T9Kj8G4Pmt4K8wSXk32P?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note – B0032110-01, Blue Note – BST 84275\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeries:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note Tone Poet Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 Dec 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHard Bop, Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records (Tone Poet series)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41467290157214,"sku":"602508934292","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-16429149-1611184342-4822.jpg?v=1646648267"},{"product_id":"stanley-turrentine-rough-n-tumble-tone-poet-series","title":"Stanley Turrentine – Rough 'N Tumble | Tone Poet Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eStanley Turrentine’s 1966 soul jazz classic Rough ‘N Tumble finds a deep and bluesy groove that doesn’t let up from start to finish. Joining Turrentine are the crème de la crème: Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, James Spaulding on alto saxophone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Grant Green on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Mickey Roker on drums. Highlights include soulful covers of Ray Charles’ “What Could I Do Without You,” Burt Bacharach’s “Walk On By,” and “Feeling Good,” which Nina Simone had recorded the year before. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/collections\/stanley-turrentine\/products\/stanley-turentine-rough-n-tumble-lp-blue-note-tone-poet-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. 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In between recording 2 venturous modernist sessions—\u003cem\u003eLet Freedom Ring \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e One Step Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e—that would set the tone for the alto saxophonist’s future explorations, came the seemingly more conventional and relaxed quartet date \u003cem\u003eTippin’ The Scales\u003c\/em\u003e. Recorded in September 1962 but not released until 1979, the date featured McLean with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Art Taylor on drums delivering a swinging hard bop set that presented 2 originals by McLean (“Tippin’ the Scales” and “Rainy Blues”) along with 3 by Clark (“Nursery Blues,” “Nicely,” and “Two For One”), as well as a tender version of Vernon Duke’s “Cabin in the Sky.” — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/jackie-mclean-tippin-the-scales-lp-blue-note-tone-poet-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eRecorded in between his modernist masterpieces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eLet Freedom Ring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eOne Step Beyond\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eTippin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e' the Scales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e finds Jackie McLean returning to a safer, more straightforward hard bop scenario for a short spell. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtreme 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. 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Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio in New Jersey alongside pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones - Hartman and Coltrane proceeded to craft one of the lushest and most poignant ballad albums ever to grace the American jazz cannon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFeaturing six subtle yet vividly dramatised renditions of classics such as “My One and Only Love” and “Lush Life”, this dreamy and romantic 31-minute collection is a prized jewel on Impulse! Records’ impressive catalogue. A superb album of lyrical beauty and sophisticated melodies that continues to leave an indelible mark over a half century later.  — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sublime Sophistication Of John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman: the duo made a lush, poignant album that remains a high point in both artists’ careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn March 7, 1963, John Coltrane made one of his most lush and poignant albums, it was one on which he shared center stage, not with another instrumentalist but unusually with a singer. The singer was 40-year-old Johnny Hartman whose debut recording was Songs from the Heart, recorded with a quintet for Bethlehem Records released in 1955. When they arrived at the studio they had no charts, no prior arrangements worked out, this recording of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman was without a net, but then again all the musicians knew these songs by heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record the two of them made together was released on the impulse! label later in the year and it stands as one of the finest records by Coltrane, a record of lyrical beauty that is simply one of the greatest albums in the jazz canon. Johnny Hartman’s baritone voice blends perfectly with Coltrane’s tenor sax that is the vocal extension of the saxophonist’s earlier Ballad’s album. “Lush Life,” was a last minute addition to the album, after they heard Nat King Cole’s version on the way to the studio. It’s a song that says everything about this pairing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoining Coltrane and Hartman at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio in New Jersey that day are, pianist, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison on bass and drummer, Elvin Jones. From the opening bars of “They Say It’s Wonderful” that features Tyner tripping over the black and whites you know that this is a special record. When Hartman sings it’s confirmed. But it’s the sheer poetry of Coltrane’s tenor saxophone that joins Hartman in what is more akin to a duet than an accompaniment that lifts this from outstanding to beyond compare. A little over two minutes into the opening number Coltrane fires off a solo of sheer perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of the songs, as you would expect, are covers and besides the two numbers already mentioned there’s “Dedicated To You,” “My One and Only Love” – one of the other standout numbers – “You Are Too Beautiful” and “Autumn Serenade.” According to Hartman, the album’s songs were all done in one take, with the exception of “You Are Too Beautiful” which required a second run-through after Elvin Jones dropped one of his brushes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the brilliance of this record, it’s surprising to learn that Hartman was not initially very enamored with the idea. When producer Bob Thiele approached him suggesting the album, a suggestion that came from Coltrane, the singer was hesitant. Hartman did not consider himself a jazz singer and did not think he and Coltrane would complement one another musically. Hartman went to see Coltrane perform at Birdland and, after the show, the two of them, along with Tyner, went over a few numbers and it just clicked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s 31 minutes of sublime and sophisticated jazz that everyone should hear, and better yet, own. — (via \u003ca href=\"update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Coltrane's matchup with singer Johnny Hartman, although quite unexpected, works extremely well. Hartman was in prime form on the six ballads, and his versions of \"Lush Life\" and \"My One and Only Love\" have never been topped. Coltrane's playing throughout the session is beautiful, sympathetic, and still exploratory; he sticks exclusively to tenor on the date. At only half an hour, one wishes there were twice as much music, but what is here is classic, essential for all jazz collections. — (via Scott Yanow \/\/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/john-coltrane-and-johnny-hartman-mw0000263500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5e3mq4TT4RLn4VXfgKV6MU?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Impulse!, Verve Records, UMe\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Acoustic Sounds Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 1963\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Pop\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop, Vocal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: TAV Essential Listening\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Jazz Vocals (Audiophile)\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41674283286686,"sku":"602438089536","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/51u7zQpQA4L._UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1709885533"},{"product_id":"stan-getz-joao-gilberto-featuring-antonio-carlos-jobim-getz-gilberto","title":"Stan Getz \/ Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim – Getz \/ Gilberto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond being one of the best-selling jazz albums of all-time, \u003cem\u003eGetz\/Gilberto\u003c\/em\u003e also represents the crowning achievement of bossa nova. The illustrious coming together of American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist\/singer João Gilberto, alongside composer\/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim, was a watershed moment that brought the cool jazz, elegant sambas and the exotic flavours of Rio De Janeiro into the mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeadlined by classics such as “The Girl From Ipanema” and “Corcovado” - both sung by João's wife Astrud Gilberto in her first professional recording session -\u003cem\u003e Getz\/Gilberto\u003c\/em\u003e was a soft and sensuous album of unassailable beauty that embodied bossa nova's dreamy romanticism. This universally beloved record is the rare album that will appeal to purists and the casual public alike. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova's finest moment, Getz\/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova's greatest innovators - guitarist\/singer João Gilberto and composer\/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim - to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic. Ever since Jazz Samba, the jazz marketplace had been flooded with bossa nova albums, and the overexposure was beginning to make the music seem like a fad. Getz\/Gilberto made bossa nova a permanent part of the jazz landscape not just with its unassailable beauty, but with one of the biggest smash hit singles in jazz history - \"The Girl From Ipanema,\" a Jobim classic sung by João's wife, Astrud Gilberto, who had never performed outside of her own home prior to the recording session. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond that, most of the Jobim songs recorded here also became standards of the genre - \"Corcovado\" (which featured another vocal by Astrud), \"So Danço Samba,\" \"O Grande Amor,\" a new version of \"Desafinado.\" With such uniformly brilliant material, it's no wonder the album was such a success but, even apart from that, the musicians all play with an effortless grace that's arguably the fullest expression of bossa nova's dreamy romanticism ever brought to American listeners. Getz himself has never been more lyrical, and Gilberto and Jobim pull off the harmonic and rhythmic sophistication of the songs with a warm, relaxed charm. This music has nearly universal appeal; it's one of those rare jazz records about which the purist elite and the buying public are in total agreement. Beyond essential. — (via\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/getz-gilberto-mw0000649528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e AllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/73ZRKdD3Ds43IjHrhKgucY?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Verve Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Acoustic Sounds Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Series, Remastered, Stereo, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2020 \/ Original Release: 1964\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Latin\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve \/ Acoustic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41674324344990,"sku":"602508688027","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Stan-Getz.jpg?v=1652342112"},{"product_id":"brother-jack-mcduff-moon-rappin-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Brother Jack McDuff – Moon Rappin' (Classic Vinyl Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrother Jack McDuff was already a well-established and prolific organist who led his own soul jazz bands throughout the 1960s when he came to Blue Note Records in 1969. Following his label debut \u003cem\u003eDown Home Style\u003c\/em\u003e, McDuff made one of the most creatively ambitious albums of his career with \u003cem\u003eMoon Rappin’\u003c\/em\u003e, which was released in 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album featured 5 funky, spaced-out McDuff originals including hard-grooving numbers like “Flat Backin’” and “Loose Foot,” as well innovative tracks like “Moon Rappin’” and “Oblighetto,” which would later be permanently ingrained into hip hop history when it was sampled by A Tribe Called Quest as the foundation of 2 of their all-time classic tracks: “Scenario” and “Check the Rhime.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/jack-mcduff-moon-rappin-lp-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series?srsltid=AfmBOopph7KWISDIPPN-bZpAgAtx88u94n2WrvapPWPgtZKHevfa7UI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoon Rappin' \u003c\/em\u003eis one of Brother Jack McDuff's most ambitious efforts, a loose concept album that finds the organist exploring funky and spacy soundscapes. Unlike most McDuff records, there isn't a steady groove that flows throughout the record - the album flies into atmospheric territory that isn't strictly soul-jazz, but it's far from free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many ways, \u003cem\u003eMoon Rappin' \u003c\/em\u003eis a fairly typical album of its time, boasting wah-wah guitars, flutes, spacious reverb, long bluesy vamps, orchestras, and disembodied backing vocals, but it also stands out from the pack in how it offers some excellent improvisation (including a rare piano spotlight on the title track) and unpredictable moments, like the stuttering organ and nearly free interludes on \"Made in Sweden.\" — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/moon-rappin-mw0000223048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/25sQE6mJ38XKqKm4VKgWp8?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note \u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original: 1970\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ Blue Note Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⦿\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41742734393502,"sku":"602445352050","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/BrotherJackMcDuff-MoonRappin_ClassicVinylSeries.jpg?v=1654772044"},{"product_id":"freddie-hubbard-breaking-point-tone-poet-series","title":"Freddie Hubbard – Breaking Point! 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The rest of the program traverses modal jazz (“Far Away”), the blues (“Blue Frenzy”), and stunningly beautiful balladry (Chambers’ “Mirrors”) to create one of the more remarkable albums in Hubbard’s formidable Blue Note oeuvre. — via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0FeZbhuzIoD7E5ru2eDpIH?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 gram, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 1964\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Blue Note Tone Poet Series\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41781122498718,"sku":"602435519821","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/freddie-hubbard-breaking-point-blue-note-tone-poet.webp?v=1741244641"},{"product_id":"gerald-wilson-big-band-moment-of-truth","title":"Gerald Wilson Big Band – Moment Of Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Mississippi, Gerald Wilson spent formative years in Detroit before launching a celebrated career as a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After moving to Los Angeles, Wilson signed with Pacific Jazz and in 1961 began a decade-long run of spectacular recordings including 1962’s Moment of Truth. The action-packed 9-song set (including 7 originals) is a showcase for Wilson’s many strengths as he uses the vibrant colors his dynamic big band to paint a variety of musical scenes including the swaggering blues of the title track, the irrepressible Latin groove of “Viva Tirado,” a fleet-footed version of “Milestones” by Miles Davis, and the evocative textures of “Teri” featuring Joe Pass on guitar. Other notable members of the ensemble include trumpeter Carmell Jones, trombonist Lou Blackburn, alto saxophonist Bud Shank, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Jack Wilson, and drummer Mel Lewis. - \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/gerald-wilson-moment-of-truth-blue-note-tone-poet-series-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3XUNtYxmNFeuPupygikFAL?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.9368%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.9368%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLabel:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePacific Jazz – B0033487-01, Blue Note – B0033487-01, Pacific Jazz – ST-61, Blue Note – ST-61, Pacific Jazz – Stereo-61, Blue Note – Stereo-61\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeries:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlue Note Tone Poet Series\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCountry:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReleased:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3rd June 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGenre:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBig Band, Soul-Jazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41781140783262,"sku":"602435732060","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Blue-Note_04d790e1-100d-4d4e-b296-cf136fd5e864.jpg?v=1655368541"},{"product_id":"hank-mobley-featuring-kenny-dorham-sonny-clark-curtain-call-tone-poet-series","title":"Hank Mobley Featuring Kenny Dorham \u0026 Sonny Clark – Curtain Call | Tone Poet Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s a sign of the sheer volume of top-notch hard bop that Blue Note was recording in the 1950s-60s that a supremely swinging date like Hank Mobley’s 1957 album Curtain Call would sit in the vaults unreleased until 1984. Mobley himself was in the middle of a particularly prolific streak that year with the tenor saxophonist recording 6 sessions for Blue Note in 1957 alone. This highly-enjoyable 6-song set includes 4 Mobley originals including the extended opener “Don’t Get To Hip,” the hard-charging title track, and the bright swing of “The Mobe” along with 2 standards (“Deep In A Dream” and “My Reverie”) performed by a quintet with Mobley joined by Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Clark on piano, Jimmy Rowser on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/hank-mobley-curtain-call-lp-blue-note-tone-poet-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1BoPscUZWGRFtPeUdrXI1c?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.9308%; height: 179.091px; 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Stylistically, Fitzgerald and Armstrong had very different histories; he started out in Dixieland before branching out into classic jazz and swing, whereas Fitzgerald started out as a swing-oriented big-band vocalist before becoming an expert bebopper. But the two of them have no problem finding common ground on \u003cem\u003eElla \u0026amp; Louis Again\u003c\/em\u003e, which is primarily a collection of vocal duets (with the backing of a solid rhythm section led by pianist \u003c\/span\u003eOscar Peterson\u003cspan\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne could nitpick about the fact that Satchmo doesn't take more trumpet solos, but the artists have such a strong rapport as vocalists that the trumpet shortage is only a minor point. Seven selections find either Fitzgerald or Armstrong singing without the other, although they're together more often than not on this fine set. — via AllMusic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4zWqQOob980K9drUrUGM8M?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Verve Records, UMe\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Acoustic Sounds Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, 180 Gram, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 1957\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Swing, Vocal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz - Vocals (Audiophile)\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve \/ Acoustic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152695726238,"sku":"602435971988","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/ab67616d0000b273f3ef24160fe698be09d35830.jpg?v=1665641508"},{"product_id":"bobby-hutcherson-stick-up","title":"Bobby Hutcherson – Stick Up! 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It's quite possibly the hardest-swinging album he ever cut, and part of the credit has to go to the stellar rhythm section of McCoy Tyner on piano, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, who lay down a driving, pulsating foundation that really pushes Hutcherson and tenorist Joe Henderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTyner in particular is a standout, charging relentlessly forward on the intricate \"8\/4 Beat\" and \"Black Circle\" and lending a Coltrane-ish flavor to the spiritually searching \"Verse.\" The lone non-Hutcherson piece, Ornette Coleman's sometimes overlooked \"Una Muy Bonita,\" is given a fantastic, rollicking treatment as catchy as it is progressive, proving that the piece is a classic regardless of whether it's interpreted freely or with a steady groove and tonal center. Hutcherson's originals are uniformly strong and memorable enough to sit very well next to it, and that -- coupled with the energetic performances -- ranks Stick-Up! with Dialogue and Components as the finest work of Hutcherson's tenure at Blue Note. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/stick-up%21-mw0000028035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllmusic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/66CAtljsOdCUxSiEtiNy9h?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100.051%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.8715%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.8715%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLabel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlue Note – B0033489-01, Blue Note – BST 84244\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlue Note Tone Poet Series\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, 180 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCountry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReleased\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4 Nov 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGenre\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePost Bop, Modal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records (Tone Poet series)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42262707372190,"sku":"602435732169","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/BobbyHutcherson-Stick-Up.jpg?v=1669269961"},{"product_id":"harold-vick-steppin-out","title":"Harold Vick – Steppin' Out!","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1963, tenor saxophonist Harold Vick made his sole album as a leader for Blue Note, the underrated soul jazz gem Steppin' Out. The record finds its groove from the first downbeat and stays firmly in the pocket throughout this set featuring Blue Mitchell, Grant Green, John Patton, and Ben Dixon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7HqkMvgztRqpBLNntKb9wb?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; 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Particularly focused on Duke Ellington compositions, this LP also features the earliest version of Peterson's own \"Hymn to Freedom.\" An exceptional vinyl record that takes you on an immersive musical journey. With their remarkable chemistry and outstanding musicianship, the trio delivers a collection of tracks that will captivate jazz enthusiasts and newcomers alike.The album showcases Peterson's technical prowess as he effortlessly moves across the keys, leaving listeners in awe of his skillRecorded Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood, December 16, 1962. — via Label\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eAcoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve\/Universal Music Enterprises\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes\u003cbr\u003e180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings\u003cbr\u003eStoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets\u003cbr\u003eSeries supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4gPYH4cFOgaukEpzcAr7vw?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Verve Records, UMe\u003cbr\u003eAcoustic Sounds Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 gram, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Original Release: 1963\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42454070952094,"sku":"602438075867","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/51uVmuvDlVL._AC_SL1200.jpg?v=1741258657"},{"product_id":"donald-byrd-at-the-half-note-cafe-volume-1-tone-poet-series","title":"Donald Byrd – At The Half Note Cafe Volume 1 (Tone Poet Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrumpeter Donald Byrd was just 2 years into his two decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet in to 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eByrd 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 \u003cem\u003eOff To The Races\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eByrd In Hand\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFuego\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eByrd In Flight\u003c\/em\u003e. After an introduction by WOV disc jockey Ruth Mason (who would later become Ruth Lion, wife of Blue Note founder Alfred Lion), the band hits the ground running on Pearson’s up-tempo “My Girl Shirl” before downshifting into Byrd’s blues “Soulful Kiddy.” Side 2 opens with a beautiful ballad performance of “A Portrait of Jennie” before stretching out on another original blues by Byrd titled “Cecile” and concluding Volume 1 with the band’s theme “Pure D. Funk.” — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/donald-byrd-at-the-half-note-cafe-vol-1-lp-blue-note-tone-poet-series?srsltid=AfmBOooG3rdC6KZm_lDfOxBUwfgzxVE8_CE1MblwEaBmCS8Ny9ZCK6cr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllMusic say:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is one of the most essential hard bop purchases in the canon. The performances of Pearson showcase his improvisational acumen at its height. His soloing on studio records pales in comparison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was a hot quintet, one that not only swung hard, but possessed a deep lyricism and an astonishing sense of timing, and one need only this set by them to feel the full measure of their worth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI say amen to that. AllMusic has my vote. This quintet swings without mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePepper Adams had been a regular collaborator with Byrd in the late Fifties, recording together for Blue Note on \u003cem\u003eByrd in Hand\u003c\/em\u003e back in 1957. For some time after Byrd had been working with Jackie McLean and Hank Mobley, but in late 1960, Adams reappeared with Pearson and a new rhythm section, in form of the new quintet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVan Gelder plunges you into the front row again, and you get a sense of what it must have been like in the presence of the New Donald Byrd Quintet, especially the  irrepressible angry-buzzing of  Pepper Adams baritone paired with Byrd’s bright upper register and mercurial phrasing, a perfect combination and refreshing change from tenor-driven standard bop fare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese two-volume live Blue Note club dates, like the Blakey \u003cem\u003eCafé Bohemia\u003c\/em\u003e and at the \u003cem\u003eCorner of the Jazz World\u003c\/em\u003e sessions, are an awe-inspiring experience, offering an immersive evening-in the likes of which many of us will never otherwise enjoy in the flesh. Add to the list the Riverside Village Vanguard sessions of Bill Evans, Miles Davis at the Plugged Nickel and at the Blackhawk, Shelley Manne at the Manhole, Thelonious Monk’s Europen Tour, Newport Festival. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/05\/donald-byrd-at-the-half-note-cafe-vol-1-1960-blue-note\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLondon Jazz Collector\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Blue Note Tone Poet Series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtreme 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was 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 gatefold tip-on jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1RPl1x7AYF2YP8xFisj7Y3?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Original: 1961\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42454182789278,"sku":"602438145867","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/s-l1600_9a351328-ad76-454c-9298-5e6d358878d3.jpg?v=1676981370"},{"product_id":"jackie-mclean-bluesnik-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Jackie McLean – Bluesnik (Classic Vinyl Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlto saxophonist Jackie McLean was already a veteran of the NYC jazz scene by the time he began recording as a leader for Blue Note in 1959. 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Over the course of six original blues pieces the band goes from strength to strength, blazing out of the gate on McLean’s title tune and moving through every hue of blue from the leader’s shuffling “Goin’ Way Blues” to the pianist’s bright theme “Drew’s Blues” and Hubbard’s no-nonsense “Blues Function.” - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/collections\/jackie-mclean\/products\/jackie-mclean-bluesnik-lp-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6Z0WFkHsVLpDZA7lVZlJgH?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eBlue Note\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 4859549,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUMe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 4859549,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBlue Note\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 00602448595492,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUMe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 00602448595492,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBlue Note\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– ST-84067,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBlue Note\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 84067,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBlue Note\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– BST 84067\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eBlue Note Classic Vinyl Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eVinyl,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e180 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReleased:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2023-02-17\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e17 Feb 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHard Bop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42503712309406,"sku":"602448595492","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/bLUES_ea273983-27a8-44fe-a45f-d0d37274707b.jpg?v=1679562966"},{"product_id":"horace-parlan-quintet-speakin-my-piece-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Horace Parlan Quintet – Speakin' My Piece | Classic Vinyl Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest known for his work with Charles Mingus, pianist Horace Parlan began recording for Blue Note in 1960 with an excellent run of hard bop classics including?Speakin' My Piece, a quintet date featuring a frontline of Stanley Turrentine (saxophone) and Tommy Turrentine (trumpet) with the rhythm team of George Tucker (bass) and Al Harewood (drums). 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In the late 1960s, Blue Note was no longer the most adventurous of jazz labels. While certain titles managed to scrape through -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEddie Gale's Ghetto Music\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e did but only because \u003c\/span\u003eFrancis Wollf\u003cspan\u003e personally financed it -- many didn't. The label was firmly in the soul-jazz groove by then, and Hill's music, always on the edge, was deemed too outside for the label's roster. Musically, this is Hill at his most visionary. From hard- and post bop frames come modal and tonal inquiries of staggering complexity. Accompanied by trumpeter \u003c\/span\u003eCharles Tolliver\u003cspan\u003e, saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003eJoe Farrell\u003cspan\u003e, drummer \u003c\/span\u003eBilly Higgins\u003cspan\u003e and bassist \u003c\/span\u003eVictor Sproles\u003cspan\u003e, Hill engages, seemingly, all of his muses at once. Check out the sinister modal blues that is \"Fish 'N' Rice\" with its loping Eastern-tinged blues and loping horn lines around Hill's knotty fills in the head and choruses. In \"Partitions\" the steaming head is so rigorously tangled it's only the counterpoint of Hill's piano that makes an exit possible, with deep blues underpinnings and strident swinging soul. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title cut dances Afro-Cuban in the head, but Hill's piano is in a minor modal groove, with \u003c\/span\u003eHiggins\u003cspan\u003e playing a textural, syncopated four-four as \u003c\/span\u003eSproles\u003cspan\u003e' punches on the two and four as the solos begin winding through the modes, bringing back the blues on tags. 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At a time when the \"anti-jazz\" tag was being tossed around, Dolphy's nonlinear, harshly harmonic music gave some critics grist for the grinding mill. A second or third listen to Dolphy's music reveals an unrepentant shadowy side, but also depth and purpose that were unprecedented and remain singularly unique. The usage of bassist \u003c\/span\u003eGeorge Duvivier\u003cspan\u003e and cellist \u003c\/span\u003eRon Carter\u003cspan\u003e (an idea borrowed from Dolphy's days with \u003c\/span\u003eChico Hamilton\u003cspan\u003e) gives the music its overcast color base, in many ways equally stunning and uninviting. Dolphy's ideas must be fully embraced, taken to heart, and accepted before listening. The music reveals the depth of his thought processes while also expressing his bare-bones sensitive and kind nature. The bluesy \"Serene,\" led by \u003c\/span\u003eCarter\u003cspan\u003e alongside Dolphy's bass clarinet, and the wondrous ballad \"Sketch of Melba\" provide the sweetest moments, the latter tune identified by the fluttery introspective flute of the leader, clearly indicating where latter-period musicians like \u003c\/span\u003eJames Newton\u003cspan\u003e initially heard what would form their concept. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree pieces owe alms to \u003c\/span\u003eCharles Mingus\u003cspan\u003e: his dark, moody, doleful, melodic, and reluctant composition \"Eclipse\"; the co-written (with Dolphy) craggy and scattered title track featuring Dolphy's emblematic alto held together by the unflappable swing of drummer \u003c\/span\u003eRoy Haynes\u003cspan\u003e; and \"The Baron,\" the leader's dark and dirty, wise and willful tribute to his former boss, accented by a choppy and chatty solo from \u003c\/span\u003eCarter\u003cspan\u003e. \"17 West,\" almost a post-bop standard, is briefly tonal with a patented flute solo and questioning cello inserts, while the unexpected closer written by \u003c\/span\u003eHale Smith\u003cspan\u003e, \"Feathers,\" is a haunting, soulful ballad of regret where Dolphy's alto is more immediately heard in the foreground. A somber and unusual album by the standards of any style of music, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOut There\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eexplores Dolphy's vision in approaching the concept of tonality in a way few others -- before, concurrent, or after -- have ever envisioned. — via AllMusic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2GTMwdiWPXKD6wvKgbolIp?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Analogue Productions, Prestige, New Jazz\u003cbr\u003eSeries: The Prestige Stereo Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 1961\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop, Free Jazz, Modal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jaz\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Prestige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506668245150,"sku":"753088825217","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/a2603537032_10.jpg?v=1679472490"}],"url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/limited-edition.oembed?page=4","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}