 | Ref: Impulse CIPJ 38 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD The second of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's two
Impulse albums features the 25-year old in three separate settings. He
is heard along with a tenor-saxophonist backed by strings ("Skylark," "I
Got It Bad" and "Chocolate Shake" are all given beautiful treatments),
with a 16-piece band and in a septet with Eric Dolphy and Wayne Shorter.
This well-rounded and highly recommended showcase shows why Freddie
Hubbard was considered the top trumpeter to emerge during the early
'60s.
Mastered by Kevin Gray.
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
Art Davis, bass
Tommy Flanagan, piano
Curtis Fuller, trombone
John Gilmore, tenor saxophone
Louis Hayes, drums | | |  | Ref: Blue Note CBNJ 84149 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD Analogue Productions' Blue Note and Nat "King" Cole Reissues WIN A Positive Feedback 2010 Brutus Award!
"...if you haven't picked up every one of the Blue Note and Nat King
Cole reissues from Chad Kassem and company at Acoustic Sounds, you're really missing out!" - David W. Robinson, Positive Feedback, Issue 52
One
of Mobley's best, this album features two 1963 all-star quintets: one
with Lee Morgan and Andrew Hill, the other with Donald Byrd and Herbie
Hancock. Philly Joe Jones is the driving force throughout.
Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone
Andrew Hill, piano
John Ore, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums
Donald Byrd, trumpet
Herbie Hancock, piano
Lee Morgan, trumpet
Butch Warren, bass | | |  | Ref: Impulse CIPJ 77 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD Right from the very first hearing, absolutely
every single jazz critic shared the same opinion - whether trained
musicians or not, true or would-be jazz expert: A Love Supreme is John Coltrane's most important recording. And the rave reviews which appeared in the magazines Downbeat, Jazz Hot, Jazz Podium and Swingjournal
reflected this: critics all over the world, in America, Europe and
Japan recognized that Coltrane's deep religious belief had influenced
both his approach to life and his music-making. It not only enabled him
to express himself with great intensity but also lent him the necessary
inner peace to conceive a work of almost 40 minutes in length and to
lead his quartet along the same path as himself.
Recorded in 1964.
Mastered by Kevin Gray.
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Garrison, bass
Elvin Jones, drums
McCoy Tyner, piano | | |  | Ref: CMOB 2074 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD A debut seemingly sent from the musical heavens, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's Texas Flood
announces the arrival of a truly special talent - namely, the last
major blues guitarist to emerge with a voice all his own, an immediately
distinctive style and a soulfulness that you feel inside the depths of
your existence. Not for nothing was Vaughan frequently mentioned in the
same breath as his closest musical cousin, Jimi Hendrix.
This
staggering 1983 album has been remastered and reconfigured multiple
times, yielding sporadic results. Mobile Fidelity finally gets it right:
Mastered from the original master tapes, this hands-down definitive
digital version brings Vaughan and Co. into your listening room and
places them at your feet. Vaughan's trademark Fender Stratocaster has
never sounded more real, electric or authentic on record. | | |  | Ref: Riverside CAPJ 9433 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD In a remarkable display of their musical range and
sensitivity, the buoyant alto sax of Adderley and introspective piano of
Evans move effortlessly toward a middle ground that shows both to great
advantage. Recorded in 1961, the sound quality of these master tapes is
breathtaking: a real audiophile dream disc! Featuring Percy Heath on
bass and Connie Kay on drums.
Originally released in 1961.
Cannonball Adderley, saxophone (alto)
Bill Evans, piano
Percy Heath, bass
Connie Kay, drums | | |  | Ref: Impulse CIPJ 5 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD "...Let me cut to the chase here and recommend that
you buy two copies - one to enjoy and the other to hold for resale,
because some day Acoustic Sounds' license will run out and lots of jazz
fans will be kicking themselves for not buying a copy. Kevin Gray has
turned out a perfect remastering job and this is my choice for reissue
of the year." Recording = 10/10; Music = 10/10 - Dennis Davis, Hi-Fi+, Issue 68
As
Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he
is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. Blues And The Abstract Truth
is his triumph as a musician for the aspects of not only defining the
sound of an era with his all-time classic "Stolen Moments," but on this
recording, assembling one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever.
Lead trumpeter Freddie Hubbard is at his peak of performance, while alto
saxophonists Nelson and Eric Dolphy (Nelson doubling on tenor) team to
for an unlikely union that was simmered to perfection. Bill Evans
(piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Roy Haynes (drums) can do no wrong as a
rhythm section.
Originally released in 1961.
Mastered by Kevin Gray.
Oliver Nelson, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
George Barrow, baritone saxophone
Paul Chambers, bass
Eric Dolphy, flute, alto saxophone
Bill Evans, piano
Roy Haynes, drums
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet | | |  | Ref: Contemporary/OJC CAPJ 7530 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD Mastered off the original two-track tape recorded
with a tube AKG-C12 microphone on a tube Ampex 350 machine. Features
Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Over his long and
distinguished career, Sonny Rollins has made many dozens of albums.
Among those recorded during the fifties, Prestige's Movin' Out and Colossus, Blue Note's A Night at the Village Vanguard, Riverside's The Sound of Sonny, and Way Out West on Contemporary qualify as all-time Rollins classics.
The session for Way Out West, Rollins' first ever in
California, was called for 3 a.m. to accommodate everyone's busy
schedules. Sonny, who could never be accused of overstatement, announced
after four hours of recording: "I'm hot now."
"This SACD reveals the musician's dynamic shadings like never
before. Stereo it is, but the sound is so three-dimensional that I
didn't mind the lack of 5.1 surround mix. To be honest, I'm thankful
they didn't tamper with this classic. I've heard too many botched
attempts. The whole affair feels very live, very in the moment - you
know, like a jazz record." - Steve Guttenberg, Home Theater
Recorded in 1957.
Sonny Rollins, saxophone (tenor)
Ray Brown, bass
Shelly Manne, drums
| | |  | Ref: First Impression Music CFIM068 - XRCD24 CD This is real light music of the best kind.
Tuneful,
exotically scored by the conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and
giving orchestra and recording engineers alike a chance to show their
paces, the Suite Española makes highly entertaining listening. We are given here seven pieces from Albeniz's original piano suite plus Cordoba, which is from the same composer's Cantos de Espana. As this has a very fetching tune to end the record graciously, no one is likely to complain. But try the opening Castile for its glittering castanets or the Asturias with its eloquent and sonorous brass chords to offset the flurry of strings. This is a demonstration disc par excellence. | | |  | Ref: JVC RCA Toscanini CJVC01 - XRCD24 CD Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra performing Respighi's Pines Of Rome, Fountains Of Rome and Roman Festivals. Tracks 1-4 were recorded in 1953, 5-8 were recorded in 1951 and 9-12 were recorded in 1949. | | |  | Ref: Chesky CCRJ 310 SA - Hybrid Stereo SACD Manhattan is an album that captures the
dynamic moods of the world's greatest city as interpreted through the
supple interplay of this stellar trio of pianist David Hazeltine,
bassist George Mraz and drummer Billy Drummond. Fittingly enough, Manhattan is the first of seven titles to be released as part of Chesky's The New York Sessions
series. This new series will feature today's greatest jazz musicians
captured with Chesky's world-renowned minimalist recording techniques.
"…pianist
David Hazeltine, bassist George Mraz and drummer Billy Drummond have
established an easy chemistry that hinges on their shared sense of time
and conversational exchanges within the structure of each song." – Bill
Milowksi | | |
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