Created in 1982, Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics (OJC) series served as a home for the label’s impressive jazz catalog. Its goal was to reissue influential jazz albums with the utmost care and reverence for the originals, from the cover art and liner notes to the audio recordings. Craft Recordings' passion for meticulous preservation and quality, made it a natural step to relaunch OJC in 2023.

• Original Jazz Classics series
• All-analog mastering from the original tapes
• Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.
• Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, USA
• Presented in Tip-On Jacket with Obi

Since its inception in 1982, Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics® (OJC) series quickly established a reputation as the go-to imprint for collectible jazz reissues. OJC served as a home for the label’s impressive jazz catalog – which had grown to include thousands of celebrated titles from Prestige, Galaxy, Milestone, Riverside, Debut, Contemporary, Jazzland, and Pablo. Drawing on this vast wealth of material, Original Jazz Classics released over 850 titles.

Its goal was simple: to reissue influential jazz albums with the utmost care and reverence for the originals — from the cover art and liner notes to the audio recordings themselves. Given Craft Recordings' shared passion for meticulous preservation and quality, it is a natural step to relaunch Original Jazz Classics as part of the Craft family.

2023 will see the continuation of this influential jazz series on audiophile-quality vinyl and new hi-res digital, through the ongoing release of several of the most coveted (and long out-of-print) albums in this vast collection.

The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album (1975) brings together two legends of modern music. Featuring just vocal and piano, without any additional musicians, the two artists selected the songs and worked out the arrangements for what was to become the first of two albums together. This new edition is released as part of the OJC Series and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. It is presented in a Tip-On Jacket. 

Musicians:

Tony Bennett - vocals
Bill Evans - piano

Track Listing:

1. Young And Foolish
2. The Touch Of Your Lips
3. Some Other Time
4. When In Rome
5. We’ll Be Together Again
6. My Foolish Heart
7. Waltz For Debby
8. But Beautiful
9. Days Of Wine And Roses

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