To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a special jazz series to honor the legacy the label has built over decades. Timeless philosophy is to bring quality music of great talents that will live on in the future, hence the label's name Timeless Records. You'll be surprised by the music, mastering and pressing quality of this series, highly recommended.

• Limited Edition
• 1000 Individually Numbered Units
• Translucent Green Vinyl
• Pressed in Holland at Record Industry
• LP 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl

Carter Jefferson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who first made name for himself as member of Woody Shaw's first working quintet. As a sideman, Carter played amongst many jazz icons, including Art Blakey, Walter Davis, Jr. and Jack Walrath. In 1978, he released his first and only solo studio album, The Rise Of Atlantis, which was produced by Woody Shaw. For the recordings, Jefferson is backed by Terumasa Hino, Harry Whitaker, Clint Houston, Victor Lewis, Steve Thornton, Lani Groves, Shunzo Ono and John Hicks.

The Rise Of Atlantis is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent green coloured vinyl and includes liner notes by Michael Cuscuna on the back sleeve.

It was 1975 when Wim Wigt founded Timeless Records with the help of his wife Ria. Wim was a renowned agent and jazz musician. Wim's career in music was initiated as a hobby that got out of hand. Wim and Ria organized concerts and small tours throughout the Netherlands, but at the request of many American jazz musicians, their business went international and grew exponentially. They worked with Machito, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, set up numerous tours for Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Pharoah Sanders, and organized concerts with Dionne Warwick, Chuck Berry, The Hollies, Alan Parsons, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Benson and Nina Simone. To top things off, Wim and Ria acted as management during Chet Baker's latter years, which are also seen as Baker's most prolific years.

During those same years, Wim and Ria founded Timeless Records. Their first release was Cedar Walton's Eastern Rebellion, which is considered by many as one of the best bebopjazz recordings from the seventies. As of 2020 - 45 years later - the label had issued some 900 releases and founded three sub-labels, including Limetree Records. Notable releases include Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet, McCoy Tyner's Bon Voyage, Lou Donaldson's Forgotten Man, and albums by the George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet, Chet Baker, Bill Evans and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a special jazz series to honor the legacy that the label has built over the past decades.

“Our philosophy is always to bring quality music of great talents that will live on in the future, hence our labels name Timeless Records. We are happy to celebrate our 45 anniversary in this way and hope this collaboration with MOV and MOCD will reach new listeners.” - Wim and Ria Wigt

Musicians:

Bass – Clint Houston
Congas, Percussion – Steve Thornton
Drums – Victor Lewis
Piano – Harry Whitaker, John Hicks
Tenor & Soprano Saxophone – Carter Jefferson
Trumpet – Shunzo Ono
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Terumasa Hino

Track Listing:

A1 Why
A2 The Rise Of Atlantis
A3 Wind Chimes
B1 Changing Trains
B2 Song For Gwen
B3 Blues For Wood

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