Pablo Records was a jazz label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, releasing records by Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and many more. This Analogue Productions series comprises 15 titles, all analog mastering, with the very best highlights of the Pablo catalog, hand-picked by Chad Kassem. Cut from the original master tapes and pressed at Quality Record Pressings.

• Analogue Productions Pablo Records Series
• LP 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
• Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
• Analog cut directly from the Original Master Tape
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings, QRP USA
• Tip-On Old Style Cover by Stoughton Printing 

180-gram vinyl Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tape

Housed in Stoughton Printing tip-on single pocket jacket

One of the pieces on this album is called "The Blues Machine," which could stand as a description of the big band Count Basie operated for half a century. In the 1983 edition, Basie molded the talents of a mixture of veterans and relative youngsters to produce the immediately identifiable Basie sound and spirit.

Sam Nestico's arrangements, so vital to the band in Basie's final years, are featured on four tracks. On the remaining two, Basie heads up a small unit with saxophonists Chris Woods and Kenny King, the rapidly developing young trumpeter Bob Summers, and guitar wizard Joe Pass.

Mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tape, and pressed at Quality Record Pressings for optimal sound quality, this Analogue Productions 180-gram reissue is everything jazz fans expect from an audiophile reissue. Housed in a single pocket Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.

Musicians:

Count Basie - piano
Cleveland Eaton - bass
Dennis Mackrel - drums
Bob Summers - trumpet, flugelhorn
Dale Carley - trumpet
Sonny Cohn - trumpet, flugelhorn
Frank Szabo - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jim Crawford - trumpet
Booty Wood - trombone
Grover Mitchell - trombone
Dennis Wilson - trombone
Bill Hughes - trombone
Eric Dixon - tenor sax, flute
Eric Schneider - tenor sax, flute
Danny Turner - alto sax, flute
Christopher Woods - alto sax, flute
John Williams - baritone sax
Joe Pass - guitar
Kenny Hing - tenor saxophone

Track Listing:

Side A

1. Bluesville (6:57)
2. 88 Basie Street (4:45)
3. Contractor's Blues (7:49)

Side B

1. The Blues Machine (6:27)
2. Katy (2:31)
3. Sunday At The Savoy (12:34)

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