Reedições Vinil Audiófilo Blue Note Records Tone Poet. Joe Harley co-fundador da aclamada editora de vinil audiófilo Music Matters Jazz é o produtor desta nova série, títulos seleccionados masterizados a partir das fitas master originais em vinil 180g e capas deluxe. Masterização por Kevin Gray na Cohearent Audio e vinil prensado na Record Technology Incorporated, RTI nos EUA.

• Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series
• 80º Aniversário da Blue Note 
• Masterização Totalmente Analógica
• Corte por Kevin Gray na Cohearent Audio
• Masterizado a partir das Fitas Master Originais Analógicas
• Reedição supervisionada por Joe Harley (Music Matters)
• Prensagem RTI USA Vinil  Audiófilo 180 Gramas

The Blue Note Tone Poet 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 (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Extreme 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 180-gram audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is it!

"Per Don Was's direction, everything about this reissue series closely mirrors the Music Matters releases that so impressed Was..." - Michael Fremer, Analogplanet

Released in 1969, Herbie Hancock's album, The Prisoner, is a powerful but overlooked masterpiece. A moving tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, this nonet session features some of the most exceptional instrumentalists in jazz including Joe Henderson, Johnny Coles and more. Hancock said of The Prisoner: "I've been able to get closer to the real me with this album than on any other previous one." Blue Note Tone Poet Series features all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Throughout his brilliant career, Herbie Hancock has always pushed musical boundaries, exploring a wide variety of jazz idioms while bringing his flair and innovation to every single setting. His Blue Note albums of the 1960's ranged all the way from post bop to Latin jazz, to straight ahead and free form. 1969's The Prisoner served as his final recording for the label and one of his first after exiting Miles Davis' quintet. The ambitious post-bop date finds the music legend in a nonet with the likes of Joe Henderson (tenor sax, alto flute), Johnny Coles (flugelhorn), Garnett Brown (trombone), Buster Williams (bass) and Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums). A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King and the oppression of his fellow African Americans, Hancock explained that he was, "able to get closer to the real me on this album than on any other previous one."

Músicos:

Herbie Hancock, piano & piano eléctrico
Johnny Coles, fluegelhorn
Joe Henderson, tenor saxofone & flauta alto
Garnett Brown, trombone
Buster Williams, baixo
Albert "Tootie" Heath, bateria
Hubert Laws, flauta
Jerome Richardson, clarinete baixo & flauta
Romeo Penque, clarinete baixo
Tony Studd / Jack Jeffers, trombone baixo

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A

1. I Have A Dream
2. The Prisoner

Lado B

3. Firewater
4. He Who Lives In Fear
5. Promise Of The Sun

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