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
• 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
• Capa Deluxe
• Mono

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

Recorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson’s short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Watkins At Large was the first of only two albums that the great bassist Doug Watkins would make as a leader. The Detroit native had moved to New York and begun to garner recognition for his contributions to the Art Blakey-Horace Silver co-led iteration of the Jazz Messengers as well as Bud Powell’s trio when Wilson decided to give him the opportunity to front his own recording date. Along with a first-rate ensemble featuring trumpeter Donald Byrd, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Duke Jordan, and drummer Art Taylor, Watkins swings through a stellar set of blues, ballads, and more including originals written by Jordan, Burrell, and Thad Jones.

This mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket with a booklet.

Músicos:

Hank Mobley - tenor sax
Donald Byrd - trompete
Kenny Burrell - guitarra
Duke Jordan - piano
Doug Watkins - baixo
Art Taylor - bateria

Lista de Faixas:

A1: Return To Paradise
A2: Phinupi
B1: Phil T. McNasty's Blues
B2: More Of The Same
B3: Panonica

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