The Duke Jordan Trio So Nice Duke XRCD24
Superior Audiophile Sound on XRCD24!
Jazz pianist Duke Jordan is joined here by Jesper Lundgaard on bass and Aage Tanggaard on drums for a session recorded live at Nagaya on June 14, 1982. Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie Parker’s so-called “classic quintet” (194748), featuring Miles Davis. He participated in Parker’s Dial sessions in late 1947 that produced “Dewey Square,” “Bongo Bop,” “Bird of Paradise,” and the ballad “Embraceable You.” These performances are featured on Charlie Parker on Dial.
The Fabulous Fats Navarro Vol. 1 Tone Poet Classic Vinyl Series
The prodigiously talented trumpeter Fats Navarro was a bebop innovator whose career was cut tragically short when he died in 1950 at age 26. As part of the 1500 series Blue Note later compiled this 12” LP with selections from various dates Fats had featured on from 1947–49 with the Tadd Dameron Sextet, Bud Powell Quintet, and the McGhee-Navarro Boptet.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
The Famous Sound of Three Blind Mice Vol.1 2LP 180 Gram Vinyl Limited Edition Impex Records 2018
By 1998 interest in Takeshi ‘Tee’ Fujii’s phenomenal success with his Three Blind Mice jazz label led him to make a compilation of his favorite tracks. He chose recordings made between 1973 and 1978 for the resulting album, which he titled The Famous Sound of Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1. The most popular and sought after tunes were all included, cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering!
- Limited Edition
- First Time Available on Audiophile Vinyl!
- 2LP 180 Gram Vinyl Pressed at RTI, USA
- Cut by Chris Bellman
- Remastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Deluxe Gatefold Cover
The Funk Firm Boing Isolation Feet
- Isolates turntable from acoustic feedback and seismic vibration from footfall etc.
- Replacement turntable feet with spring and damper isolation solution
- Adjustable spring rate by adding or subtracting springs copes with a range of turntable weights ensures that the resonant frequency is below the listening range
- Damping can be added to reduce motion – especially useful for DJ’s
The Funk Firm Boing Isolation Feet for Clearaudio Concept
- These feet are for the Clearaudio Concept turntable set of 3 feet
- Isolates turntable from acoustic feedback and seismic vibration from footfall etc.
- Replacement turntable feet with spring and damper isolation solution
- Adjustable spring rate by adding or subtracting springs copes with a range of turntable weights ensures that the resonant frequency is below the listening range
- Damping can be added to reduce motion – especially useful for DJ’s
The Funk Firm Boing Isolation Feet for Technics SL1200/1210 Turntables
- These feet are for the Technics SL1200/1210 turntable set of 4 feet
- Isolates turntable from acoustic feedback and seismic vibration from footfall etc.
- Replacement turntable feet with spring and damper isolation solution
- Adjustable spring rate by adding or subtracting springs copes with a range of turntable weights ensures that the resonant frequency is below the listening range
- Damping can be added to reduce motion – especially useful for DJ’s
The Gil Evans Orchestra – Out Of The Cool 180g – Acoustic Sounds Verve Re-Issue
“The album is worth getting for the 15 minutes of ‘La Nevada’ alone but the rest is equally great including the cinematic side closer ‘Where Flamingoes Fly.’ … The sonics here with a cut from the master tape by Ryan K. Smith (yes, the master tape- I have a current photo that for some reason I can’t share with you) are incredibly transparent, spacious and flat-out thrilling … and somewhat brighter and less mid-band rich than the long out of print Alto-Analogue edition Bernie Grundman cut in 1997. Both are worth having for different sonic reasons and if you have a clean original Rudy Van Gelder cut (A-4) you may think you are set, but that cut is less spacious, somewhat dynamically compressed, has the RVG lower bass roll-off and is definitely less transparent — not that it’s bad and some people do like the more ‘in your face’ excitement. This one’s here now though! Do not miss it!” — Music = 10/11; Sound = 10/11 – Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet.com.
The Groundhogs – Scratching The Surface – Pure Pleasure Records 180G Vinyl
The Groundhogs' debut album is a long way from the "classic" sound of the better-known Thank Christ for the Bomb/Split/Who Will Save the World? trilogy.
Indeed, the mellow classic blues through which the band pursues its nine tracks offer the unsuspecting listener little more than a direct blast from the peak of the British blues boom past.
The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet: Free Jazz Speakers Corner 180g Vinyl
The term ‘free jazz’ was already in existence – but it had a quite different meaning, namely jazz without paying for an entrance ticket. The album “Free Jazz”, however, was intended to lend its name to a quite different style of jazz. ‘Free’ playing – now this meant that no one was bound to conventions, you could let your imagination run loose. Free jazz gave one the chance to find new rules for every new composition. And it was to be the greatest boost to innovation in the world of jazz. Ornette Coleman’s album from December 1960 stands at the beginning of the free jazz era like a massive portal.
The Oscar Peterson Trio – West Side Story – Verve 200g 45 RPM Vinyl
One of the first Broadway musical scores to be overtly jazz-influenced was Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, a tale of rival street gangs in the inner city. In 1962, pianist Oscar Peterson put his light-swing signature on the already popular score, making it, in the words of one critic, "a delight to hear again" and earning him a Grammy nomination.
Originally released in 1962
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The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons – Analogue Productions Prestige (Stereo) 180g Vinyl
Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All cut at 33 1/3
All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 180-gram LPs pressed at Acoustic Sounds' state-of-the-art pressing plant, Quality Record Pressings, plated by Gary Salstrom
Tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock
“One of the best efforts from Ammons' extensive catalog. A fat, warm, rich sax tone — you know, the one you immediately identify as Jug — is on display in all its glory on this great Moodsville release. Feeling tired and stressed out? Give Uncle Gene a spin. Besides perfect pitch, Ammons' other special gift was a melodic sense that allowed him to effectively convey feelings at slow tempos. Here is a great jazz ballad player given full scope to spin his charms." — Stereophile, February 1995
