Curtis Fuller: The Opener OOP (Music Matters MMBLP-1567) 2xLP Vinyl 45RPM NM/NM
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Description
An incredible out-of-print addition to your collection!
Vinyls are NM - no scratches/hairlines and they sound beautiful. Labels in great shape as well.
Sleeve is NM - no cracks to interior gatefold spine, no bent/tweaked corners; very subtle wear to the front that can only be seen in raking light (see second photo).
Doesn’t include the original MM clear bag! Originally purchased directly from the MM website - record has had only one owner (me).
Ships in a Mighty Music mailer with the records outside of the sleeve.
As always, please see photos and feel free to write with any questions!
From the MM website:
When bebop took over from swing, it was feared that the trombone was on its way to becoming a minor instrument. Few other than J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding could figure out how to play the potentially-awkward trombone at the rapid speeds favored by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. However Curtis Fuller, who emerged in the mid-1950s, developed a style inspired by J.J. Johnson that became an influential force and helped to save the instrument.
By the time he recorded The Opener in 1957, Fuller was the definitive hard bop trombonist, a position that he would own after spending several years in the 1960s as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. For his debut Blue Note album, Fuller digs into three standards, two originals and "Oscalypso" (a calypso by Oscar Pettiford), showing that the trombone has an important role in modern jazz, at least by those who could play on this level. His warmth, swing and consistently colorful ideas make The Opener one of Curtis Fuller's most exciting and memorable.
Like all Music Matters Jazz releases, this audiophile vinyl reissue is mastered from the original analog tape and pressed on 180g virgin vinyl at RTI in Camarillo, CA. The highest quality gatefold cover features original session photography on the inside.
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