ILLINOIS JACQUET "SWING'S THE THING" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 200G, LE, NE, SO, NEW
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ILLINOIS JACQUET "SWING'S THE THING"
2012 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES", ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1956, 2LP, 45RPM, 200G VIRGIN VINYL, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS NUMBER 98 OF A SOLD-OUT EDITION, MASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS, SALINA, KS.
"DON'T LET THE OCTOBER 16TH 1956 MONO RECORDING DATE FOOL YOU: THIS JEAN-BAPTISTE "ILLINOIS" JACQUET SESSION WAS RECORDED IN LOS ANGELES, PROBABLY AT LEGENDARY RADIO RECORDERS, AND THE SOUND WILL KNOCK YOU DOWN...IF THE OPENER "LAS VEGAS BLUES" DOESN'T GET YOU, THE SECOND TUNE, THE FAMILIAR "HARELM NOCTURNE" WILL! THE SONIC MOOD IS STRICTLY FISH NET STOCKINGS "FILM NOIR". WHEN JACQUET REACHES DOWN TO THE LOWER LIMITS OF HIS TENOR ON "...NOCTURNE" YOU'LL FEEL AS IF THE WALLS OF YOUR LISTENING ROOM JUST MIGHT CRUMBLE."--MICHAEL FREMER, RATED 9 OUT OF 10 FOR MUSIC, 10 OUT OF 10 FOR SOUND
"THIS 1956 VERVE RELEASE FROM ILLINOIS JACQUET FINDS THE TENOR GREAT ACCOMPANIED BY THE LIKES OF ROY ELDRIDGE (TRUMPET), JIMMY JONES (PIANO), HERB ELLIS (GUITAR), RAY BROWN (BASS) AND JO JONES (DRUMS). SWINGING AND SOULFUL IN EQUAL MEASURES, THE 6-SONG SET IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE TRACKS "LAS VEGAS BLUES", HARLEM NOCTURNE" AND "ACHTUNG"."
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