KENNY DORHAM "WHISTLE STOP" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, RVG, LE, NE. SO, NEW/SEALED
  $   115

 


$ 115 Sold For
Nov 6, 2021 Sold Date
Jul 30, 2021 Start Date
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                                                                                          KENNY DORHAM "WHISTLE STOP"
2008 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84063, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION (#558) OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER AND MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE TAPE, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"KENNY DORHAM'S DEATH AT THE AGE OF 48 ROBBED THE WORLD OF ONE OF THE FINEST TRUMPET PLAYERS AND COMPOSERS JAZZ HAS EVER SEEN. THIS 1961 RECORDING FEATURES ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT ENSEMBLES IN MODERN JAZZ, WITH HANK MOBLEY, KENNY DREW, P[AUL CHAMBERS AND PHILLY JOE JONES. "WHISTLE STOP" IS ONE OF DORHAM'S FINEST DATES AND FEATURES SOME OF HIS STRONGEST WRITING."
"...THESE FIRST FIVE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS BLUE NOTE RE-ISSUES ARE PURE POP GENIUS...THE BEST NEWS IS THAT KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN WERE KEEN ENOUGH TO DO NOTHING MORE THAN GENTLY CLEAN UP THE MASTERS, BRINGING US EVEN CLOSER TO THE HARD BOP EDGE. THE 45 RPM PRESSINGS THAT I RECEIVED WERE ALL SUPER QUIET WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF RESOLUTION FROM THE MASTER TAPES. I HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN JUST HOW GOOD PAUL CHAMBERS AND PHILLY JOE JONES WERE TOGETHER AS THE BACKBONE OF THESE GROUPS. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS MUSIC BUT I DIDN'T REMEMBER IT SOUNDING THIS GOOD! HANK MOBLEY OFFERS US SOME BRILLIANT SAX BITS ON ONE OF KENNY DORHAM'S FINEST RECORDINGS, "WHISTLE STOP" AND DEXTER GORDON'S PERFORMANCE BLEW ME AWAY AS WELL. THE BIGGEST SURPRISE WERE THE LEE MORGAN RECORDS. I SUGGEST TURNING THESE UP LOAD, SINCE THEY POSSESS UNLIMITED ENERGY AND SOME HOOKS THAT WILL KNOCK YOU OUT. AMAZING! JUST A SMALL WARNING: ONCE YOU START PLAYING THESE BLUE NOTE RECORDINGS YOU WILL BE HOOKED. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT ACOUSTIC SOUNDS IS WORKING ON AT LEAST 20 MORE OF THESE JAZZ GEMS. SO MAKE SURE YOURTURNTABLE HAS A SETTING FOR 45 RPM, CLEAN YOUR STYLUS OCCASSIONALLY, AND GET READY TO BE TRANSPORTED TO NIRVANA."--DAN BABINEAU, TONE AUDIO
"RIGHTFULLY CONSIDERED ONE OF KENNY DORHAM'S BEST, THIS ALBUM FEATURES GREAT ORIGINALS AND GREAT TRUMPET PLAYING. THE SUPERB CAST CONSISTS OF HANK MOBLEY, KENNY DREW, PAUL CHAMBERS AND PHILLY JOE JONES. THE TITLE TUNE AND "PHILLY TWIST" ARE OFTEN HEARD, BUT THE ENTIRE ALBUM REPRESENTS A GREAT COMPOSING ACHIEVEMENT FOR KENNY DORHAM." 


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