SONNY CLARK Cool Struttin' Music Matters/BLUE NOTE 1588 2LP 45 RPM 180g SEALED
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SONNY CLARK Cool Struttin'
New & Sealed Vinyl 2 Record Set - 45 RPM
Record Label: Music Matters / Blue Note BNLP1588-45
Now out of print and growing harder to find, this is part of the Blue Note Definitive 45rpm Reissue Series... a series of great LP titles from the vast Blue Note catalog. Cut at 45RPM by Kevin Grey and Steve Hoffman using the original Rudy Van Gelder engineered stereophonic session tapes. They are the first, totally uncompressed, versions of these jazz classics and sound like no other!
Pressed on two discs of 180 Gram Vinyl by RTI and housed in ultra-durable, extra thick gatefold album jackets with session photos in stunning high resolution, this is the definitive issue of this classic Blue Note title.
Record is new and still sealed in it's original plastic sleeve. Perforation is completely intact. Corners are sharp, colors vibrant and spine is straight. There are no flaws or blemishes. 100% mint.
Songs:
1. Cool Struttin'
2. Blue Minor
3. Sippin' at Bells
4. Deep Night
Review: With the single exception of Kind of Blue, Sonny Clark's Cool Struttin' is almost certainly the coolest jazz album of all time. Whereas Kind of Blue gets its vibe from modal jazz, Cool Struttin' depends mainly on the blues, relatively simple and straight ahead. Calling this 'hard bop' is correct but this does not do justice to the chemistry at work here. It is one of those rare recorded moments, as on "Kind Of Blue", where everything is in a state of sublime balance, when the music making is made to seem so effortless that you could easily miss the brilliance of it all. The two albums were made within twelve months of each other.
The pairing of Art Farmer (trumpet) with Jackie McLean (alto sax) on Cool Struttin' is the second great contributor to the making of this great jazz album. They had played together in the mainly mainstream blues based Gene Ammons band for a number of years before the Cool Struttin' session and the rapport between them is noticeable. Art Farmer's sophisticated trumpet sound is an excellent complement to Jackie McLean's altogether more direct alto sound, drawing Jackie McLean more 'inside' than he was to be on almost any of his subsequent recordings. Their unison playing, breaking into occasional harmony, as on the title track or on "Blue Minor", is the signature sound of the album. ~ 100 Greatest Jazz Albums
Mastering Notes by Steve Hoffman: "The albums are being cut at 45 RPM for maximum quality by Kevin Gray and me using our full ANALOG disk cutting system; most studios cannot even cut vinyl in 100% true analog anymore (they convert to digital first) but we can. The original Rudy Van Gelder engineered stereophonic session tapes are used when we master these gems. The sound quality is amazing on our test cuts. Like from heaven. First totally uncompressed versions of these jazz classics that I’ve ever heard and trust me, you will be impressed; they sound like no other releases of this music."
"The sound is lifelike, the horns are in the room with you. Our non-invasive mastering insures the true breath of life on these original Van Gelder session tapes is transferred to the virgin vinyl with absolute authenticity. It is like hearing these BLUE NOTE masterpieces for the first time and that is NO exaggeration. When we heard the first lacquer acetate playback from our first mastering session I thought Joe Harley was going to pee in his pants he was so excited. Actually we all were; after 50 years of many lackluster and some downright bad sounding versions of these albums, hearing the real deal is a humbling experience, even for us hardened music veterans. You will be able to listen to the music exactly like we did..."
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