Analogue Productions - CPRJ 7120 SA - SACD Hybid Stereo -
Mastered By Kevin Gray at AcousTech MASTERING - Hybrid SACD Plays On Normal CD Players
Analogue Productions releases 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made in their Prestige Stereo Series on Hybrid Stereo SACD. Mini "old style" gatefold jacket packaging:
These SACD jackets feature printed wraps mounted to chipboard shells, producing an authentic, "old school" look and feel: also referred to as "mini LP" jackets.
This reissue marks the first time ever that the stereo master tapes of this landmark title have been used.
In 1957, Miles Davis, high on the success of his recent collaborations with his old friend Gil Evans, persuaded Prestige Records to give Evans his own record date. Evans packed the resulting album with the brilliance that music insiders had recognized since his days as an arranger for Claude Thornhill in the 1940s and his work on Davis' Birth of the Cool recordings. Writing for only 11 instruments, Evans used his wizardry with dynamics, motion and harmonic voicings to create orchestral effects suggesting a substantially larger orchestra. His settings stimulated his musicians to inspired improvisation. Among the soloists are trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, saxophonists Steve Lacy and Lee Konitz, and Evans himself, making his first recorded appearance as a pianist.
Fresh off the success of Birth of the Cool with Miles Davis, jazz luminary Gil Evans was afforded the opportunity to record his first record as leader with Prestige in 1957. Enlisting the talents of an atypical 11-piece band, which in addition to Evans himself on piano, also included such soloists as trombonist Jimmy Cleveland and saxophonists Steve Lacy and Lee Konitz, the diverse outing is extremely inventive in its use of harmonic voicings and dynamics, reflected brilliantly in the diverse material which ranges from Leadbelly to Leonard Bernstein to Cole Porter and even an Evans original.
Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissue series from Analogue Productions featuring 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made!
All titles will be mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray.
Musicians:
Gil Evans, piano
Steve Lacy, saxophone
Lee Konitz, saxophone
Jimmy Cleveland, trombone
Selections:
1. Remember
2. Ella Speed
3. Big Stuff
4. Nobody's Heart
5. Just One of Those Things
6. If You Could See Me Now
7. Jambangle
