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Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - Consummation - 180g LP

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Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - Consummation - 180g LP

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AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Pure Pleasure PPAN BST84346 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - Blue Note BST 84346

AAA 100% Analogue - Mastered by Ron McMaster at Capitol

Pressed at Pallas Germany

The sound quality of this vinyl recording is dazzling. All of the instruments (even in a heavily blended configuration) are vibrant, and possess a warm resonance (especially the reeds). Delicate touches like a drum brush or flute emerge from the mix unfettered. ... Consummation is a tremendous accomplishment, especially on vinyl.” 5/5 — Robbie Gerson, Audiophile Audition

Of the many albums recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Consummation was the greatest! This set introduced Jones' best-known composition, "A Child Is Born," features a colorful rendition of his sly "Tiptoe" and finds the big band ripping the roof off during the lengthy and very exciting "Fingers."

The all-star cast (which includes flugelhornist Jones, drummer Lewis, trumpeter Marvin Stamm, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, tenor great Billy Harper, the reeds of Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion and Eddie Daniels, keyboardist Roland Hanna, and bassist Richard Davis, among others) is well served by Thad Jones' inventive and swinging arrangements. Consummation is a classic if there ever was one! Recorded in January and May of 1970 at A&R Studios, New York City by Don Hahn.

The sound quality of this vinyl recording is dazzling. All of the instruments (even in a heavily blended configuration) are vibrant, and possess a warm resonance (especially the reeds). Delicate touches like a drum brush or flute emerge from the mix unfettered. The incisive liner notes from Jones and Lewis are tantamount to being in the studio during the recording. Even the illustrations by Leo Meirsdorff (color and black & white) are amazing. Consummation is a tremendous accomplishment, especially on hi-res vinyl.

By the mid-sixties, big band jazz was all but extinct. In New York, a band was formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis. Comprised of an all-star cadre of studio musicians in New York, The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra made their debut at the Village Vanguard in 1966. Their arrangements (by Jones who previously wrote and toured with Count Basie) drew on big band, swing, bebop and hard bop influences. Drummer extraordinaire Jones brought a smaller “combo” dynamic to the rhythm section that would be a benchmark for future big band drummers. Decades after their inception, the band remains as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, playing the legendary namesake venue regularly since the early nineties.

The re-mastered audiophile vinyl of Consummation (recorded in 1970) by Pure Pleasure Records captures the artistry of this progressive big band. With seven original compositions (written and arranged by Thad Jones), forty-six minutes of intricate textured large ensemble jazz unfolds with unpretentious skill and creativity. Side One opens with a presumed ballad, “Dedication”. Jones’ flugelhorn is lyrical and melodic, backed by tinkling piano, bass and drum cymbal. Adding a soothing reed backdrop, horn accents chime in, only to segue into an explosive swing/dance jam.” It Only Happens Every Time” is laid out in a bossa nova tempo, with muted trumpet (Marvin Stamm) and flute (Jerome Richardson) shading. Roland Hanna contributes an elegant piano solo. Switching to a breezier cadence, “Tiptoe” is a layered arrangement, with graduated, sweeping movements There is an interlude with brush drums (Lewis) and horns that is rousing. Lewis’ band-leading talents are impressive. Roland Hanna’s sensitivity returns on “A Child Is Born”. Jones also contributes to the emotional landscape with another memorable Flugelhorn lead. Using different approaches, “Us” is a funky brassy number that combines bass (Richard Davis) and guitar (David Spinoza) in a 60s-style rock mode.

Pure Pleasure just reissued the Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Big Band masterpiece, Consummation (the now classic A Child Is Born came from this one). Long dissed as a jazz footnote, this record has the tenors of Joe Farrell and Billy Harper, among an all-star cast - Roland Hanna, Jerome Richardson, Marvin Stamm, Howard Johnson, Richard Davis - and Thad Jones himself. Ron McMaster did the remastering here, and strangely, he does a magnificent job. A real classic, not to be missed.

Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Jerry Dodgion
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Jerome Richardson
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Joe Farrell , Pepper Adams , Richie Kamuca
Bass, Electric Bass – Richard Davis
Drums, Leader – Mel Lewis
Engineer – Don Hahn
French Horn – Earl Chapin , Jimmy Buffington Julius Watkins , Dick Berg
Guitar – David Spinozza
Piano, Electric Piano – Roland Hanna
Producer – Sonny Lester
Remastered By – Ron McMaster
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute – Eddie Daniels
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Billy Harper
Trombone – Benny Powell, Cliff Heather, Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper
Trumpet – Al Porcino, Danny Moore, Snooky Young, Marvin Stamm
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Leader, Composed By, Arranged By – Thad Jones
Tuba – Howard Johnson

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Consummation Track Listing:

1. Dedication

2. It Only Happens Every Time

3. Tiptoe

4. A Child Is Born

5. Us

6. Ahunk Ahunk

7. Fingers

8. Consummation

Pure Pleasure Records
The Restoration of the Art of Sound
180g Vinyl Mastered From The Best Available Sources

At the beginning of the 90s, in the early days of audiophile vinyl re-releases, the situation was fairly straightforward. Companies such as DCC, Mobile Fidelity, Classic Records and, of course, Pure Pleasure all maintained a mutual, unwritten ethical code: we would only use analogue tapes to manufacture records. During the course of the present vinyl hype, many others have jumped on the bandwagon in the hope of securing a corner of the market. Very often they are not so ethical and use every imaginable source to master from: CDs, LPs, digital files, MP3s – or employed existent tools from the 80s and 90s for manufacturing.

A digital delay is gladly used when cutting a lacquer disc because tape machines with an analogue delay have become quite rare and are therefore expensive. When cutting the lacquer, the audio signal is delayed by one LP revolution against the signal, which controls the cutter head, and for this a digital delay is very often employed. Of course, the resultant sound signal is completely digital and thus only as good as this delay.

We should like to emphasize that Pure Pleasure Records on principle only uses the original master tape as the basis for the entirely analogue cutting of lacquer discs. In addition, the pressing tool is newly manufactured as a matter of principle. We only employ existing tools for manufacturing if an improved result is not forthcoming, e.g. the title Elvis Is Back, which was mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray, or several titles from our Philips Classics series, which in any case Willem Makkee cut from the original masters at the Emil Berliner Studios in the 90s. It goes without saying that we only used the mother and that new tools were made for our production. To put it in a nutshell: we can ensure you that our releases are free from any kind of digital effects and that the lacquer discs are newly cut.

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