Analogue Productions - CVRJ 8023 SA - Hybrid SACD Mono  

Mastered By George Marino at Sterling Sound 

Limited Edition - Plays On ALL CD Players

"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 “Harlem 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, Music Angle, Music 9/10, Sound 10/10

 

 Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original master tapes to vinyl and PCM. The DSD was sourced from the PCM. George listened to all of the different A/D converters he had before he chose which to use, and he felt the George Massenburg GML 20 bit A/D produced the best and most synergistic sound for the project.

 

This classic 1956 Verve session features the great tenor Illinois Jacquet accompanied by Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones.

 

Illinois Jacquet's 1956 album Swing's The Thing features Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones. Throughout his career, Jacquet, who was born of a Sioux mother and a Creole father, played marvelous swing music. He was famed for his imaginative improvisations and gave brilliant shows with the Count Basie orchestra and at a number of Jazz At The Philharmonic concerts. The man from Louisiana performed swing at every live appearance - no wonder, then, that Norman Granz chose this theme as the title of the present recording, which was set down in October 1956. This time, however, Jimmy Jones on the piano was not responsible for providing the background for a vocal soloist; rather he delivers airy chords for the swinging tenor sax. That all musicians are superb interpreters of ballads is testified to in "Harlem Nocturne," where Illinois Jacquet's sound can best be described as "soulful."

 

"These are all truly classic Verve titles that you simply don't want to miss, most importantly, the sound of these reissues is nothing short of astounding! - Danny Kaey/Positive Feedback

 

llinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone

Roy Eldridge, trumpet

Jimmy Jones, piano

Herb Ellis, guitar

Ray Brown, bass

Jo Jones, drums

 

Selections:

1. Las Vegas Blues

2. Harlem Nocturne

3. Can't We Be Friends?

4. Achtung

5. Have You Met Miss Jones?

6. Lullaby Of the Leaves