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

Acoustic Sounds Series - Impulse A-4 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue

Mastered by Ryan K Smith - Limited Edition - Pressed at QRP Quality Record Pressings 

The sonics here with a cut from the master tape by Ryan K. Smith (yes, the master tape— I have a current photo that for some reason I can't share with you) are incredibly transparent, spacious and flat-out thrilling

and if you have a clean original Rudy Van Gelder cut (A-4) you may think you are set, but that cut is less spacious, somewhat dynamically compressed, has the RVG lower bass roll-off and is definitely less transparent—not that it's bad and some people do like the more "in your face" excitement. This one's here now though! Do not miss it! Sound 10/10 Music 10/10 Michael Fremer Analogue Planet

"Out Of The Cool is nearly as striking an album now as it must have been when it hit the bins in 1961. Not only is it Gil Evans' masterpiece and his best album that didn't front Miles Davis as a soloist; it's a peculiar masterpiece, stretching modal jazz to minimalist extremes yet soaking with swing. ... This  QRP pressing comes very close to the sound of the Impulse! original. Piano, percussion, guitar, bass, and horns all waft through what seems to be a vast space (perhaps the result of subtly mixed echo) with tonal colors, crisp transients, and bloom intact. Trombones lack some of the oomph heard on the original pressing, and in a few spots where horns play loud in unison, there's some distortion — a problem with the original as well. Otherwise, no complaints at all." — Performance = 5/5; Sonics = 4.5/5 - Fred Kaplan, Stereophile, August 2021.

Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises!

 

Monthly releases highlighting the world's most historic and best jazz records!

 

Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes

 

180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings! 

 

Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets Series supervised by Chad Kassem

 

A groundbreaking jazz recording by the longtime Miles Davis collaborator Gil Evans highlights the latter's supreme and influential skills as a jazz orchestrator.

 

This album is a brilliant example of Evans' ability to make a large orchestra sound like a smaller jazz combo using orchestrations that infuse the larger unit with the immediacy and spontaneity of the smaller. Out Of The Cool features some of Evan's finest compositions, including the famous "La Nevada" as well as a magnificent performance of George Russell's "Sratosphunk." Soloists include Budd Johnson (tenor), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Ray Crawford (guitar), Elvin Jones (drums), Ron Carter (bass) and Jimmy Knepper (trombone). The ensemble is superbly recorded by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder. A must-have for all lovers of jazz.

A groundbreaking jazz recording by the longtime Miles Davis collaborator Gil Evans highlights the latter's supreme and influential skills as a jazz orchestrator. This album is a brilliant example of Evans' ability to make a large orchestra sound like a smaller jazz combo using orchestrations that infuse the larger unit with the immediacy and spontaneity of the smaller.

Out Of The Cool features some of Evan's finest compositions, including the famous "La Nevada" as well as a magnificent performance of George Russell's "Sratosphunk." Soloists include Budd Johnson (tenor), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Ray Crawford (guitar), Elvin Jones (drums), Ron Carter (bass) and Jimmy Knepper (trombone).

The ensemble is superbly recorded by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder.

Produced by: Creed Taylor

Engineered by: Rudy Van Gelder

Mixed by: Rudy Van Gelder

Mastered by: Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

 

Musicians:

 

Gil Evans, piano

Johnny Coles, trumpet

Phil Sunkel, trumpet

Keg Johnson, trombone

Jimmy Knepper, trombone

Tony Studd, bass trombone

Bill Barber, tuba

Ray Beckenstein, alto saxophone, flute, piccolo

Eddie Caine, alto saxophone, flute, piccolo

Budd Johnson, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone

Bob Tricarico, glute, piccolo, bassoon

Ray Crawford, guitar

Ron Carter, bass

Elvin Jones, drums

Charli Persip, drums

 

Side A

1. La Nevada

2. Where Flamingos Fly

 

Side B

1. Bilbao Song

2. Stratusphunk

3. Sunken Treasure