Rvg Remaster

Grant Green - Goin' West (1962) {Blue Note RVG Remaster rel 2004}
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Artwork | 5% repair rar | 24-bit remaster
© 1962, 2004 Blue Note / Capitol / EMI | 7243 5 95962 2 8
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Guitar

A beautiful stripped-down session that was recorded in the mid 60s, but not issued until the end of the decade, for some strange reason! Grant Green plays guitar in a laidback quartet with Herbie Hancock on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums – all working wonderfully together, in long spiralling lines that are filled with soul and a gentle, easy groove. The set is an odd mix of compositions with a "western" theme – like "I Can't Stop Loving You", "Wagon Wheels", and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" – but the players more than manage to make the session swing way past the origins of the material! Very tough to find, but an essential addition to any Grant Green collection!

Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane - Mating Call (1956) {Prestige RVG Remaster PRCD-30163 rel 2007}
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© 1956, 2007 Prestige / Concord | PRCD-30163 | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Hard Bop / Bop / Piano / Saxophone

This November 1956 date marked the first recording of the deeply moving ballad “Soultrane,” and the first exposition as well of the lovely line “On a Misty Night” (based on “September in the Rain”), a number Dameron would later explore himself in other contexts. This is not a typical Tadd Dameron date in that his music is not played by a large ensemble or even a quintet. He is represented as a composer but not as an arranger. Yet his pungent themes come through strongly, carried by the searing, probing tenor saxophone of John Coltrane.

Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff - Kirk's Work (1961) {2007 Prestige RVG Remaster}
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© 1961, 2007 Prestige Records / Concord | PRCD-30161
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone / Hammond Organ

Roland Kirk, the amazing one-man saxophone section and sublime soloist, had yet to add "Rahsaan" to his name when he recorded his first album for Prestige in 1961. It wasn't yet quite clear to many, even people at the center of the jazz community, that Kirk's gifts went considerably beyond the ability to play three horns at once. Gradually, it began to dawn on one and all that the man's almost superhuman energy and dedication were matched by musicianship based as firmly in tradition as in innovation.

Freddie Hubbard - The Night Of The Cookers (1965) {2004 Blue Note RVG Remaster}
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© 1965, 2004 Blue Note / Capitol / EMI | 7243 5 94323 2 8 | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Hard Bop / Trumpet

Originally released as two separate LPs (and reissued in 2004 as a double CD package) THE NIGHT OF THE COOKERS, VOLUMES 1 & 2 puts trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan, two of the biggest guns of the hard-bop era, head to head throughout an extended live set. James Spaulding plays alto sax and flute, balancing out the brighter, brassier timbres of Hubbard and Morgan, and a crack rhythm section of pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Larry Ridley, drummer Pete La Roca, and conga player Big Black keeps things simmering.

Cecil Taylor - Conquistador! (1966) {2004 Blue Note RVG Remaster}
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© 1966, 2004 Blue Note / Capitol | 7243 5 76749 2 8 | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano

For the second of Cecil Taylor's two Blue Note albums (following Unit Structures), the innovative pianist utilized a sextet comprised of trumpeter Bill Dixon, altoist Jimmy Lyons, both Henry Grimes and Alan Silva on basses and drummer Andrew Cyrille. During the two lengthy pieces, Lyons' passionate solos contrast with Dixon's quieter ruminations while the music in general is unremittingly intense. Both of the Taylor Blue Notes are quite historic and near-classics but, despite this important documentation, Cecil Taylor (other than a pair of Paris concerts) would not appear on records again until 1973.

Miles Davis - Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (1955) {2009 Prestige RVG Remaster}
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© 1955, 2009 Concord / Prestige | 0888072313439
Jazz / Bop / Cool / Hard Bop / Trumpet

The New Miles Davis Quintet made its first visit to the recording studios on November 16, 1955. By October 26, 1956, when they made their last session for Prestige, Davis had signed with recording giant Columbia, he had featured the most influential band in all of jazz (which would spawn the most charismatic musician of the '60s), and was well on his way toward international stardom. Listen to The Musings of Miles, an earlier quartet date with bassist Oscar Pettiford, then listen to the difference bassist Paul Chambers and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane make.

Mose Allison - Mose Allison Sings (1959) {2006 Prestige RVG Remasters Series}
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© 1959, 2006 Prestige / Concord | 888072300118 | Prestige RVG Remaster Series | PRLP 7279
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Piano / Vocal Jazz

“I was the engineer on the recording sessions and I also made the masters for the original LP issues of these albums. Since the advent of the CD, other people have been making the masters. Mastering is the final step in the process of creating the sound of the finished product. Now, thanks to the folks at the Concord Music Group who have given me the opportunity to remaster these albums, I can present my versions of the music on CD using modern technology. I remember the sessions well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks. Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger.” Rudy Van Gelder

Sonny Criss - This Is Criss! (1966) {2008 Prestige RVG Remasters Series}
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© 1966, 2008 Concord / Prestige | PRCD-30654 | Prestige RVG Remasters Series | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Along with tenor saxophonist Harold Land, altoist Sonny Criss qualifies as one of the most overlooked giants of West Coast jazz. His sound – like most alto players of the bebop and hard bop days – was heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, but Criss still managed to forge an original style featuring a very original melodic bent with loads of bluesy underpinnings. The goods can be optimally previewed on this great Prestige date from 1966. Backed by a trio consisting of pianist Walter Davis, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Alan Dawson, Criss makes fine work of such rare-bird covers as "Sunrise, Sunset" and "When Sunny Gets Blue." There are also some fine originals here, including Criss' own "Steve's Blues" and Davis' classic "Greasy." A perfect start to your Criss collection.

Boogaloo Joe Jones - Right On Brother (1970) {2008 Prestige RVG Remasters Series}
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© 1970, 2008 Concord / Prestige | 0888072306592 | Prestige RVG Remasters Series | 24-bit remaster | PR 7766
Jazz / Soul Jazz / Hard Bop / Guitar

Guitarist Ivan Joseph Jones, better known as Boogaloo Joe Jones, was a soul-jazz artist whose brand of cool, funky music can be heard on Prestige releases from the late 1960s and early `70s. The newly reissued RIGHT ON BROTHER (1970) will give contemporary listeners a healthy dose of Jones's groovy brew. And fans of Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, and Wes Montgomery will know what to expect from Jones's blend of hard bop and R&B. Support from saxophonist Rusty Bryant and drummer Bernard Purdie keeps the groove solid, while Jones demonstrates his feel-good bluesy skills on the fretboard.

Miles Davis' recordings of 1951-1954 tend to be overlooked because of his erratic lifestyle of the period and because they predated his first classic quintet. Although he rarely recorded during this era, what he did document was often quite classic. The two sessions included on this CD (which includes three alternate takes) are among the earliest hard bop recordings and would indirectly influence the modern mainstream music of the 1960s. The first session features Davis in a sextet with trombonist J.J. Johnson, altoist Jackie McLean, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer Kenny Clarke; highlights include "Dear Old Stockholm," "Woody 'n You," and interpretations of "Yesterdays" and "How Deep Is the Ocean"…