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Dave Pike - Carnavals (1962) {Prestige PRCD-24248-2 rel 2000)
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© 1962, 2000 Prestige / Fantasy | PRCD-24248-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Vibes

When vibist Dave Pike recorded the 1962 LPs paired on this disc, U.S. jazz was being revitalized by the new wave of Brazil’s bossa nova, while on the pop side, dance fever raged on. Kicked off in 1960-61 by Chubby Checker’s global mega-smash, “The Twist,” there followed a series of dance hits including Checker’s “Limbo Rock,” which is covered herein. At the time of these two lively, tuneful albums, Pike (b. 1938) was employed by the popular jazz flutist Herbie Mann, whose repertoire successfully drew on both Latin music (like bossa nova) and some dance hits.

The Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (1956) {2006 Rudy Van Gelder Remaster}
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© 2006 Concord / Prestige | 0888072300804
Jazz / Bop / Cool / Hard Bop

Preceded by Cookin' and Relaxin' , Workin' is a mix of standards and originals, up-tempos and ballads, and a trio number, "Ahmad's Blues." The music this quintet made in the mid-Fifties period will live forever: the excitement of the emerging John Coltrane; the informed, melodic swing of Red Garland; the tremendous snap and pop of the rhythm trio of Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones; and Miles's poignancy and intense swing.

Charles Earland - Leaving This Planet (1974) {1993 Prestige Remaster} (ft. Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson)
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© 1993 Prestige / Fantasy | PRCD-66002-2
Jazz / Soul Jazz / Jazz Funk / Hammond

A definite departure from the type of earthy, groove-oriented soul-jazz he usually embraced, Leaving This Planet is perhaps Charles Earland's most ambitous album – not necessarily his best, but certainly his most surprising. Responding to the fusion revolution, Earland plays keyboards and various synthesizers in addition to his usual Hammond B-3 organ and thrives in a very electric setting. The album (reissued on a 79-minute CD in 1993) isn't fusion in the same sense as Miles Davis, Larry Coryell or Weather Report – rather, he incorporates funk and rock elements in a manner not unlike the early-'70s experiments of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.

Miles Davis - Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (1956) {2006 Prestige RVG Remasters Series}
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© 2006 Concord / Prestige | 002518810425 | Prestige RVG Remasters Series | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Trumpet

"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

Eric Dolphy Quintet - Outward Bound (1960) {2006 Prestige RVG Remasters Series}
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© 1960, 2006 Concord / Prestige / New Jazz | 0888072300835 | Prestige RVG Remasters Series | 24-bit remaster | NJ 8236
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Avant-Garde 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

Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Relaxes (1961) {2006 Prestige RVG Remasters Series}
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© 1961, 2006 Concord / Prestige / Moodsville | 0025218810623 | Prestige RVG Remasters Series | 24-bit remaster
Jazz / Cool / Bop / Saxophone

“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

Miles Davis - Collectors' Items (1953-56) {2009 Rudy Van Gelder Remaster}
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© 2009 Concord / Prestige | 0888072312227
Jazz / Bop / Cool / Hard Bop

From the new liner notes: “The session of March 16, 1956 is one of most beautiful, laid-back, floating-on-a-cloud experiences one can have. The first time I listened to it, I replayed it three times. Side note: ‘Vierd Blues’ is the same piece that appears on Miles’s Trane’s Blues, and there credited to John Coltrane, as it was when Trane first recorded it on a Kenny Drew session, years before. Until it was combined with the 1956 date, the Miles-Bird-Sonny session lay in the vaults. Meanwhile, on May 15, 1953 Bird and Dizzy Gillespie recorded their famed Massey Hall concert in Toronto. When that record was issued ‘Charlie Chan’ was used as Bird’s pseudonym. That’s how it came to be used for Collectors’ Items.” (Ira Gitler)