Lush gorgeous dynamic and intelligent and extremely well recorded.
Steve hoffman ellington masterpieces vinyl.
I ve been enjoying an excess of superb vinyl reissues over the past year and among them the blue note tone poet series as well as the bn80 series both are equally superbly done.
One is a compilation called beyond category.
Vinyl lp album reissue remastered 180 gram2x vinyl 12.
Black lion records blp 60102 org music orgm 1051 series.
Oct 15 2010 pure pleasure is a british company that has remastered lots of great jazz titles many of them unjustly unsung from the columbia candid verve and rca catalogues.
Mastered by bernie grundman cut by chris bellman sound engineering consultation by steve hoffman.
While it s hard to pick out a favorite duke album this is the one i listen to most.
Containing three proven compositions the fourth the tattooed bride was first played in 1948 in concert and recorded in a studio session only now.
View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2013 180 gram vinyl release of the feeling of jazz on discogs.
Essential reissue series format.
Ellington s such sweet thunder on vinyl fred kaplan oct 14 2010 first published.
Steve has mastered two duke ellington cd s both of his early recordings my favorite era of his.
I certainly hope indigos can get at least the treatment masterpieces and the others got if not sacd.
And of course the ocd sufferers at the steve hoffman forum are intent on spoiling it.
Recorded in new york on december 1950 these four tracks were ellington s first lp in the 12 format issued on columbia s masterworks series and it is among the earliest such lps released by columbia 1951.
The other is a live radio broadcast from 1945 and is excellent.
Recorded in new york on december 1950 these four tracks were ellington s first lp in the 12 format issued on columbia s masterworks series and it is among the earliest such lps released by columbia 1951.
1962 set from duke ellington and his orchestra contains new material and fresh interpretations of classics.
Duke ellington masterpieces by ellington 2lp 45rpm 200 gram vinyl analogue productions mono qrp usa.
The musical genius of duke and was put out through buddah records.
Sony was going to reissue a new remaster of this recording but found out that it just couldn t be done so we are lucky to have this available on cd from the master tape on a cd mastered in the 1980s.
It is a double disc set that has a lot of his classic recordings.
Let s be realistic here.