Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto Getz / Gilberto

audiophile Analogue Productions Verve SACD CVRJ 8545 SA

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Tracks:

1. The Girl from Ipanema

2. Doralice

3. P'ra Muchucar

4. Desafinado

5. Corcovado

6. So Danco Samba

7. O Grande Amor

8. Vivo Sonhando

Charlie Mingus Tijuana Moods

audiophile Original Recordings Group RCA Hybrid Stereo SACD ORG 174-3

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Charles Mingus' classic Tijuana Moods is now available on Hybrid Stereo SACD from ORG! Recorded in 1957 but not released until 1962, Tijuana Moods has been hailed by Mingus himself as "one of the best discs I have ever made!"

Mastered for SACD by Bernie Grundman.

When this album was released in 1962, it was honored with the maximum number of stars that Downbeat, the most famous of all jazz magazines, could award. Is there any better proof that the composer and arranger Charlie Mingus was ahead of his time? As a double bassist he was rather less virtuosic than his fellow musicians — and not just on these recordings.

However, these five numbers earned every single star of the five they were awarded. They illustrate his masterly handling of Mexican folk music and his skill in integrating it into his jazz. The small ensemble of Clarence Shaw, whom Mingus described as a super-improviser on the trumpet, Jimmy Knepper, a technical ace on the trombone, the legendary tenor saxophone player Shafi Hadi, and his longstanding friend Dannie Richmond on the drums all earn the very highest recognition, even though the sextet of 1963-64 once more enhanced their creativity in later years.

The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard

Analogue Productions Impulse Hybrid SACD CIPJ 27 SA

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By the time this album was recorded in 1962, the 24-year old Freddie Hubbard had worked with Slide Hampton, Max Roach and J.J. Johnson prior to his association with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Miles Davis listed Hubbard among the top jazz trumpeters of the day. This was Freddie Hubbard's debut on the Impulse label, and to showcase his trumpet artistry he organized a group of top instrumentalists to give him full support. The group included John Gilmore, tenor saxophone; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Art Davis, bass; Tommy Flanagan, piano and Louis Hayes, drums. Freddie Hubbard wrote three of the five compositions.

Mastered by Kevin Gray.

Ray Charles & Betty Carter

audiophile Analogue Productions ABC Hybrid SACD CAPP 385 SA

an audiophile classic!

new, unplayed, unsealed

An audiophile classic - cut from the original three-track masters! Now playable in three-channel on SACD!

One track - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" - will make this one easily worth the price of admission!

Whoa! Now we're getting into the big leagues. And not just any Ray Charles title, mind you. Ray Charles and Betty Carter! Analogue Productions has reissued a whole lot of classics - a whole lot - but there aren't many of 'em that are a much bigger deal than this.

This is such a romantic album. Such a warm album. Such a rich album. And, ooh, the sound! Turn the lights down. Grab that special someone. And as our Acoustic Sounds/Analogue Productions owner would say, "If nothing happens, don't blame the SACD!"

Originally released in 1961 on ABC-Paramount, Ray Charles and Betty Carter features startling dynamics, with Marty Paich's arrangements showcasing both punchy brass and lush strings. The showstopper, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," topped the R&B charts upon its release. And jazz singer Betty Carter's vocal prowess shines on "Cocktails For Two" and "Alone Together." Ray Charles has never sounded more romantic.

John Coltrane A Love Supreme

audiophile Analogue Productions Impulse Hybrid SACD CIPJ 77 SA

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Right from the very first hearing, absolutely every single jazz critic shared the same opinion - whether trained musicians or not, true or would-be jazz expert: A Love Supreme is John Coltrane's most important recording. And the rave reviews which appeared in the magazines Downbeat, Jazz Hot, Jazz Podium and Swingjournal reflected this: critics all over the world, in America, Europe and Japan recognized that Coltrane's deep religious belief had influenced both his approach to life and his music-making. It not only enabled him to express himself with great intensity but also lent him the necessary inner peace to conceive a work of almost 40 minutes in length and to lead his quartet along the same path as himself.

Recorded in 1964.

Mastered by Kevin Gray.

John Coltrane A Love Supreme

Impulse Universal Single Layer Stereo SACD

legendary jazz album in audiophile sound quality

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Right from the very first hearing, absolutely every single jazz critic shared the same opinion - whether trained musicians or not, true or would-be jazz experts: A Love Supreme is John Coltrane's most important recording. And the rave reviews which appeared in the magazines Downbeat, Jazz, Hot, Jazz Podium and Swingjournal reflected this: critics all over the world, in America, Europe and Japan recognized that Coltrane's deep religious belief had influenced both his approach to life and his music-making. It not only enabled him to express himself with great intensity but also lent him the necessary inner peace to conceive a work of almost 40 minutes in length and to lead his quartet along the same path as himself.

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

audiophile Impulse Universal Hybrid SACD

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A consistent top selling catalog title, critics have acclaimed the pairing of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman as the quintessential jazz recording of voice and instrument. In fact, one noted NY Times music critic called it the most perfect jazz record ever made.

Tracklist:

1. They Say It's Wonderful (mono)

2. Dedicated to You (mono)

3. My One and Only Love (mono)

4. Lush Life (mono)

5. You Are Too Beautiful (mono)

6. Autumn Serenade (mono)

7. They Say It's Wonderful (stereo)

8. Dedicated To You (stereo)

9. My One And Only Love (stereo)

10. Lush Life (stereo)

11. You Are Too Beautiful (stereo)

12. Autumn Serenade (stereo)

McCoy Tyner Inception

Analogue Productions Impulse Hybrid SACD CIPJ 18 SA

Impulse! classic in audiophile sound quality

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Those familiar with the dense, percussive style that pianist McCoy Tyner has cultivated since the 1970s onwards may be surprised by what they hear on Inception. Like Reaching Fourth and Nights of Ballads and Blues, this album gives listeners the chance to hear what a very young Tyner sounded like outside the confines of the classic John Coltrane quartet of the early '60s; it reveals a lyrical approach to jazz piano that seems a far cry from Tyner's mature style. The choice of material is fairly evenly split between modal pieces like "Inception" and more harmonically involved tunes like "Speak Low," and the pianist's treatment of both demonstrates the extent to which his early work was rooted in bebop. Tyner had yet to develop the massive orchestral sound and highly distinctive vocabulary of modal licks that would mark his later style, and throughout this album he spins dizzyingly long and singing lines with an exquisitely light touch. The irresistible rush of forward momentum that he maintains on tracks like "Effendi" and "Blues for Gwen" is breathtaking, and there is an exuberant, almost athletic quality to much of his solo work. Bassist Art Davis and drummer Elvin Jones provide superb accompaniment throughout, and they lay a solid rhythmic foundation for Tyner's sparkling melodic flights. The pianist's penchant for drama, which asserts itself more strongly in his later work, is on brief display in the original ballad "Sunset"; his skills as an arranger, though evident on several tracks, are perhaps best illustrated by the intricate contrapuntal treatment of "There Is No Greater Love."

Mastered by Kevin Gray.

McCoy Tyner, piano
Art Davis, bass
Elvin Jones, drums

McCoy Tyner Nights of Ballads & Blues

Analogue Productions Impulse Hybrid SACD CIPJ 39

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Mahler Symphonies 2 & 4

Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Wiener Philharmoniker

Esoteric ESSG-90141/2 SACD

legendary reference recording in breathtaking audiophile sound qualiy

Double Hybrid SACD; plays on standard CD players

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