KENNY BURRELL WITH ART BLAKEY - On View At The Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) - 3LP - Deluxe 180g Vinyl [APR 11]

3LP - This newly expanded 3-LP Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced for release by Joe Harley, the vinyl is all-analog and cut directly from Rudy Van Gelder’s original master tapes by Kevin Gray. Pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI. Includes an insightful essay by Syd Schwartz; and a new interview with Burrell himself reflecting on the album and the times with Blue Note President Don Was. 

Guitarist Kenny Burrell had already achieved rising star status with several stellar Blue Note albums to his name when he entered the storied NYC jazz club The Five Spot Café on August 25, 1959 to record On View At The Five Spot Café. The band Burrell assembled for the gig was stacked with top talent: Art Blakey on drums, Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone, Roland Hanna and Bobby Timmons on piano, and Ben Tucker on bass. The mood was relaxed and soulful, but the music was red hot and the grooves were deep on that steamy summer evening of hard bop bliss.

The newly expanded 3-LP Tone Poet Vinyl Edition of On View At The Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters gives the listener the best seat in the house and marks the first time Burrell’s complete recorded performances from that magical evening have been made available in any format including 6 previously unissued tracks. Produced for release by Joe Harley, the vinyl is all-analog and cut directly from Rudy Van Gelder’s original master tapes by Kevin Gray. Pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, the three LPs come packaged in a deluxe tip-on trifold jacket which includes a booklet with never-before-seen photos by Francis Wolff; an insightful essay by Syd Schwartz; and a new interview with Burrell himself reflecting on the album and the times with Blue Note President Don Was. Also available in a 2-CD set and digital formats.

Blue Note Tone Poet Series:

The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.
 

Tracklist: 

Disc 1:
1. Introduction By Kenny Burrell / Birks' Works
2. Hallelujah
3. Lady Be Good
4. Lover Man
5. 36-23-36

Disc 2:
6. Swingin'
7. If You Could See Me Now
8. Beef Stew Blues
9. The Next Time You See Me, Things Won't Be The Same
10. The Take Off

Disc 3:
11. Birks' Works alternate take
12. Lady Be Good alternate take
13. Love Walked In
14. 36-23-36 / The Theme