Paul Chambers: Bass On Top (tone Poet Vinyl)(180g)

PAUL CHAMBERS

Within a year of his arrival in New York City, Paul Chambers was the most sought-after bassist in jazz. He was signed to Blue Note, played in Miles Davis' quintet and did countless sessions for the who's who of modern jazz. Bass On Top was his third album and remains a crowning achievement. Chambers put together a quartet with Kenny Burrell, Hank Jones and Art Taylor and built up arrangements in which his instrument was the main focus of melodies and solos. His bowing is a thing of beauty Joe Harley is co-founder and co-producer of the renowned American vinyl label MUSIC MATTERS. His extraordinary feeling for the sound aesthetics of the LP format earned him the title "Tone Poet". On the occasion of his 80th label anniversary, Blue Note Records commissioned the "Tone Poet" to put together some albums for an exclusive LP edition. These purely analogue, i.e. without any digital intermediate steps, re-mastered from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and pressed onto 180g vinyl by Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). The original covers are facsimiled as heavy laminated gatefold sleeves. A sleeve production method is used, the name of which should only mean something to LP gourmets: Tip-on-Sleeve. As in the days of the heavy, stable cardboard covers of the fifties and sixties, a stable cardboard base is combined with a glossy laminated surface.

Price: $45.98