All Analog 180g Vinyl LP!
Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series!
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio From Original Analog Tape!
Produced By Music Matters’ Joe Harley!
Pressed at RTI!
Andrew Hills Black Fire is both the pianist and composers debut and anacknowledged masterpiece of modern post-bop jazz. Featuring a sublime quartetwith Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Richard Davis on bass, and Roy Haynes ondrums, the music still sounds as fresh today as it did the day it was recordedin November 1963, the start of an astounding creative streak that also producedHills great albums Smokestack, Judgment!, and Point of Departure during aperiod of just 4 months.
Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series: “Tone Poet” Joe Harleyco-founder andco-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl seriesis theproducer of this new series of all-analog,mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxegatefold packaging. Mastering was done by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinylwas manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). The titles werehandpicked by Harley and cover lesser-known Blue Note classics, modern erastandouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note catalog.
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in everyconceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LPmastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gmaudiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these BlueNote/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means thatyou will never find a superior version. This is IT.
The so-called Tone Poet (Joe Harley) is confident that his audiophile reissueswill allow 21st-century listeners to hear what the musicians heard as the mastertape was played back on the studio monitors in Rudy Van Gelders studio 50 or 60years ago. He believes that, in terms of quality, Blue Note albums have neversounded or looked better. “Every aspect of these Blue Note releases is done tothe highest possible standard,” he says. “It means that you will never find asuperior version.”
Features:
• All Analog 180g Vinyl
• Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
• Mastered From Original Master Tape
• Reissue supervised by Joe Harley
• Pressed at RTI
• Gatefold jacket
Musicians:
Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone
Andrew Hill, piano
Richard Davis, bass
Roy Haynes, drums
Selections:
Side A:
1. Pumpkin
2. Subterfuge
3. Black Fire
Side B:
1. Cantardos
2. Tired Trade
3. McNeil Island
4. Land Of Nod
