New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Blue Note Records has announced a revised 2020 release scheduled for the acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series. Pandemic-related closures temporarily put production on hold, but the series will resume again on August 28 with the release of three titles: a first-time vinyl release of vibraphonist
Bobby Hutcherson's first session The Kicker (1963), alto saxophonist Jackie McLean's It's Time (1964), and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson's The
State of the Tenor: Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1 (1985).
Launched in 2019, the Tone Poet series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues that are mastered from the original master tapes by
Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. Tone Poet vinyl is manufactured at RTI in Camarillo, California, and packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing "Old Style" Gatefold Tip-On Jackets. Titles are handpicked by Harley and cover enduring favorites of the Blue Note catalog along with underrated classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note umbrella including Pacific Jazz, United Artists, and Solid State. Explore the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series on the Blue Note Store.
In a recent review, Stereophile's Jim Austin called the Tone Poet Vinyl Edition of Lee Morgan's The Cooker "superb. … The gatefold cover is meticulously crafted. The vinyl is quiet, without meaningful flaws. The stereo images are corporeal, and the soundstage has real depth. … The only reason not to buy this record is if you don't have a record player, or if you're broke."
Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series - Revised 2020 Release Schedule:
August 28
Bobby Hutcherson - The Kicker (Blue Note, 1963)
Jackie
McLean - It's Time (Blue Note, 1964)
Joe Henderson - The
State of the Tenor: Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1985)
September 11
Stanley Turrentine - That's Where It's At (Blue Note, 1962)
September 25
Horace
Silver - Further Explorations (Blue Note, 1958)
Jimmy Smith - Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note, 1963)
Herbie Hancock - My Point of View (Blue Note, 1963)
October 30
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers -
Roots & Herbs (Blue Note, 1961)
Bobby Hutcherson - Oblique (Blue Note, 1967)
Duke Pearson - The Phantom (Blue Note, 1968)
November 20
Donald Byrd - Byrd In Flight (Blue Note, 1960)
Tina Brooks - The Waiting Game (Blue Note, 1961)
McCoy Tyner - Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1967)
December 11
Paul
Chambers - Bass On Top (Blue Note, 1957)
Lee
Morgan - The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966)
John Scofield &
Pat Metheny - I Can See Your House From Here (Blue Note, 1993)
Previous Releases:
Lonnie Smith - All In My Mind (Blue Note, 2017)
Duke Ellington - Money
Jungle (United Artists, 1962)
Lee
Morgan - The Cooker (Blue Note, 1957)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (Blue Note, 1969)
Grant Green - Nigeria (Blue Note, 1962)
Chet Baker -
Chet Baker Sings (Pacific Jazz, 1954-56)
Stanley Turrentine - Comin' Your Way (Blue Note, 1961)
Hank Mobley - Poppin' (Blue Note, 1957)
Tina Brooks - Minor Move (Blue Note, 1958)
Grant Green - Born to Be Blue (Blue Note, 1962)
Stanley Turrentine - Hustlin' (Blue Note, 1964)
Donald Byrd - Chant (Blue Note, 1961)
Andrew Hill -
Black Fire (Blue Note, 1963)
Kenny Burrell - Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
Dexter Gordon - Clubhouse (Blue Note, 1965)
Baby Face Willette - Face To Face (Blue Note, 1961)
Lee
Morgan - Cornbread (Blue Note, 1965)
Lou Donaldson - Shing-A-Ling (Blue Note, 1967)
Joe Henderson - The
State of the Tenor: Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1985)
Cassandra Wilson - Glamoured (Blue Note, 2003)
Gil Evans - New Bottle Old Wine (World Pacific, 1958)
Sam Rivers - Contours (Blue Note, 1965)
Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Solid State, 1968)
Wayne Shorter - Etcetera (Blue Note, 1965)
