Duke Ellington Unknown Session COLUMBIA ACETATE
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One of my favorite releases in the Contemporary Masters series was Duke Ellington's "Unknown Session," recorded in 1960. It features some very spirited performances by the Duke, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown and Ray Nance, among other notables. This was our first master of those recordings, and I believe the mixes to be the same as the release in 1979. Also included with this acetate are the original photocopies of the two mastering sheets. This acetate has not been listened to more than once and is in excellent condition.
Almost 40 years ago, I worked as a producer at Columbia Records. Much of the work was with the jazz roster--including the deep and illustrious history of this company through its reissue programs, "Contemporary Masters" and "Jazz Masterpieces." This acetate/test pressing comes from my personal collection along with any information I may have written on the jacket. In many cases, we cut several generations of masters before we (and especially the artists) were happy with the final sound. Mastering is a very important step in the final production of a recording session. In most cases, this is the only copy that was "cut," and it was passed along to executives and artists for their signed approval. The sale of this acetate does not include any inherent rights, nor are they imploied. The recordings and music are owned by the record label and/or artists. To commercially release this material would violate those rights.
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