OLIVER NELSON "THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, SO NE

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                                                                            OLIVER NELSON "THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH"
2009 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS (25 IMPULSE! REISSUES), 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VINYL, #98 OF A SOLD-OUT, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,500 NUMBERED COPIES, IMPULSE                                                  CATALOG NUMBER A-5, RECORDED FEBRUARY 23, 1961 & ENGINEERED BY RUDY VAN GELDER. 
"WITH ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS NEW 45 RPM VINYL PRESSING OF OLIVER NELSON'S "THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH", WE FINALLY HAVE A REISSUE OF THIS GREAT ALBUM THAT'S WORTH BUYING...A FEW 'AUDIOPHILE' REISSUES HAVE COME OUT OVER THE YEARS, IN VINYL AND ALUMINUM, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TO COME CLOSE TO THE WONDERFUL SONICS OF THE ORIGINAL BLACK-AND-ORANGE PRESSING."--FRED KAPLAN, STEREOPHILE
"LET ME CUT TO THE CHASE HERE AND RECOMMEND THAT YOU BUY TWO COPIES-ONE TO ENJOY AND THE OTHER TO HOLD FOR RESALE, BECAUSE SOME DAY ACOUSTIC SOUNDS LICENSE WILL RUN OUT AND LOTS OF JAZZ FANS WILL BE KICKING THEMSELVES FOR NOT BUYING A COPY. KEVIN GRAY HAS TURNED OUT A PERFECT REMASTERING JOB AND THIS IS MY CHOICE FOR REISSUE OF THE YEAR."                                                                     RECORDING=10/10; MUSIC-10/10-DENNIS DAVIS, HI-FI+, ISSUE 68
"AS OLIVER NELSON IS KNOWN PRIMARILY AS A BIG BAND LEADER AND ARRANGER, HE IS LESSER KNOWN AS A SAXOPHONIST AND ORGANIZER OF SMALL ENSEMBLES. "BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH" IS HIS TRIUMPH AS A MUSICIAN FOR THE ASPECTS OF NOT ONLY DEFINING THE SOUND OF AN ERA WITH HIS ALL-TIME CLASSIC "STOLEN MOMENTS", BUT ON THIS RECORDING, ASSEMBLING ONE OF THE MOST POTENT MODERN JAZZ SEXTETS EVER. LEAD TRUMPETER FREDDIE HUBBARD IS AT THE PEAK OF PERFORMANCE, WHILE ALTO SAXOPHONISTS NELSON AND ERIC DOLPHY (NELSON DOUBLING ON TENOR) TEAM UP FOR AN UNLIKELY UNION THAT WAS SIMMERED TO PERFECTION. BILL EVANS (PIANO), PAUL CHAMBERS (BASS) AND ROY HAYNES (DRUMS) CAN DO NO WRONG AS A RHYTHM SECTION."
                                                                                                   1) STOLEN MOMENTS                                                                                                   2) HOE DOWN                                                                                                   3) CASCADES                                                                                                   4) YEARNIN'                                                                                                   5) BUTCH AND BUTCH                                                                                                   6) TEENIE'S BLUES