Duke Pearson The Right Touch (Tone Poet Series)

180g Vinyl LP!
Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series!
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes!
Produced by Music Matters' Joe Harley!
Pressed at RTI!
Perhaps the perfect starting point for a reappraisal of Duke Pearson's underrated career is his fantastic and aptly titled 1967 album The Right Touch. The album stands as perhaps the finest in Pearson's discography and is a showcase of his sublime talents as a pianist, composer, and arranger. The Right Touch is comprised of six memorable Pearson compositions arranged for a dynamic eight-piece band featuring trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Garnett Brown, alto saxophonist James Spaulding, alto saxophonist/flautist Jerry Dodgion, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Grady Tate. Highlights of the set include the picante opener "Chili Peppers," the lightly swinging "Make It Good" (a feature for Pearson's elegant piano stylings), the exquisite bossa nova ballad "My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)" on which Hubbard's flugelhorn takes the lead, the down-home blues "Scrap Iron," which seems to have been custom-made for Turrentine's soulful tenor, and the whirling album closer "Rotary," which swings 'round and 'round as the soloists each make their emphatic closing statements.
The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology, Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.
This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology, Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.
"This is one of the finest recordings of Duke Pearson's career." - Scott Yanow, AllMusic.com, 5/5 stars

Features:

• 180g Vinyl LP
• Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
• Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes
• Produced by Joe Harley
• Pressed at RTI
• Deluxe Gatefold Tip-On Jacket

Musicians:

• Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
• Garnett Brown, trombone
• James Spaulding, alto sax
• Jerry Dodgion, alto sax, flute
• Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax
• Duke Pearson, piano
• Gene Taylor, bass
• Grady Tate, drums

Selections:

Side A
1. Chili Peppers
2. Make It Good
3. My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)
Side B
1. Los Malos Hombres
2. Scrap Iron
3. Rotary