Herbie Nichols Trio Herbie Nichols Trio UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
Herbie Nichols was overshadowed by other jazz pianists and composers throughout his life. Unfortunately, he did not find the recognition he deserved until long after his much too early death. Nichols, who like Thelonious Monk had found a niche of his own, left posterity only a very small oeuvre, which is all the more impressive for it. On "Herbie Nichols Trio", the third of only four albums, he presented nine original compositions, including "Lady Sings The Blues", written together with Billie Holiday, in which he cleverly combined elements of old and modern jazz styles.
In the course of the extremely popular "Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series", Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for the analog reissues of Blue Note US such as "Tone Poet" and "Classic Vinyl" - as a limited Japanese UHQCD with OBI Stripe. The original recording sessions for "Herbie Nichols Trio" took place on August 1 and 7, 1955 and April 19, 1956 at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. UHQCDs, unlike conventional CDs, are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To protect the softer photopolymer from scratching, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unrivalled precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now being released with increasing popularity. Typically, the master tapes of the Universal Archive are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not have a SACD player.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Made in Japan
• Superior Crystal Sound
• Ultimate High Quality CD
• XRCD-Like Luxury Digipak
• Playable on conventional CD players

Musicians:

• Herbie Nichols, piano
• Al McKibbon, bass
• Teddy Kotick, bass
• Max Roach, drums

Selections:

1. The Gig
2. House Party Starting
3. Chit Chattin'
4. The Lady Sings The Blues
5. Terpischore
6. The Spinning Song
7. Query
8. Wildflower
9. Hangover Triangle
10. Mine