Milt Jackson Milt Jackson & The Thelonious Monk Quintet (Mono) UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
Vibraphonist Milt Jackson performed at numerous Blue Note sessions during the bebop era in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including in 1952 under his direction with the original line-up of the Modern Jazz Quartet with John Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums, and Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone. That year, Blue Note released the 10-inch LP "Wizard Of The Vibes," which featured Jackson's memorable theme "Bag's Groove." In 1956, Blue Note switched to the 12-inch LP and launched the legendary 1500 series, in which the expanded LP "Milt Jackson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet" (BLP 1509) was released with additional tracks from 1948 and 1949 under Monk's direction, including a quartet recording with John Simmons on bass and Shadow Wilson on drums, and a quintet recording with Sahib Shihab on alto saxophone. Al McKibbon on bass and Art Blakey on drums. The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the pieces with Monk as "classics that culminate with the captivating version of "I Mean You." AllMusic wrote, "Jackson's imaginative playing on both days makes this CD an important part of his considerable discography, so it should not be missing from any bop fan's collection."
As part of the hugely popular Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series, Universal Music Japan presents the sonically stunning remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as "Tone Poet" and "Classic Vinyl" – as a limited Japan-exclusive UHQCD with OBI Stripe. The original recording sessions for this compilation took place on July 2, 1948 and July 23, 1951.
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:

• Milt Jackson, vibes
• Lou Donaldson, alto sax
• Sahib Shihab, alto sax
• John Lewis, piano
• Thelonious Monk, piano
• Percy Heath, bass
• Al McKibbon, bass
• John Simmons, bass
• Kenny Clarke, drums
• Art Blakey, drums
• Shadow Wilson, drums

Selections:

1. Lillie
2. Tahiti
3. What's New
4. Bags' Groove
5. On The Scene
6. Willow Weep For Me
7. Criss Cross
8. Eronel
9. Misterioso (Alternate Master)
10. Evidence
11. Lillie (Alternate Master)
12. Four In One (Alternate Master)