McCoy Tyner Extensions UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
After McCoy Tyner left John Coltrane's band, he ended his collaboration with Impulse and moved to Blue Note, where he debuted in 1967 with his timeless classic "The Real McCoy". Tyner had African music firmly in mind when he recorded "Extensions" in 1970 – a highly innovative work that took audiences on a journey of discovery into black identity and marked another success for this great pianist on his fifth album on Blue Note.
With "Extensions", McCoy Tyner not only pushed the boundaries of mainstream jazz: it is the only album on which he is accompanied by Alice Coltrane, who plays the harp in three of the four pieces. Tyner's compositions are also given a breathtakingly musical virtuosity by alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano saxophone, Ron Carter on double bass and Elvin Jones on drums. The heart of the album is "Message From The Nile", which is characterized by a rousing groove, brilliant harp passages and imaginative improvisations. "The Wanderer", on the other hand, begins with a slow rhythm, which then transitions into a galloping swing with solos of unbridled joy of playing. "Survival Blues" is another extended performance that leaves plenty of room for solos for each musician before the album ends with the impressionistic sounds of the closing track "His Blessings".
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 session for "Extensions" took place on February 9, 1970 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, 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:

• McCoy Tyner, piano
• Alice Coltrane, harp
• Wayne Shorter, tenor & soprano saxophone
• Gary Bartz, alto saxophone
• Ron Carter, acoustic bass
• Elvin Jones, drums

Selections:

1. Message From The Nile
2. The Wanderer
3. Survival Blues
4. His Blessings