Sonny Rollins A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (2 UHQCD)

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
"A Night At The Village Vanguard" is one of the masterpieces left to us by Sonny Rollins, one of the greatest improvisers in jazz history. He mastered the tenor saxophone like no other and was thus able to dominate music. "A Night At The Village Vanguard", recorded on November 3, 1957, is the historic first live document of the legendary New York jazz club, which has produced countless classics. That memorable day turned into a real tour de force – with two sessions: in the afternoon with Donald Bailey (double bass) and Pete La Roca (drums), in the evening with double bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Elvin Jones.
As part of the hugely 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 Blue Note US's analog reissues such as "Tone Poet" and "Classic Vinyl" – as a limited Japan-exclusive double UHQCD with OBI stripe. In addition, "A Night At The Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters" includes a 36-page booklet featuring previously unpublished photos of Francis Wolff, an essay, and a conversation between Rollins and Blue Note President Don Was.
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:

• Sonny Rollins, tenor sax
• Wilbur Ware, bass
• Elvin Jones, drums
• Donald Bailey, bass
• Pete La Roca, drums

Selections:

UHQCD 1 (Mono Mix)
1. Introduction
2. Old Devil Moon
3. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
4. Striver's Row
5. Sonnymoon For Two
6. A Night In Tunisia
7. I Can't Get Started
8. A Night In Tunisia (Evening Take)
9. I've Got You Under My Skin
UHQCD 2 (Mono Mix)
1. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Alternate Master)
2. What Is This Thing Called Love?
3. All The Things You Are
4. Introduction
5. Woody 'N' You
6. Four
7. I'll Remember April
8. Get Happy
9. Get Happy (Short Version)