Duke Ellington Money Jungle UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
In September 1962, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach gathered at the Sound Makers Studio in New York City to record "Money Jungle," one of the most famous jazz trio albums of all time. The generational and stylistic differences between the three masters resulted in fearless music of the highest quality. The album was originally released by United Artists and featured seven memorable compositions by Ellington, including "Caravan," "Solitude," and a stunning version of "Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower)." "Money Jungle" was awarded the Grand Prix of the Jazz Magazine of France. George Wein rightly writes in the liner notes: "A triumvirate, not a trio"!
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 "Money Jungle" took place on September 17, 1963 at Sound Makers Studios, New York.
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:

• Duke Ellington, piano
• Charles Mingus, double bass
• Max Roach, drums

Selections:

1. Money Jungle
2. Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower)
3. Very Special
4. Warm Valley
5. Wig Wise
6. Caravan
7. Solitude