Chet Baker & Art Pepper Picture of Heath UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
After two recordings together for Pacific Jazz, trumpeter Chet Baker and alto saxophonist Art Pepper continued their fruitful collaboration with the extremely swinging album "Picture Of Heath", originally released under the title "Playboys" – until Hugh Hefner, editor of the relevant men's magazine, objected. The sextet for this session was peppered with top talent from the West Coast jazz scene, including tenor saxophonist Phil Urso, pianist Carl Perkins, bassist Curtis Counce and drummer Larance Marable. What was remarkable about this recording was the focus on the compositions of saxophonist Jimmy Heath, who had written five of the album's tracks: "Picture Of Heath", "For Miles and Miles", "C.T.A.", "For Minors Only" and "Resonant Emotions". The set is rounded off by two pieces by Pepper – "Minor-Yours" and "Tynan Tyme". The band's interplay is lively throughout and peppered with exquisite solos. An absolute cool jazz masterpiece!
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 "Picture Of Heath" took place on October 31, 1956 at Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood.
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:

• Chet Baker, trumpet
• Art Pepper, alto
• Phil Urso, tenor
• Carl Perkins, piano
• Curtis Counce, bass
• Larance Marable, drums

Selections:

1. Picture Of Heath
2. For Miles And Miles
3. C.T.A.
4. For Minors Only
5. Minor-Yours
6. Resonant Emotions
7. Tynan Tyme