Illinois Jacquet - Swing's The Thing Mono

Michael Fremer Rated 9/10 Music, 10/10 Sonics in his September 2011 reviews on musicangle.com!

Numbered, Limited Edition 200 Gram, 45rpm 2LP Set!

Only 1st 1000 copies of 2500 Are Numbered!

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound & Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

This 1956 session includes the great tenor Illinois Jacquet accompanied by Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones.

Fremer Rated 9 out of 10 for Music, 10 out of 10 for Sound!

"Don't let the October 16th 1956 mono recording date fool you: this Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet session was recorded in Los Angeles, probably at legendary Radio Recorders, and the sound will knock you down...If the opener "Las Vegas Blues" doesn't get you, the second tune, the familiar "Harlem Nocturne" will! The sonic mood is strictly fish net stockings "film noir." When Jacquet reaches down to the lower limits of his tenor on "...Nocturne" you'll feel as if the walls of your listening room just might crumble." - Michael Fremer, Music Angle, Music 9/10, Sound 10/10

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition

• Only 1st 1000 copies of 2500 Are Numbered

• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound!

• Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!

• 200 Gram, 45rpm 2LP

• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

• Mono

Musicians:

Illinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone

Roy Eldridge, trumpet

Jimmy Jones, piano

Herb Ellis, guitar

Ray Brown, bass

Jo Jones, drums

Selections:

1. Las Vegas Blues

2. Harlem Nocturne

3. Can't We Be Friends?

4. Achtung

5. Have You Met Miss Jones?

6. Lullaby Of the Leaves

Recorded October 16, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA.