Horace Parlan – Up & Down – 180g [Tone Poet Series]

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Artist: Horace Parlan |Label: Blue Note |Format: LP |Genre: Jazz | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

Horace Parlan
Up & Down
Blue Note 84082 – Tone Poet Series in a thick gatefold jacket on 180g vinyl

The bluesy and soulful pianistHorace Parlanis perhaps best known for his work with Charles Mingus on the bassists seminal 1959 albumsMingus Ah UmandBlues & Roots. That same year Parlan made his first Blue Note appearance on Lou Donaldsons albumThe Time Is Rightand in early-1960 he began leading his own sessions for the label with a run of six quintessential hard bop dates recorded over a prolific 16-month period. Following the trio albumsMovin & GroovinandUs Three, Parlan expanded to a quintet for his classicSpeakin My Piece, and in 1961 capped off his hot streak with the quintet albumUp & Down. The 6-song set was anchored by Parlans trusty trio with bassistGeorge Tuckerand drummerAl Harewoodand featured the two new band members in guitarist and Blue Note stalwartGrant Greenand brawny tenor saxophonistBooker Ervin. Opening with Ervins catchy, hard-swinging number The Books Beat the sets other highlights include Parlans up-tempo title tune, Tuckers soulful blues-waltz Fugee, Greens swaggering blues The Other Part of Town, and the plaintive ballad Lonely One which was written by Babs Gonzales for Billie Holiday.

Blue Note Tone Poet Series
The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the Tone Poet, on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gm audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.

Blue Note Records Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

Tracklist:
The Book’s Beat
Up and Down
Fugee
The Other Side of Town
Lonely One
Light Blue

NEW SEALED 180g LP – audiophile quality w/ thick gatefold jacket