Anthony Williams – Lifetime – 180g [Tone Poet Series]

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Artist: Anthony Williams |Label: Blue Note 84180 |Format: LP |Genre: Jazz | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

Anthony Williams
Lifetime
Blue Note 84180 – Tone Poet Series

The precocious and prodigious drummer and composerTony Williamshad already joined theMiles Davis Quintetand participated in numerous landmark Blue Note recordings includingHerbie HancockEmpyrean Isles,Eric DolphyOut To Lunch,Andrew HillPoint Of Departure,Jackie McLeanOne Step Beyond, andGrachan Moncur IIIEvolutionby the time he recorded his own adventurous debut albumLife Timein August 1964, when he was still just 18 years old. Williams had no intention of playing it safe on his maiden voyage as a leader and set forth to document his uncompromising expression on this program of innovative original compositions. Side 1 presents the expansive two movement suite 2 Pieces of One with the drummer joined by tenor saxophonistSam Riversand bassistsGary PeacockandRichard Davis. Side 2 opens with the jaunty Tomorrow Afternoon featuringWilliams, Rivers, and Peacock. Williams plays a variety of percussion on the freely improvised Memory which featuresHerbie Hancockon piano andBobby Hutchersonon vibraphone, and lays out entirely on the ruminative piano-bass duet Barbs Song to the Wizard performed by Hancock andRon Carterwhich closes the album.

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:
Pieces of One (Suite):
Red
Green
Tomorrow Afternoon
Memory
Barb’s Song to the Wizard

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