Baby Face Willette Face To Face Tone Poet LP Blue Note 2019 Release OOP NM 180g
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Baby Face Willette - With Grant Green "Face To Face" Tone Poet LP 0n Blue Note - 2019 Release Out-of-Print... EX/NM 180 GRAM Audiophile Vinyl! No Reserve.
Hammond B-3 organ soul jazz fans know and love the music of Jimmy Smith, but lesser known is the tragically short life and career of Roosevelt “Baby Face” Willette who produced some of the deepest grooves ever recorded on the B-3 on just two Blue Note albums recorded in 1961. Willette’s debut "Face to Face" is a showcase for his blues-drenched organ pyrotechnics. Joined by the brilliant guitarist Grant Green, tenor sax master Fred Jackson and the rock-solid drums of Ben Dixon, Face to Face is a tour de force of rough and ready soul jazz brilliance with an iconic Reid Miles cover design to match!
See pics... Vinyl is EX+ to NM - Looks like it was played once. Heavy deluxe gatefold cover is in M- perfect condition with no flaws. Sold Out and out-of-print. No Reserve.
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.
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).
Tracks: A1: Swingin At Sugar Ray’s A2: Goin’ Down A3: Whatever Lola Wants B1: Face To Face B2: Somethin’ Strange B3: High N’ Low
Players: Baby Face Willette – organ Grant Green – guitar Ben Dixon – drums Fred Jackson – tenor saxophone
Producer – Alfred Lion Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder Liner Notes – Robert Levin Mastered by Kevin Gray Photography by Francis Wolff Cover Design - Reid Miles
Originally released in 1961 by Blue Note Records.
Recorded Jan. 30, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Enjoy!
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