Grant Green - Born to Be Blue
Жанр: Hard Bop
Носитель: LP
Год выпуска: 1962/2019
Лейбл: Blue Note (B0030486-01)
Страна-производитель: США
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks
Формат записи: 24/192
Формат раздачи: 24/192
Продолжительность: 00:37:41
Треклист:
01. Someday My Prince Will Come (Churchill-Morey) - 6:29
02. Born to Be Blue (Wells-Torme) - 4:55
03. If I Should Lose You (Robin-Rainger) - 6:04
04. Back in Your Own Backyard (Jolson-Rose-Dreyer) - 8:04
05. My One and Only Love (Mellin-Wood) - 5:51
06. Count Every Star (Coquatrix-Gallop) - 6:18
Источник оцифровки: thezabs
Код класса состояния винила: Mint
Устройство воспроизведения: Rega P10 Turntable with Rega P10 PSU
Головка звукоснимателя: Rega Apheta 3 Cartridge
Предварительный усилитель: PS Audio NuWave Phono Converter ADC
Программа-оцифровщик: Audition CC 2019
Обработка: Click Repair 3.9.9 at 10/0 on DeClick > Volume Boost +4 DB > Remove DC Bias
Условия оцифровки
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Processing:
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Scans:
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Замер динамического диапазона
foobar2000 1.6.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-01-20 17:34:01
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Analyzed: Grant Green / Born to Be Blue
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 0.00 dB -16.51 dB 6:29 01-Someday My Prince Will Come
DR13 0.00 dB -19.01 dB 4:55 02-Born to Be Blue
DR15 0.00 dB -17.19 dB 6:04 03-If I Should Lose You
DR12 0.00 dB -15.01 dB 8:04 04-Back in Your Own Backyard
DR14 -2.40 dB -19.99 dB 5:51 05-My One and Only Love
DR14 0.00 dB -18.25 dB 6:18 06-Count Every Star
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4808 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Review by Charles Waring
When it came to unreleased album sessions, Grant Green had more reason to be aggrieved than anyone else signed to Blue Note Records. The St Louis-born guitarist who joined Alfred Lion’s famous jazz label at the end of 1960 had the distinction – and disappointment – of seeing at least 11 of his album sessions consigned to the company tape vault, among them Born To Be Blue. Even so, Green – unlike someone like tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks, who only saw a solitary album release on Blue Note during his lifetime, despite recording several sessions – shouldn’t have felt too hard done by. Discounting the many aborted album projects, he was still one of the most-recorded musicians on the label, both as a leader and sideman.
What was eventually released as Born To Be Blue in 1985 was actually recorded 23 years earlier, in 1962. On the afternoon of Thursday, March 1 of that year, Green – who had already recorded nine album sessions for the New York indie label since joining its roster, 14 months earlier – went into Van Gelder Studio at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, accompanied by veteran 43-year-old tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec (then Blue Note’s A&R man, who also had a solo deal with the label), pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Louis Hayes (the latter two had been seconded from Cannonball Adderley’s popular quintet of the time).
They cut seven different tracks but only four made the 1985 release. The lead track was “Someday My Prince Will Come,” a standard that originated from the 1937 Disney animated movie Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. It was immensely popular with jazz musicians and had been famously covered by Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis before Green put his own inimitable spin on it. Instead of playing it as a ballad, which was the norm in jazz, Green approached the tune with a different mindset, delivering a super-charged, high-octane version on which he and Quebec played the main theme in unison over Jones and Hayes’ light but propulsive swing rhythms. Green’s solo highlights the leanness of his playing and minimalist aesthetic. He articulates clean, single-note lines, approaching the guitar as if it were a trumpet or saxophone rather than a chordal instrument.
Born To Be Blue’s title track is a Mel Tormé tune: a succulent slow ballad that begins with languorous legato phrases from Quebec’s breathy tenor horn, whose beguiling melodies are suffused with bluesy inflections. After Quebec’s eloquent solo, Green briefly turns from sympathetic, unobtrusive accompanist into a soloist, before the saxophonist returns to close out the song.
Another standard, “If I Should Lose You” – a standout on saxophonist Hank Mobley’s 1960 Blue Note album Soul Station – picks up the tempo though it maintains the subdued nocturnal mood of the title track. Green takes center stage first, faithfully enunciating the main melody before embarking upon a tasteful passage of improv in which he impresses with his lucid sound and clean articulation. Quebec follows with some soulful note-bending, before Sonny Clark, always sympathetic as an accompanist, shows his dexterity as a soloist at the piano.
Co-written by Al Jolson, “Back In Your Own Back Yard” – previously recorded by Fletcher Henderson and Billie Holiday – increases the tempo a few notches. It’s a sprightly swinger that features Quebec first; then Green takes up the baton, delivering a fleet-fingered solo that’s defined by a clear, flowing melodic line. When Quebec returns, the song’s energy increases with the saxophonist ramping up the expressive intensity of the music. Sonny Clark, however, cools the music down with his solo spot before Green returns for a second solo salvo. At the end, Green and Quebec trade phrases in a contrapuntal dialogue to the fade.
The slow ballad “My One And Only Love” was made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1953 and has attracted covers by saxophonists Charlie Ventura and Ben Webster. Grant Green shows a nuanced sensitivity in his rendition and the delicacy of his playing is complemented by the exquisite soulfulness of Ike Quebec, who caresses the song’s sinuous melody.
Born To Be Blue’s closing track “Count Every Star,” a Top 5 US pop hit for Ray Anthony And His Orchestra in 1950, originated from an earlier Blue Note session, on Monday, December 11, 1961, recorded with the same lineup. Interestingly, Ike Quebec recorded a version of the song two weeks later, releasing it on his Blue And Sentimental album; coincidentally, it featured Green, Clark, Jones, and Hayes. That version, with its subdued, late-night ambience, was very similar to Green’s, but the guitarist’s take spent 23 years in the can, alongside the rest of Born To Be Blue.
Given another lease of life over three decades after it finally saw the light of day, the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series edition of Born To Be Blue has been mastered from the original two-track tapes by engineer Kevin Gray, under the supervision of producer Joe Harley, the Tone Poet himself. It offers a vivid reminder of the guitarist’s abilities as a musician whose “less is more” aesthetic gave him a unique approach to his instrument.
Состав
Grant Green - guitar
Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Louis Hayes - drums
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on December 23, 1961 (#6) and March 1, 1962.
LP mastering by Kevin Gray.
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发表于 2022-4-2 14:56:46
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