Perhaps the perfect starting point for a reappraisal of Duke Pearson\u2019s underrated career is his fantastic and aptly titled 1967 album The Right Touch. The album stands as perhaps the finest in Pearson\u2019s discography and is a showcase of his sublime talents as a pianist, composer, and arranger. The Right Touch is comprised of six memorable Pearson compositions arranged for a dynamic 8-piece band featuring trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Garnett Brown, alto saxophonist James Spaulding, alto saxophonist\/flutist Jerry Dodgion, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Grady Tate. Highlights of the set include the picante opener \u201cChili Peppers,\u201d the lightly swinging \u201cMake It Good\u201d (a feature for Pearson\u2019s elegant piano stylings), the exquisite bossa nova ballad \u201cMy Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)\u201d on which Hubbard\u2019s flugelhorn takes the lead, the down-home blues \u201cScrap Iron\u201d which seems to have been custom made for Turrentine\u2019s soulful tenor, and the whirling album closer \u201cRotary\u201d which swings round and round as the soloists each make their emphatic closing statements.<\/p>\n
Blue Note Tone Poet Series<\/p>\n
The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was\u2019 admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the \u201cTone Poet,\u201d on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.<\/p>\n
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 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.<\/p>\n
This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.<\/p>\n
Side A:
\nA1: Chili Peppers
\nA2: Make It Good
\nA3: My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)<\/p>\n
Side B
\nB1: Los Malos Hombres
\nB2: Scrap Iron
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