Illinois Jacquet - Swing's The Thing (Test Pressing)
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Test pressing - Rarity - Unsealed
Illinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone
Roy Eldridge, trumpet
Ray Brown, bass
Herb Ellis, guitar
Jimmy Jones, piano
Jo Jones, drums
1LP, Test pressing sleeve
Limited Edition (Test Pressing only 30 records pressed)
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12''
Mono
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : Verve records
Recorded in Hollywood, CA, October 16th 1956
Produced by Norman Granz
Originally released in 1957
Reissued in 2010
Tracks :
Side A:
- Las Vegas Blues
- Harlem Nocturne
- Can't We Be Friends
Side B:
- Achtung
- Have You Met Miss Jones
- Lullaby Of The Leaves
Reviews:
“On May 26th, 1942, a teenaged tenor saxophonist from Texas took the featured solo on Lionel Hampton’s recording of a riff tune called “Flying Home,” and planted the seed from which not only a lot of bebop jazz but basically all R&B and rock sax playing would grow. Illinois Jacquet was among the first tenormen to graft elements of Lester Young’s forward- looking approach onto the template established by Coleman Hawkins, and his defining “Flying Home” solo pointed the way for thousands of aspiring bar-walkers, who learned it note-for-note. But there was more to Jacquet than extroverted honking and swaggering swing; he could improvise melodically, build his solos, and interpret ballads with great tenderness. These qualities came to the fore on the fine series of LP’s he waxed during the 1950s. Matching Jacquet’s brilliance on Swing’s The Thing is trumpet great Roy Eldridge, and the rhythm section of Jimmy Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Herb Ellis (guitar), and Jo Jones (drums). It’s hard to believe that anything short of a time machine and front-row seat in a great listening room could deliver better sound fidelity than this beautifully remastered LP reissue.” The Absolute Sound Review by Duck Baker
“Communications have so speeded up the process of cultural assimilation in the Western world in the last 20 years that artists such as Roy and Illinois, who, if they had lived in, say, the 18th century, would have spent their entire life spans perfecting their style and getting their message disseminated. Now they find themselves, on the verge of middle age, sort of musical anachronisms.
There is nothing whatsoever wrong with what they play, it is every bit as good as it was when their initial appearance made such an impression. They are every bit the musicians they were 10 years ago, and yet what they have to say no longer seems to have any relevance. It is tragic. They are left stranded on a plateau which they reached when it was important to get there. But now the main stream of history has gone on by, and they are talking in the language of another era to an ever-diminishing audience.
It is good to hear them. Nostalgic, warm-feeling, and evocative of the good old days. But it is impossible to escape the conclusion that they have made their contribution, and unless they manage to grow and develop and keep in touch with the pulse of the times, they will remain without an audience, though not without fans.
This album offers excellent romantic tenor by Illinois, on Nocturne and Miss Jones (there is a gorgeous typo in the notes on this indicating that Granzville needs a proofreader), and Roy, on Achtung brings back memories of Swing is Here. This is a further indication of the appropriateness of the above remarks.” Down Beat Review by Ralph J. Gleason