View basket “Live at The City” has been added to your basket. Face To Face Baby Face Willette SKU: 7743434 Barcode: 0602577434341 33.00 £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet Released Date: 28th June 2019 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Baby Face Willette’s Face To Face Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Music Matters’ Joe Harley Releasing his debut album, Face To Face, in 1961, this son of a preacher rode in on the wave of aspiring jazz organists that proliferated in the wake of Jimmy Smith’s breakthrough in the late 50s. Grant Green was happy to be a sideman on Roosevelt “Baby Face” Willette’s maiden session and he was joined by drummer Ben Dixon. To give the studio date a different flavor from Grant’s First Stand, saxophonist Fred Jackson, noted for his raspy tone, was added to expand the group to a quartet. As “Swingin’ At Sugar Ray’s” reveals, Willette attacked the keyboard with a percussive ferocity, even though his touch was exceptionally light and staccato-like. The evocative late-night blues of “Goin’ Down” then gives way to the lone cover, a soul jazz deconstruction of “Whatever Lola Wants.” The title tune is driven by a catchy, blues-based riff while the driving “Somethin’ Strange” is another blues-drenched number played with great energy and enthusiasm. Earthy blues elements are also perceptible in vigorous closer, “High ‘N Low.” For fans of soulful organ jazz, Face To Face was a significant release because it introduced an exciting new Hammond B3 practitioner – one who had his own distinctive sound and brought a new dynamism to the genre. 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. The label brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), aka 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 deluxe gatefold jacket graphics and printing quality to superior mastering (all analog direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180-gram 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. “The LPs are mastered directly from the original analog master tapes by Kevin at his incredible facility called Cohearent Mastering. We go about it in the exact same way that we did for so many years for the Music Matters Blue Note reissues. We do not roll off the low end, boost the top or do any limiting of any kind. We allow the full glory of the original Blue Note masters to come though unimpeded! Short of having an actual time machine, this is as close as you can get to going back and being a fly on the wall for an original Blue Note recording session.” – Joe Harley Musicians: Baby Face Willette, organ Fred Jackson, tenor saxophone Grant Green, guitar Ben Dixon, drums Features: • Blue Note Tone Poet Series • Curated by Music Matters co-founder Joe Harley • Audiophile-quality 180g vinyl LP • All-analog mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray • Manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated • Deluxe gatefold jacket packaging Artist Baby Face Willette Genre Jazz Label Blue Note Tone Poet Buying Options 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 180g , 1LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings Swingin' At Sugar Ray's Goin' Down Whatever Lola Wants Face To Face Somethin' Strange High ‘N Low Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Baby Face Willette and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Baby Face Willette Face To Face Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 21st October 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Baby Face Willette Face To Face £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: LP84068 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michel Petrucciani Colors Jazz | Disques Dreyfus | 2LP Released 4th October 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michel Petrucciani Colors £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Disques Dreyfus SKU: 4050538526837 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 4th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hudson feat. 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