View basket “Live At Slug’s Volume 1” 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 Charles Tolliver Music Inc Compassion Jazz | Strata East | 180g, 1LP Released 30th September 2022 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Charles Tolliver Music Inc Compassion £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Strata East SKU: SES-8001 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Anne Bisson Tales From The Treetops Jazz | Camilio Records | 180g, 1LP Released 13th August 2014 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Anne Bisson Tales From The Treetops £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Camilio Records SKU: CML2021 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th August 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Frank Sinatra Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain Jazz | Reprise | 1LP Released 25th October 2022 £14.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Frank Sinatra Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Reprise SKU: nn252073 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th October 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Alfa Mist Bring Backs Jazz | Anti | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd April 2021 £20.00 - £22.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Alfa Mist Bring Backs £20.00 - £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Anti Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd April 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Art Pepper Plus Eleven Jazz | Waxtime | 180g, 1LP Released 10th September 2012 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Pepper Plus Eleven £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Waxtime SKU: LP771805 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th September 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dexter Gordon Clubhouse Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th June 2019 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dexter Gordon Clubhouse £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 7718776 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stan Getz & Bill Evans Previously Unreleased Recordings (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Verve (Acoustic Sounds Series) | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 23rd February 2024 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stan Getz & Bill Evans Previously Unreleased Recordings (Acoustic Sounds Series) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve (Acoustic Sounds Series) SKU: 5853831 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 23rd February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan Blues Roots Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 10th May 2016 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan Blues Roots £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPAN CS9749 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th May 2016 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View John Coltrane Coltrane Jazz Jazz | Rhino | 180g, 1LP Released 18th June 2010 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Coltrane Jazz £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Rhino SKU: 8122798051 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th June 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin Jazz | Verve | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 20th April 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 6702024 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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