Stanley Turrentine - Z.T.’s Blues (Tone Poet Society Exclusive)

This is a Tone Poet Society Exclusive release, limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies, adorned with a Tone Poet Society Exclusive gold foil stamp, and comes with a lithographic print of a photo by Francis Wolff.

Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and guitarist Grant Green didn’t record together often, but on the rare occasion when they did the results were, unsurprisingly, deeply soulful and thoroughly enjoyable. The first time the two were captured together on tape was in February 1961 for Turrentine’s excellent two-volume live album Up At Minton’s backed by the saxophonist’s working band with Horace Parlan, George Tucker, and Al Harewood. In November of that year Turrentine and Green reconvened at Van Gelder Studio to record the album Z.T.’s Blues, this time accompanied by a completely different rhythm section featuring Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Taylor on drums who bring a decidedly different feel to the proceedings. Opening with Turrentine’s sole original of the set, the down-home title track, the quintet otherwise swings through a selection of songbook standards with grace and style.

Blue Note Tone Poet Series

The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. 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 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.

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 including a lithographic print of a Francis Wolff photograph from the session.

Tracklist:
A1 Z.T.'s Blues
A2 More Than You Know
A3 The Lamp Is Low

B1 The Way You Look Tonight
B2 For Heaven's Sake
B3 I Wish I Knew
B4 Be My Love