Blue Note Records Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissues. Joe Harley co-founder of the acclaimed Music Matters Jazz audiophile vinyl label is the producer of this new series, handpicked titles mastered from the original master tapes on 180g Vinyl in deluxe gatefold covers. Mastering is done by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and vinyl is pressed at Record Technology Incorporated, RTI in the USA.

• Blue Note 80th Anniversary 
• All Analog Mastering
• Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series
• Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
• Mastered From Original Master Tapes
• Reissue supervised by Joe Harley
• 180 Gram Vinyl Pressed at RTI USA
• Deluxe Gatefold Cover

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. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), 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 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. This is it!

"Per Don Was's direction, everything about this reissue series closely mirrors the Music Matters releases that so impressed Was..." - Michael Fremer, Analogplanet

Saxophonist and flutist Sam Rivers followed-up his striking debut Fuchsia Swing Song with the tremendous album Contours, which was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs, N.J. studio in 1965 with a top-flight band featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. The quintet explored four of Rivers' engaging original compositions — "Point of Many Returns" "Dance of the Tripedal" "Euterpe" & "Mellifluous Cacophony" — with a profound spirit of freedom and innovation while keeping a foot firmly planted in Post-Bop.

Musicians:

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
Sam Rivers, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute
Herbie Hancock, piano
Ron Carter, bass
Joe Chambers, drums

Track Listing:

Side A

1. Point Of Many Returns
2. Dance Of The Tripedal

Side B
1. Euterpe
2. Mellifluous Cacaphony

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