To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a special jazz series to honor the legacy the label has built over decades. Timeless philosophy is to bring quality music of great talents that will live on in the future, hence the label's name Timeless Records. You'll be surprised by the music, mastering and pressing quality of this series, highly recommended.

• Limited Edition
• 2000 Individually Numbered Units
• Translucent Blue Vinyl
• Pressed in Holland at Record Industry
• LP 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl

180 gram audiophile vinyl, Sleeve printed on heavy cardboard with linen laminate finish. Classic jazz album featuring Valery Ponomarev, Robert Watson, David Schnitter, James Williams and Dennis Irwin. Features “Reflections In Blue”, “Say Dr. “J” ” and “Ballad Medley”. Part of the Timeless Records' 45th Anniversary Jazz Series, Limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on translucent blue coloured vinyl.

The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that was founded by Art Blakey, together with Horace Silver. Soon after its founding, the Jazz Messengers became known as an incubator for young talent. Band leader Art Blakey led the collective for over 35 years. The 1978 formation has been described by critics as one of Blakey's strongest groups in years, featuring trumpeter Valery Ponomarev, Robert Watson (also known as Bobby Watson) on alto saxophone, David Schnitter on tenor saxophone, Dennis Irwin on bass and James Williams on piano. With this formation, he recorded the album Reflections In Blue in 1978 in the Netherlands and released the year after on Timeless Records.

Reflections In Blue is available as a limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on translucent blue coloured vinyl.

It was 1975 when Wim Wigt founded Timeless Records with the help of his wife Ria. Wim was a renowned agent and jazz musician. Wim's career in music was initiated as a hobby that got out of hand. Wim and Ria organized concerts and small tours throughout the Netherlands, but at the request of many American jazz musicians, their business went international and grew exponentially. They worked with Machito, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, set up numerous tours for Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Pharoah Sanders, and organized concerts with Dionne Warwick, Chuck Berry, The Hollies, Alan Parsons, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Benson and Nina Simone. To top things off, Wim and Ria acted as management during Chet Baker's latter years, which are also seen as Baker's most prolific years.

During those same years, Wim and Ria founded Timeless Records. Their first release was Cedar Walton's Eastern Rebellion, which is considered by many as one of the best bebopjazz recordings from the seventies. As of 2020 - 45 years later - the label had issued some 900 releases and founded three sub-labels, including Limetree Records. Notable releases include Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet, McCoy Tyner's Bon Voyage, Lou Donaldson's Forgotten Man, and albums by the George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet, Chet Baker, Bill Evans and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a special jazz series to honor the legacy that the label has built over the past decades.

“Our philosophy is always to bring quality music of great talents that will live on in the future, hence our labels name Timeless Records. We are happy to celebrate our 45 anniversary in this way and hope this collaboration with MOV and MOCD will reach new listeners.” - Wim and Ria Wigt

Musicians:

Art Blakey - drums
Valery Ponomarev - trumpet
Robert Watson - alto saxophone
David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
James Williams - piano
Dennis Irwin - bass

Track Listing:

01. Reflections In Blue
02. E.T.A.
03. Say Dr. “J”
04. Mishima
05. Ballad Medley:
.My Foolish Heart
.My One And Only Love
.Chelsea Bridge
.In A Sentimental Mood
06. Stretching

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