Criada em 1982 pela Fantasy, a série Original Jazz Classics (OJC) foi a casa do catálogo jazz impressionante da editora, com o propósito de reeditar álbuns de jazz influentes com o máximo cuidado e reverência pelos originais, desde a arte da capa, até aos textos e gravação audio. A paixão da Craft Recordings pela meticulosa preservação e qualidade, tornou natural o renascimento da OJC em 2023.

• Original Jazz Classics series
• Masterização totalmente analógica a partir das fitas originais
• Corte por Matthew Lutthans na Cohearent Audio de Kevin Gray.
• Prensagem vinil 180 Gramas na RTI, USA
• Apresentado em capa Tip-On com Obi

Since its inception in 1982, Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics® (OJC) series quickly established a reputation as the go-to imprint for collectible jazz reissues. OJC served as a home for the label’s impressive jazz catalog – which had grown to include thousands of celebrated titles from Prestige, Galaxy, Milestone, Riverside, Debut, Contemporary, Jazzland, and Pablo. Drawing on this vast wealth of material, Original Jazz Classics released over 850 titles.

Its goal was simple: to reissue influential jazz albums with the utmost care and reverence for the originals — from the cover art and liner notes to the audio recordings themselves. Given Craft Recordings' shared passion for meticulous preservation and quality, it is a natural step to relaunch Original Jazz Classics as part of the Craft family.

2023 will see the continuation of this influential jazz series on audiophile-quality vinyl and new hi-res digital, through the ongoing release of several of the most coveted (and long out-of-print) albums in this vast collection.

Originally released in 1962, jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef’s “Eastern Sounds” fuses hard bop with middle eastern music as he is joined by Barry Harris on piano alongside Ernie Farrow (double bass, rabaab) and Lex Humphries (drums). This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and presented in a Tip-On Jacket.

Músicos:

Yusef Lateef - tenor sax, oboé, flauta
Barry Harris - piano
Ernie Farrow - baixo, rabat
Lex Humphries - bateria

Lista de Faixas:

1. The Plum Blossom
2. Blues For The Orient
3. Ching Miau
4. Don’t Blame Me
5. Love Theme From Spartacus
6. Snafu
7. Purple Flower
8. Love Theme From Robe
9. The Three Faces Of Balal

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