Anne Bisson – Keys To My Heart 180g 45RPM One Step Vinyl
Anne Bisson Trio – Four Seasons In Jazz Live At Bernie’s – Direct to Disc Vinyl
Apogee MIni DAC Linear Power Supply
Arcam irDAC Linear Power Supply
Arnett Cobb – Ballads By Cobb – Analogue Productions 180g Stereo Vinyl
Originally released in November 1960, Ballads by Cobb, as its title suggests, is all slow ballads, putting the emphasis on the Texas tenor’s warm tone.
A Texas tenor player in the tradition of Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb’s accessible playing was between swing and early rhythm & blues. His stomping, robust style earned him the title “Wild Man of the Tenor Sax.”
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings – Blue Note Records 180g Vinyl
A previously unreleased live recording of drum legend Art Blakey with a classic line-up of the Jazz Messengers, featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. It was captured on January 14, 1961, at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan. Co-produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss, the audio was newly transferred from the original 1/4″ tape reels.