Kenny Burrell's “On View At The Five Spot Café” is considered one of the best jazz guitar albums of all time. At the performance on August 25, 1959, at the Five Spot Café, one of New York's most famous jazz clubs, Burrell played two sets: the first in a quartet with Roland Hanna on piano, Ben Tucker on bass and Art Blakey on drums. For the second part of the evening, tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks joined the band, while Bobby Timmons took Roland Hanna's place. At that time, Burrell had already achieved the status of a rising star thanks to a series of great albums he had recorded as bandleader for Blue Note. The atmosphere on that unforgettable evening was relaxed and at the same time marked by an intense melancholy. But the music recorded on that hot summer evening, which wrote an indispensable chapter in the history of hard bop, was imbued with an irrepressible energy. English jazz guitarist Andy Summers described Burrell's solo in “Lover Man” as “one of the best jazz guitar solos ever recorded.”
As part of the popular “Verve Acoustic Sounds Series,” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic as a limited edition Japan SHM-SACD in a mini LP cardboard sleeve with OBI stripe.
This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal's SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums' master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L'Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. - Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector's items for the Japanese market.
Title
1. Birks' Works
2. Hallelujah
3. Lady Be Good
4. Lover Man
5. 36-23-36
6. Swingin'
7. If You Could See Me Now
8. Beef Stew Blues
9. The Next Time You See Me, Things Won't Be The Same
10. The Take Off
11. Birks' Works (Alternate Take)
12. Lady Be Good (Alternate Take)
13. Love Walked In
14. 36-23-36 / The Theme
