Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original master tapes to vinyl and PCM. The DSD was sourced from the PCM. George listened to all of the different A/D converters he had before he chose which to use, and he felt the George Massenburg GML 20 bit A/D produced the best and most synergistic sound for the project.
Illinois Jacquet's 1956 album Swing's The Thing features Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones. Throughout his career, Jacquet, who was born of a Sioux mother and a Creole father, played marvelous swing music. He was famed for his imaginative improvisations and gave brilliant shows with the Count Basie orchestra and at a number of Jazz At The Philharmonic concerts. The man from Louisiana performed swing at every live appearance - no wonder, then, that Norman Granz chose this theme as the title of the present recording, which was set down in October 1956. This time, however, Jimmy Jones on the piano was not responsible for providing the background for a vocal soloist; rather he delivers airy chords for the swinging tenor sax. That all musicians are superb interpreters of ballads is testified to in "Harlem Nocturne," where Illinois Jacquet's sound can best be described as "soulful." This product is a Hybrid SACD designed to play in both CD and SACD players, as well as all SACD-compatible DVD players.
Illinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone
Ray Brown, bass
Roy Eldridge, trumpet
Herb Ellis, guitar
Jimmy Jones, piano
Jo Jones, drums
Tracklist:
1. Las Vegas Blues
2. Harlem Nocturne
3. Can't We Be Friends
4. Achtung
5. Have You Met Miss Jones
6. Lullaby of the Leaves
Recording information:
Title: Swing's The Thing
Artist: Illinois Jacquet
Genre: Jazz
Media: 1x Hybrid SACD Mono , Remastered, . Playable on SACD player or standard CD player. Sterling-Sound Recording.
Label: Analogue Productions
Cat#: CVRJ8023SA
Released: 2012 in US
Original release: 1957 by Verve Records MGV-8023
EAN: 0753088802362
Discogs rel.#: 9361571
