I was blown away by this reissue!

Art Blakey released many albums, especially on Blue Note as you know. But there many others he released other than Blue Note and are great as well.In the past I featured some but this title isOne Of The Most Underrated Titles of Art Blakey!The title is A Night In Tunisia – Art Blakey on RCA VictorAs…

Welcome back again to the JBJ Jazz lab!Yes, this is my new discovery.It is my 1st time to obtain Gerry Mulligan Night Lights Fontana BT-2008 by Nippon Phonogram JapanI sometimes get the other Philips reissue EVER-1014 or SFX-10543 by the same Nippon Phonogram Japan. When I sound checked the BT-2008, I was astonished…What!? the sound is…

You know what?In our place, now the winter is over and our Sakura (Cherry Blossom) is blooming! I am in a short break, looking at Sakura, sipping a cup of coffee!What a treasure! with no need of social distancing and mask!By watching this short video, I hope and pray that you too, can feel a…

I really appreciate Tom and John for the great information concerning the previous blog post. I learned a lot! Also thank Manuel for a great comment! This Hank Mobley Blue Note BLP 1568 session was recorded in 1957. That is the time of transition from MONO only recording to STEREO recording. John shared a screenshot of the…

Welcome to the JBJ Audio Lab!!It has been a quite while since I did the last sound comparison!You know…I never obtained this reissue before…Kind Of Blue Miles Davis by Sony Music Japan in 2020.They used the original STEREO master tape and the mastering was done by a great sound engineer, Mark Wilder in the US….