Illinois Jacquet’s celebrated 1956 LP Swing’s The Factor is about to obtain a reissue courtesy of Verve Data’ Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Sequence. The album will probably be launched on November 21 and is obtainable for pre-order now.
Initially recorded for the Clef label in 1956, Swing’s The Factor options the tenor nice in a sextet with Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Jimmy Jones (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (bass) and Jo Jones (drums).
Whereas Jacquet’s classes as a pacesetter had been rare throughout this time, this explicit recording hits a excessive mark. The six-song set is highlighted by tracks equivalent to “Las Vegas Blues,” “Harlem Nocturne,” and “Achtung.”
The album was a important hit, receiving a four-star evaluation from AllMusic. Author Thom Jurek wrote: “…the magic is in the performances, so to speak with Jacquet, Roy Eldridge, Jo Jones, Herb Ellis, Jimmy Jones and Ray Brown in the party.”
Swing’s The Factor was recorded on October 16, 1956 at Studio Radio Recorders in Hollywood, CA. Norman Granz served because the undertaking’s producer. Granz, in fact, was the founding father of each Clef (the unique label on which the album was launched) and Verve.
The album from Jacquet and his sextet is the most recent in an extended line of stellar releases reissued courtesy of Verve Data’ Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Sequence. Additionally set to be launched on November 21 is Coleman Hawkins and Confrères, which was initially launched in 1958 by way of Verve. That large session featured Hawkins alongside the Oscar Peterson Trio, Hank Jones (Piano), Herb Ellis (Guitar), and Roy Eldridge and Buck Clayton (Trumpet). Verve’s Acoustic Sounds sequence options transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
Store the Verve Acoustic Sounds Sequence on vinyl now.
