Blue Note Announces Revised 2020 Release Schedule For The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series

RELEASES CONTINUE ON AUG. 28 WITH 3 NEW TITLES INCLUDING A FIRST-TIME VINYL RELEASE OF BOBBY HUTCHERSON’S 1963 ALBUM THE KICKER

ACCLAIMED SERIES OF ALL-ANALOG, MASTERED-FROM-ORIGINAL-MASTER-TAPE

180g AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUES IN DELUXE GATEFOLD PACKAGING PRODUCED BY JOE HARLEY & MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY

Blue Note Records has announced a revised 2020 release scheduled for the acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series. Pandemic-related closures temporarily put production on hold, but the series will resume again on August 28 with the release of three titles: a first-time vinyl release of vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s first session The Kicker (1963), alto saxophonist Jackie McLean’s It’s Time (1964), and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson’s The State of the Tenor: Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1 (1985).

Launched in 2019, the Tone Poet series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues that are mastered from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. Tone Poet vinyl is manufactured at RTI in Camarillo, California, and packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing “Old Style” Gatefold Tip-On Jackets. Titles are handpicked by Harley and cover enduring favorites of the Blue Note catalog along with underrated classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note umbrella including Pacific Jazz, United Artists, and Solid State. Explore the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series on the Blue Note Store.

In a recent review, Stereophile‘s Jim Austin called the Tone Poet Vinyl Edition of Lee Morgan’s The Cooker “superb. … The gatefold cover is meticulously crafted. The vinyl is quiet, without meaningful flaws. The stereo images are corporeal, and the soundstage has real depth. … The only reason not to buy this record is if you don’t have a record player, or if you’re broke.”

Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series – Revised 2020 Release Schedule:

August 28

September 11

September 25

October 30

  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Roots & Herbs (Blue Note, 1961)
  • Bobby Hutcherson – Oblique (Blue Note, 1967)
  • Duke Pearson – The Phantom (Blue Note, 1968)

November 20

  • Donald Byrd – Byrd In Flight (Blue Note, 1960)
  • Tina Brooks – The Waiting Game (Blue Note, 1961)
  • McCoy Tyner – Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1967)

December 11

  • Paul Chambers – Bass On Top (Blue Note, 1957)
  • Lee Morgan – The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966)
  • John Scofield & Pat Metheny – I Can See Your House From Here (Blue Note, 1993) 

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