LA4 "Executive Suite" Concord Jazz LP: Ray Brown Bud Shank Laurindo Almeida -NM

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 LA4 - "Executive Suite"

Ray Brown, Bud Shank, Laurindo Almeida, Jeff Hamilton 

Concord Jazz Audiophile LP-NM/EX!

Track Listing

1. Blues Wellington 2. Amazonia 3. Voce E Eu (You And I) 4. Simple Invention 5. Entr' Acte 6. My Funny Valentine 7. Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
Shank Rules! By Andrew Stevenson on September 6, 2004    "Executive Suite" is a reminder of what a fine group the LA 4 was. Reedman Bud Shank, guitarist Laurindo Almeida, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, outstanding musicians all, played together so seamlessly they are like the inner workings of a fine watch. "Executive Suite" is also a reminder of what a great musician Bud Shank is and I do mean great! Listen to him on the discs first and second cuts, Hamilton's "Blues Wellington" and Almeida's "Amazonia." The former starts soft and lovely with Almeida's acoustic guitar; then Shank enters, his growling sax bursting into a passionate solo. His flute work on "Amazonia" is both beautiful and forceful. This CD is well worth owning as are all of the LA 4 releases.

I look for two elements in choosing recordings.

By jazophile on January 22, 2012   I am an audiophile as well as having had a life long love affair with Jazz. The play-back system I've put together has the ability to resolve a recording with extraordinary detail. This can work against me if the recording has not been engineered well in the first place. So the performance has to be a good one with good originality and musicianship and it has to give me my audiophile thrill ride at the same time.
I find that the Concord label is really great. Many of the LA4 recordings are excellent and fulfill both elements admirably. I'm not saying that they are the last word in "HIPNESS" but very good strait ahead jazz with conceptual and memorable arrangements. I can't speak to the period before Jeff Hamilton because at this time I have not yet listened to the older recordings with Shelly Manne on drums. I recommend this series highly to folks that get a kick out of very well recorded material.

Condition 

I grade records conservatively and try to be as comprehensive as possible.  Records can look fine, yet sound like crap. For this reason, I listen to every record/song I sell. Any dust you see in my pics is gone when you receive it. I thoroughly clean each LP after I shoot the pics and before I listen to them. I also grade covers and records separately. If you collect for aesthetics, this is important. I care more about the vinyl than the packaging but want you to have no surprises, so I try to explain both with as much detail as possible.

These are used records. That doesn't mean you must tolerate bad vinyl. I can tolerate surface noise only if it's low-level, and doesn't spoil the listening experience. If it's wall to wall, that record is junk and I refuse to pass it along. I want you to be happy with your purchase.

Be advised, though, with me it's more about the music.  I can tolerate a crappy cover on a decent LP so long as it's doing its job; protecting the LP as designed--especially if it has some historic or artistic significance (design, etc.).  In such cases, I am willing to hold on to a damaged cover even though it has outlived its monetary value. I also use center-hole, plain white covers when an original cover is beyond saving. Buyers of anything in the middle get both.

I rate this vinyl Near Mint

Gorgeous. Always handled carefully. Few visible flaws. Superb recording and pressing. No skips.  Next to no surface noise.  No groove wear. The labels are clean, vivid and bright, lead-in grooves are clean. The vinyl has a high gloss. Always stored in audiophile inner sleeve.

I rate this cover as Excellent (EX):

Great color and crisp appearance.  Sturdy, used cover, with sharp edges and comers,  Very light ring wear on front panel.  No other wear worth noting.  Always poly sleeved.  Ships with new Mobile Fidelity Master inner sleeve and a new poly outer.Will be packed carefully to ensure safe arrival.  

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