All-Analog 180 gram Vinyl LP of Tina Brooks' The Waiting Game Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI : Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Music Matters' Joe Harley !

Tina Brooks' passionate full sound and forward-looking style, along with his exceptional compositional gifts, made him a powerful force. A soulful hard bop tenor-saxophonist with an original sound and fresh ideas of his own, Brooks had a brief life. The prime of his career was during 1958-61 when he recorded four albums for Blue Note, including the 1961 recorded 2002 released The Waiting Game, the fourth and final album by the brilliant and underrated tenor saxophonist. Brooks' solos, as usual, are beautiful, fluid coherent inventions played with a gorgeous tone and flawless technique. Johnny Coles, Kenny Drew, Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jonescomplete the band here.

Blue Note Records has announced the continuation of the acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series in 2020. Launched in 2019 in honor of the label's 80th Anniversary, the Tone Poet series is produced by Joe Harley (from Music Matters) 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, CA, and packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing "Old Style" gatefold Tip-On jackets. The titles were once again handpicked by Harley and cover the crème de la crème 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 and United Artists Records. Every aspect of these Blue Note / Tone Poet releases is done to the highest-possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version.

"The LPs are mastered directly from the original analog master tapes by Kevin at his incredible facility called Cohearent Mastering. We go about it in the exact same way that we did for so many years for the Music Matters Blue Note reissues. We do not roll off the low end, boost the top or do any limiting of any kind. We allow the full glory of the original Blue Note masters to come though unimpeded ! Short of having an actual time machine, this is as close as you can get to going back and being a fly on the wall for an original Blue Note recording session". - Joe Harley