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At last, this long-out-of-print legendary title, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, is back on Classic Records 200-gram vinyl. This double LP gatefold edition features original artwork and labels and was transferred from the original three-track session master tapes. The 180-gram version of this beauty is among Classic Records' top sellers.

Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York on April 19 and 20, 1959. Includes liner notes by Bob Bollard.
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Mastered off the original 2-track tape recorded with a tube AKG-C12 microphone on a tube Ampex 350 machine. Features Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Over his long and distinguished career, Sonny Rollins has made many dozens of albums. Among those recorded during the fifties, Prestige's Movin' Out and Colossus, Blue Note's A Night at the Village Vanguard, Riverside's The Sound of Sonny, and Way Out West on Contemporary qualify as all-time Rollins classics.
The session for Way Out West, Rollins' first ever in California, was called for 3 a.m. to accommodate everyone's busy schedules. Sonny, who could never be accused of overstatement, announced after four hours of recording: "I'm hot now."

Mastered by Doug Sax.

"Way Out West is a piano-less trio - another va-va-vivid Roy DuNann production - with Rollins spinning quirky geometric patterns through odd standards like 'I'm an Old Cow Hand.'" - Fred Kaplan, The Absolute Sound, December 2005 (included in Kaplan's "Best-Sounding Jazz LPs")

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All of the stylistic elements that made Miles Davis’ 1956 quintet one of the immortal bands in jazz history are on display in this collection. Surrey with the Fringe on Top and Diane are medium-tempo standards that highlight the contrast between the leader’s Harmon-muted horn, the explorations of John Coltrane’s tenor sax and Red Garland’s sparkling piano. Salt Peanuts and Well, You Needn’t, each a modern jazz classic, allow for intense swinging over the beat of Paul Chambers’ bass and Philly Joe Jones’ drums. And Something I Dreamed Last Night and When I Fall in Love give us vulnerable, visceral ballad playing by Davis that remains unsurpassed

Mastered by Stan Ricker.
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