In September 1962, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach gathered at Sound Makers Studio in New York City to record Money Jungle, one of the most famous jazz trio albums of all time. The generational and stylistic differences between the three masters resulted in fearless music of the highest quality. The album was originally released on United Artists and featured seven unforgettable compositions by Ellington, including “Caravan”, “Solitude” and a breathtaking version of “Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower)”. “Money Jungle” was awarded the Grand Prix by Jazz Magazine of France. George Wein rightly writes in the liner notes: “A triumvirate, not a trio!”

As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording session for “Money Jungle” took place on September 17, 1963 at Sound Makers Studios in New York.

UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. Musically, the result is a sound image strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, with increasing popularity, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now appearing. Typically, the Universal Archive master tapes are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not own an SACD player.

LIMITED/REMASTERING/JAPAN ONLY

Medios de comunicación	Música CD (Disco compacto)
Número de discos	1
Publicado	18 de diciembre de 2024
EAN/UPC	4988031750346
Etiqueta	Universal Music UNIJ3175034.2
Género	Jazz
Dimensiones	122 × 143 × 9 mm · 100 g (Peso (estimado))