Woody Shaw Blackstone Legacy (Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series) 180g 2LP

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The post-bop opus Blackstone Legacy is the seminal debut album by trumpeter Woody Shaw. Originally released in 1971 on Contemporary Records, the groundbreaking album was inspired by the sociopolitical ills of the '60s. In their review, Allmusic called the album "...a landmark recording, and a pivot point in the history of post-modern music." This 2LP reissue was remastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, housed in a gatefold tip-on jacket.

Sonics are predictably excellent, with a couple of caveats. The session was recorded not by Roy DuNann (who had semi-retired at this point) at Contemporary's usual studio in L.A., but rather by Don Hahn at A&R in New York. The results lack the stripped-down in-your-face immediacy that DuNann brought to the table. But Hahn was a highly skilled big-pop engineer. The drumkit has a slightly paper-y quality (the result, perhaps, of compression or multi-mike phase problems or both), but otherwise he captures the sound with a crisp, well-balanced, live, dynamic sheen.