Herbie Hancock & Eric Dolphy (Blue Note Classic Vinyl)

2 new Blue Note Classic Vinyl Editions - all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

HERBIE HANCOCK - MAIDEN VOYAGE: Even by the high-water marks set by Herbie Hancock's tremendous 1960s Blue Note output, 1965's Maiden Voyage remains one of the pinnacle artistic achievements of the great pianist's career. Hancock is joined here by his Miles Davis Quintet bandmates Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums, along with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and George Coleman on tenor saxophone.

ERIC DOLPHY - OUT TO LUNCH!: In February 1964, Eric Dolphy assembled a formidable quintet of modern jazz visionaries with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Richard Davis on bass, and Tony Williams on drums, and headed into Rudy Van Gelder's studio to record what would stand as his masterwork: Out to Lunch! A genius artist of startling originality, Dolphy managed to possess the revolutionary spirit of the avant-garde while keeping a foot firmly planted in the feeling of swing, a rare feat that the five original pieces here perfectly captured from the offbeat swagger of the opening Monk tribute "Hat and Beard" to the careening closer "Straight Up and Down."