Baden Powell - Images on Guitar (2016) [DSD64]

Friday the 13th is a date many of us view with a certain amount of foreboding. For those who love vinyl albums, it’s their lucky day: on Friday, May 13th Edel:Kultur unties another bundle of re-releases from the catalogue of the iconic MPS label situated in Germany’s Black Forest. The newest package from the Reforest the Legend series embraces the decade of 1970-1980, and covers a wide diversity of styles. Piano lovers can look forward to Oscar Peterson’s trio classic “Walking the Line”, which finds the Canadian keyboard giant and partners bassist Georg Mraz and drummer Ray Price in top form. Brazilian Baden Powell provides for sophisticated guitar sounds on the 1970 album “Images on Guitar”, as he congenially pairs up with singer Janine de Waleyne. From the same year, “The Hub of Hubbard” presents trumpeter Freddie Hubbard with his quintet at an important crossroads in his career. Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander’s unforgettable appearance at the 1976 Montreux is caught on tape. Finally, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson gathers together jazz luminaries Chick Corea, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins for his 1980 recording “Mirror Mirror”. Once again sound engineers Christoph Stickel and Dirk Sommer have scrupulously remastered the original recordings.

Baden Powell, vocals, guitar
Janine De Waleyne, vocals
Ernesto Gonsalves, bass
Alfredo Bessa, drum (Atabaque), percussion
Joaquim Paes Henriques, drums

Engineered Rolf Donner
Produced by Joachim E. Berendt

Digitally remastered