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Product Description Candy was recorded in 1959 by Lee Morgan, who by this time had already led five albums for Blue Note, and had logged valuable time with not only the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, but also as a member of (what some consider) the finest edition of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. "Candy" is a unique item in Morgan's history for it is the only quartet album that Morgan ever recorded. In fact, no other horns were needed! "Candy" features the trumpeter playing with beauty, fire, passion and a mature lyricism exceeding most musicians double his age. Joined by a rhythm section of young giants including pianist Sonny Clark, Morgan burns on the faster pieces but puts plenty of feeling into "All the Way," the soulful "Since I Fell for You" and "Personality." Contains 7 tracks including 1 Bonus Track: "All at Once You Love Her". The definitive versions of Blue Note are on XRCD24 - the optimization of CD mastering and manufacturing. Plays on all standard CD players. Review Astute listeners know that the very first Blue Note CD issues are sonically superior to the more recent RVG remasters. Well, these XRCD24s absolutely crush them both, displaying high-frequency air, midrange presence, and bottom-end definition and weight missing on earlier CDs and many LPs as well. --Mark Mickelson, TheAudioBeat.comBlue Note has never sounded this good on CD before - these are the first digital Blue Notes that come close to the sound of vinyl. And the packaging is outstanding. I love the high quality glossy covers, and the insert booklets are the first effort I've seen to fit high quality photography into such a small package. Keep up the good work! --Dennis Davis, Hi-Fi+Compared to the 45 r.p.m. vinyl, the LPs still have a slight edge in smoothness and liquidity, but thanks to the XRCD process and the care that was taken transferring these albums directly from the original analog masters, these CD's have to be approaching the limit of what the compact disc is capable of resolving. Instrument timbre is stunningly real, and the amount of air and decay present on these recordings will make the uninitiated swear that there is a record playing on a turntable somewhere. I've never heard this music sound this good in any digital format. --Jeff Dorgay, TONEAudio
Lee Morgan and Sonny Clark make this XRCD special. I am a big fan of Alan Yoshida and his work on the XRCD series. To me they sound more inviting than most SACDs. While the music is not crucial Blue Note material, this XRCD is pleasant and Sonny Clark is always welcome as a distinctive piano voice.
