Blue Note Tone Poet Series

the Tone Poets are excellent.  Very close if not identical in sound quality to the great Music Matters series.

To my ears the Tone Poet series sound even better than the Music Matters series because they benefit from the new vinyl formulation that did not exist before.  This manifests itself as quieter surfaces, hence greater dynamic range, more obvious on some releases than others.  In other respects not much to choose between them.  Don't re-buy releases that you already have from Music Matters.

Chet Baker Signs
https://youtu.be/e7L-8vIDWbU
https://youtu.be/kABbL_lENF8

Kenny Barrell Introduction
https://youtu.be/f3zHx46d3OM

In terms of SQ Tone Poets is significantly better compared to BN80. High frequencies are much more clear and less synthetic sound. BN80 SQ is much better than BN75 and Wax Time.

The sound quality of their recordings is outstanding! Quiet, dynamic and natural sounding. What's not to like?