Listening to Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue

Holy cow is right. And, if you are listening to Midnight Blue on a vinyl rig and really want to be blown away, get a copy Music Matter's newer 33-1/3rpm release of the title. Simply put...it's incredible. It's one of my current reference LPs when I want to see that special look on the faces of people who I know get most of their music either in their cars or via earbuds. Happy melting.

Love Kenny Burrell ... was he the best jazz guitarist? Who cares .. just listen.

+1000 on the Music Matters 33-1/3rpm release...it's superb on all counts.

Question on Music Matters release: How does it compare sound wise with the original release? I mean the original blue label record.

That's a good question, Bill. I don't have the Blue Note original pressing, but kind of wondered the same thing. OTOH, all of the Deep Groove originals that I own are certainly more noisy than the Music Matters re-issues. Why, because they are now all getting to be 50+ years old and have been played by their original owners on God knows what table and cartridge in the day. Not saying they don't sound fantastic, BUT if one is concerned about groove silence, the Music Matters have them beat hands down. I think that generally applies to ALL re-issue Jazz Lp's vs. original Jazz pressings. BTW, not so much with classical LP's, as they simply weren't played that much in the first place...certainly compared to the jazz stuff.