Freedom Sound (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) TSOV-341 These are the preparatory sketches

These are the preparatory sketches and watercolours

Now finally

With it's original pressings now out of print

though here Shook tucks them into the corners and uses them in more subtle ways

The 2015 album remaster is on CD 1 for the first time

Freedom Sound (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) TSOV-341 These are the preparatory sketchesFreedom Sound, the 1961 debut by The Jazz Crusaders, began a prolific & successful decade long association with Pacific Jazz. The Houston, Texas founded band featuring Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder & Jimmy Bond blended jazz aspirations with R&B roots to create an enticing sound. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl