Doug Watkins Watkins At Large (Blue Note Tone Poet, Mono)

Condition: Brand New Ships from: Melbourne

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• 180-gram gatefold LP

  Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape

  Plated and pressed at RTI

  The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

  Recorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson’s short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Watkins At Large was the first of only two albums that the great bassist Doug Watkins would make as a leader. The Detroit native had moved to New