{"product_id":"freddie-hubbard-breaking-point-blue-note-tone-poet-series","title":"Freddie Hubbard - Breaking Point! (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Note Tone Poet Series 180g Black Vinyl LP in Gatefold Tip-On Jacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition of \u003cem\u003eBreaking Point!\u003c\/em\u003e, produced by Joe Harley, mastered all-analog by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI). Gray's initials are etched into both runouts as KPG@CA, beside the B0033315-01 matrix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket opens to Francis Wolff's black-and-white session photographs of Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ronnie Mathews, Eddie Khan and Joe Chambers, captioned to Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on May 7, 1964. Outside, Reid Miles's shattered-glass cover and the ST-84172 back cover, with the original liner notes AllMusic credits to Leonard Feather, are carried over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Note's own notes trace the Tone Poet series to label president Don Was's admiration for the audiophile Blue Note reissues produced by Music Matters; Was brought in Harley, the \"Tone Poet\" himself, to choose and supervise titles from the Blue Note family of labels. The series launched in 2019, the label's 80th anniversary year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHubbard cut the album with his new quintet shortly after leaving Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, with Alfred Lion producing and Van Gelder engineering, and Blue Note issued it as BST 84172 in August 1964. It was Joe Chambers' first recording; he wrote \"Mirrors,\" and the other four pieces are Hubbard's. Blue Note's notes describe the title track moving from free-form playing into a calypso and back. In Hubbard's Blue Note chronology it falls between \u003cem\u003eDoin' the Thang!\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlue Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2022, the year this edition was issued, \u003cem\u003eBreaking Point!\u003c\/em\u003e reached No. 4 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 1 on the UK Jazz \u0026amp; Blues Albums chart. AllMusic's Michael G. Nastos called it \"a recording far ahead of mid-'60s post-bop.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreaking Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFar Away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue Frenzy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eD Minor Mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMirrors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602435519821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.3.22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48229859754142,"sku":"EVP-4ADDA8C5-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/FHUBBARD_BREAKINGPOINT_PROD_SHOT_3000x3000_b9618875-8b03-432c-9471-e62c8a83342e.jpg?v=1791174182","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/freddie-hubbard-breaking-point-blue-note-tone-poet-series","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}