Back to Back (Acoustic Sounds): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 and Karl Ratzer

and Karl Ratzer

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from the original analog tapes mastered by Ryan K

Small jazz groups brought out the best in Billie Holiday — especially groups as good as the one heard on this classic 1957 recording

pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI

When The Red

Back to Back (Acoustic Sounds): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 and Karl RatzerSeveral times in his career star alto saxophone soloist Johnny Hodges struck out on his own, only to return each time to Duke Ellington's band. Critic Michael Ullman suggested that the blues classics chosen for this program may have been neutral ground, where Ellington's playing could come to the fore and Hodges' irrepressible sensuality could have free rein. This is one of the very best small group records Ellington ever made a perfectly integrated