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Take Twelve
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VOL № C052 — September 2021

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It’s easy to lose the significance of this album when looking at the Morgan’s catalog as a whole. Take Twelve came just two years before The Sidewinder, a record that would not only cement Morgan’s place in jazz history, but further propel jazz into pop music territory. But let’s not talk about what came before or after; history has already sorted that out. Let’s talk about what happened in that Jazzland studio in New York on January 24, 1962. Let’s talk about how a man without became, once more, a man with everything to give. Take Twelve sounds like an announcement: I’m back. There’s no hesitancy, no unsure moves, no doubt. But from the first notes of the opening track the propulsive Morgan-composed “Raggedy Ann,” it’s clear that the magic, the spark, the thing that made him so speci...
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Label
Concord
Original Release Year
1962
Release Type
Reissue
Format
1 lp
Speed
33 1/3 rpm
Vinyl Size
12 inch
Weight
180 gram
Foil Stamped
Yes
Jacket
Tip-On; Single
Mastering Studio
Sterling Sound
Mastering Engineer
Ryan Smith
Remastering Details
(AAA) Lacquers Cut from the Original Analog Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound
Extras
Listening Notes Booklet by Ashawnta Jackson
LP 1 / Side A
1 Raggedy Ann
2 A Waltz For Fran
3 Lee-Sure Time
LP 1 / Side B
1 Little Spain
2 Take Twelve
3 Second's Best
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