[JPL] Blue Note Records Vs. Prestige Records

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two wonderful labels.....have enjoyed spinning them on and off air,but at the end of the day as most will agree, there is only 1 heavyweight champion (though given all the additional years of releases it may not be a "fair" fight)...Blue Note stands alone.

ricky schultz
www.jazzconsultant.com
www.ResonanceRecords.Org



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I've always admired the Blue Note audio quality, excellent photography, very readable track labels, times, and sidemen listed prominently on the back. I don't recall ever having a bad-sounding Blue Note recording, but have heard a few P
restige recordings that had a sub-par sound, such as background hiss. For those reasons, I believe that Blue Note has the edge, but thank God for the classic performances found on either label. 
 
David May 
WHFC-FM 91.1 
 
Arturo Gomez wrote: 
> This week's sponsor: RESONANCE RECORDS 
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> GOING FOR ADDS APRIL 7: 
> 
> The smokin' US debut of Hammond B-3 ace JERMAINE LANDSBERGER 
> 
> ''In the evolution of any instrument, there's only a handful who are really innovative. This guy's one of them. Jermaine Landsberger is a formidable artist, a master with the flame!'' - Pat Martino 
> 
> This great album features a rare guest appearance by Pat Martino + James Genus, Harvey Mason, Andreas Oberg & Gary Meek. Full of radio friendly tracks like ''Sno Peas'' and ''Filthy McNasty'' 
> 
> Also if you havent added the great CLAUDIO RODITI disc Brazilliance X4 yet, why not? > 
> * * * * (four stars) Down Beat 
> 
> ''Stellar jazz project ... warm horn sound ... deliciously articulated solos'' 
> 
> - Billboard 
> 
> contact Eric Talbert (323) 556-0500 x 205 
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> The current year of 2009 marks the 70th anniversary of Alfred Lion’sBlue 
> Note Records, it also is the 60th anniversary of Bob Weinstock’s Prestige 
> Records. Both labels have an amazing discography of=2
0classic recordings by 
> gifted artists, both used Rudy van Gelder, there are many artists whom 
> recorded for both labels, both had outstanding liner notes by prominent 
> writers and both were early on champions for Latin jazz session among other 
> similarities. IMO Blue Note Records had the more prolific artwork. 
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> Which is your preferred label of the two? 
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