Caribé (Amalbert's Latin Jazz Quintet album released on New Jazz)

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VICJ-41761

If you have full scans of everything (medium, sleeve, obi, liner), please add them.

Reissues history

Tracks

There are no known alternate takes or otherwise unreleased material from this session.

All tracks are also on the Complete Prestige Fantasy box, 9PRCD-44182.

See Saul note for currently missing reissues.

Credit

Credit is accurately and consistently given to The Latin Jazz Quintet + Eric Dolphy.

Spelling

"Caribé" is regularly printed without the accent on the e, or even as "Caribe'".

Cover art

All editions (but MPP-2503 and a few others) seem to have the same cover art (with slight differences).

Remasters history

The normal New Jazz trajectory is:
1. originally recorded by Van Gelder in his studio
* quality is good, because of RVG, but this is obviously mastered in the 60s
2. Original Jazz Classics reissues it first on CD during the late 80s or early 90s with a remaster done in Fantasy Studios, generally by Phil De Lancie
* generally very decent albeit a bit cold - it is more a small cleanup / update to the originals
3. There generally is a handful of limited edition / special releases for the Japanese market with a distinct Victor remaster
* typically uses K2/20bit/24bit
4. RVG remaster then come out with a significant upgrade, available in CD and digital
* these come with significant differences compared to the original mastering and are generally vastly superior to other prior masterings and are typically the gold standard if you go digital
5. occasionally audiophile vinyls come out, typically from Analogue Productions, with their own remastering
* these are sounding very different, and very good - they are typically the gold standard if you go analog

In this case, there is no RVG nor audiophile remasters.

Verbatim

Simosko

"[Spring is here] Dolphy's flute"

"an attractive vehicle for bass clarinet, First Bass Line"

"Dolphy's alto solo on Mambo Ricci"

"his flute solo on Sunday Go Meetin'"

"he is at his most relaxed on alto on Caribé"

Saul

Caribé (as), Blues in 6/8 (as), First Bass Line (bcl), Mambo Ricci (as), Spring is Here (fl), Sunday Go Meetin' (fl)

Prestige MPP-2503, SMJ6568, Fonit Cetra/Prestige (I)HB6089.

Original Liner, Joe Goldberg

"[Spring is Here] the instrument is the flute"

"[First Bass Line] the second bass (clarinet) line contributed by Dolphy"