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Jimmy Cobb Quartet
Jazz In The Key Of Blue
2026 · Chesky Records EVLP076 · Stereo · Not printed on the labels; the catalogue number is tied to a Record Store Day export edition · LP, one-step pressing, 180g colored vinyl · 33 1/3 RPM
Pressing details
| Label | Chesky Records |
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| Catalogue number | EVLP076 |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Mono / Stereo | Stereo |
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| Country | Not printed on the labels; the catalogue number is tied to a Record Store Day export edition |
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| Format | LP, one-step pressing, 180g colored vinyl |
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| Speed | 33 1/3 RPM |
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| Genre | Jazz - Hard Bop/Standards |
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| Producer | David Chesky, Eleana Steinberg Tee (Executive Producer: Norman Chesky) |
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| Musicians | Jimmy Cobb (drums, leader), Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn), Russell Malone (guitar), John Webber (bass) |
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Matrix / Runout
Side A: EVLP076 A 8 6
Side B: EVLP076 B 8 5
Condition
- Cover
- NM
- Vinyl
- NM
Variant chronology
2026 - Chesky Records EVLP076, Record Store Day one-step 180g translucent blue vinyl LP, numbered, limited to 1,700 copies worldwide <- this copy
This Pressing
2026 Record Store Day one-step pressing (stereo) - the first vinyl edition of the 2009 session, numbered 1415 of 1700, on translucent blue 180g vinyl.
The Album
By 2009, Jimmy Cobb was the last surviving member of the rhythm section that had cut Kind Of Blue, and this session found him, in his late seventies, still working as a leader rather than resting on that legacy. For Jazz In The Key Of Blue he assembled a quartet built around longtime collaborators - trumpeter Roy Hargrove, guitarist Russell Malone and bassist John Webber - and set them loose on a program of romantic standards and a handful of more contemporary covers, favoring warmth and restraint over the pyrotechnics the sidemen were equally capable of. The absence of a piano opens space for Malone's guitar to share the harmonic load with Hargrove's horn, giving the date an intimate, late-night chamber-jazz character distinct from the hard-bop dates Cobb is best known for. Cobb's drumming throughout is understated - brushes and light cymbal work rather than the propulsive ride-cymbal swing of his Davis years - in keeping with a record conceived as a showcase for ballads and standards rather than a drummer's date. The album was well received as a graceful late-career statement, valued less for innovation than for the easy chemistry among players who had worked together for years, and it stands as one of several leader dates Cobb made in his final decade that reaffirmed his standing as a first-call elder statesman of the music.
Tracklist
Side 1
1. Every Time We Say Goodbye
2. With You I'm Born Again
3. I'll Still Be In Love With You
4. Emily
Side 2
1. Stairway to the Stars
2. I Had the Craziest Dream
3. If Ever I Would Leave You
4. We'll Be Together Again
The Label
The side labels are a plain modern design: side one is dark brown with white and grey type and a small red sharp-sign Chesky logo at top centre, an Evolution Music Group logo at left, and the catalogue number EVLP076 with ‘SIDE ONE’ and ‘33 1/3 RPM’ printed around the spindle hole, dated ℗2009 ©2026 Chesky Records, a label of Evolution Media Ltd.; side two is light grey with a repeating grey wordmark of the musicians' surnames and ‘SIDE TWO’ printed near the hole. A label cannot be printed before the year it carries, so the ©2026 date fixes this copy as made in 2026 or later, regardless of the 2009 recording date carried alongside it. There is no earlier vinyl design for this title to rank against: the album's only prior release, in 2009, was on CD and SACD, so this one-step LP label is this record's sole vinyl pressing design to date.
Fidelity
The one-step LP was cut from Nicholas Prout's original 2009 recording, editing and mastering for Chesky, a label built around minimal-miking, no-overdub audiophile technique. A one-step lacquer-to-stamper process uses one fewer generation of plating than a conventional three-step pressing, and collectors generally rate Chesky's audiophile vinyl cuts favorably for quietness and tonal naturalness. As the only vinyl edition of this title, it has no reissue or original pressing to be measured against; its competing formats are the 2009 CD and SACD, against which this cut is generally held in higher regard for surface noise and dynamic range.
Notes
This is a 2026 Record Store Day one-step LP, the first vinyl release of a session originally issued only on CD and SACD in 2009. The side-one label itself carries a ℗2009 ©2026 date, which fixes manufacture at 2026 or later regardless of the earlier recording date; the catalogue number EVLP076 and the matrix codes EVLP076 A 8 6 / B 8 5 match the one-step edition. The jacket's numbered hologram sticker (1415 of 1700) and front-panel one-step/180g sticker correspond to the stated limitation of 1,700 copies worldwide for this pressing, and nothing on the record points to any earlier vinyl issue to rank it against.
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