Dear All,
Thank you so much for your interest in the Bill Dixon CD reissue.
I began the project about 1.5 years ago. However, I had been asked to do the John Carter and Bobby Bradford work for Mosaic by Michael Cuscuna. That was a 3 CD set as most of you know, and took a bit to find the masters (one set, as you know, I could not find), restore them, transfer them to digital (weakest link in most audio chains) and get them ready for publication. I first approached Bill himself with the idea and my vision for the reissue and he was quite excited at the prospect. We communicated back and forth for a while, including my interaction with Sony in trying to secure the legal rights to his work. However, all of this was cut short by his illness and subsequent passing. Tragically, he was unable to see the final product. The people who supervise his estate has been nothing but encouraging to me.
The masters were leased to me with all legal steps completely in order. I then flew to the studios in NYC and transferred the master analog tapes to digital using my special equipment and that of the brilliant engineer at Sony, Mark Wilder. The CD cover was much harder even than that, and it took me one year to find a company who could do what I wanted: a perfectly small duplicate of the original vinyl cover, including the varnished look that LP covers had back then. The company is in Tokyo and their work is reflected in the CD cover you either have in your hand or will see.
Again, I want to thank you all for your observations and opinions. I highly value them.
Jonathan Horwich
Das sind tolle News, hoffe die CD kommt bald! (Es heisst dort 19. April, aber ob das beim neusten Update noch realistisch ist, weiss ich nicht.)
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