Kenny Dorham – Matador

Fantastic sounding repress. Very inexpensive. Surprised by how great it sounds.

Incredible Sounding LP. Won’t go wrong with Impex Pressing. Highly recommended to get it.

I echo previous comments. Gorgeous sound. Dynamics and musicality here are just crazy. Especially Prelude will blow your head off considering attack, dynamics and tangibility.

However, this is to me a relatively weird stereo experience. Piano and trumpet are pretty much perfectly left channel, while drums and bass are pretty much perfectly right channel. McLean is middle left. Middle is left completely empty.

I am perfectly aware that it was very common to hard pan instruments in this period. But here it feels especially odd.

In a sweet spot setting, you do not get the feeling of your loudspeakers disappearing because on both sides two instruments are pretty much perfectly located where your speakers are. It feels more like you are being bombarded with music from two sides instead of stereo. You are still bombarded with great music though ;) Don't know why it was done like this back in the day.

Apart from this a great experience and if you are a jazz fan you should get your hands on this quickly. Even unwashed vinyl is great with only a few clicks here and there. Hats off to Chris Bellman and the Impex team.

This is an amazing sounding record. Well done Impex and Chris Bellman. It seems that anything Impex touches turns to gold. This is easily one of the best recordings I own.

Simply spectacular in every aspect: music, sound quality, dynamics, ...

Dynamic. Pure, full sound. You can close your eyes and feel the jazz club vibe in full effect. Impex did an amazing job with this reissue. A must own.

Quiet vinyl, flat record. Wide soundstage. Vivid sound. Bright and full piano tone really stands out. For me this is all about Jackie McLean! Very nice record!

Top to bottom, a beautiful production. Words. Words. Words. And one more… word.

Incredible album, a shame this is limited. Fantastic sounding and a very good pressing. There is some pre-echo noticeable, mostly on side two; however, this is most likely a tape degradation phenomenon as the lacquer mastering seems fairly well done. Can't really notice this on speakers; mainly headphones. Hiigghhhly recommended album (along with Quiet Kenny) if you can get a nice copy.

Good lord. Great album, sounds great. That horrid artwork on this reissue though...