«Speak No Evil» recorded tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Studios for Blue Note in December 1964. It was Shorter’s third album for the label, with which he finally established himself as the driving force of “modern” jazz. Together with his colleagues Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones, he recorded six of his own compositions that range between hard bop and modal jazz.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but rather cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to protect the softer photopolymer from scratching. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
