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Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet – Simpler Times
Label: Yarlung Records – YAR77612-006V1
Format: Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 2021
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz
Tracklist
A1 Bicycles
A2 Los Barriles
B3 Blue Corn Moon
B4 For Sebastian
B5 Sketches of a Melancholy Bass
B6 Simpler Times
Notes
Recorded in the Brain & Creative Institute's Cammilleri Hall at USC. October 24-26, 2013
Executive Producer: Lucile Grieder
Vinyl Mastering : Bernie Grundman
180 gr. 45 RPM
Breaking the Sound Barrier Yarlung Records
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Misha Adair Bigos - piano
JJ Kirkpatrick - trumpet
Gary Wicks - bass
Andrew James Boyle - drums
Aufnahmen vom 24. bis zum 26. Oktober 2013 in der Cammilleri Hall im Brain and Creativity Institute's Cammilleri Hall, Los Angeles, USA.
Rätsel gibt diese Schallplatte schon auf. Drei Damen im Bikini laufen aus dem Meer. Auf der Rückseite sind vier Damen (Quartet?) aus dem Meer laufend fotografiert und namentlich benannt. Offensichtlich haben sie aber nichts mit der Musik zu tun. Das Cover würde man eher den Beach Boys zuordnen. Aber vielleicht sollte das Cover einfach nur Aufmerksamkeit erregen. Na, das ist auf jeden Fall geglückt. Mal sehen, bzw. hören was musikalisch hinter dem Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet steckt. Das Quartett Misha Adair Bigos am Steinway Flügel, Andrew James Boyle am Schlagzeug, JJ Kirkpatrick an der Trompete und Gary Wicks am Bass spielt sich auf „Simpler Times“ durch sechs Originals. Für die qualitativ hochwertige akustische Umsetzung sorgte dabei Yarlung Records. In doppelter Funktion agiert hier Produzent und Aufnahmeingenieur Bob Attiyeh. Gemeinsam mit Steve Hoffman veredelte er die LP auch als Mastering-Meister. Das Vinyl-Mastering übernahm der Klang-Experte Bernie Grundman. In bewährter Weise übernahm Elliot Midwood die Microphone-Preamplification mit Grearworks Pro Audios AKG24- und C12-Mikrophonen. Mit der Gary Wicks-Komposition „Bicycles“ startet die 180 Gramm schwere LP, die ihre Runden in 45 rpm dreht. Ein spannungsgeladenes Kontrabass-Intro leitet den Song ein. Ein richtig gut klingendes und präzises, rhythmisch versetztes Schlagzeug gesellt sich dazu. Piano und Trompete treten in einen harmonisch-lebendigen Dialog. Die Musik strahlt sowohl Grundruhe, als auch voll analoge Wärme aus. Die herausragende Klangqualität macht das Bass-Solo zum absoluten akustisch-audiophilen und musikalischen Genuss. Das macht maximale Hörfreude. Die Schallplatte kommt im Single Sleeve Cover inklusive gefütterten Innenhüllen.
Mastering durch Steve Hoffman & Bob Attiyeh!
LP-Schnitt durch Bernie Grundman!
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Description
Yarlung Records - YAR77612-006 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl -
Mastered By Steve Hoffman & Bernie Grundman - Pressed in Germany
Executive Producer: Lucile Grieder
Sophisticated Lady jazz quartet pays homage to the Great Tradition of American Jazz but most of their repertoire is written by members of the quartet. Unlike the majority of contemporary jazz recordings, which are carefully and surgically patched together in postproduction, this album remains raw and fresh. These tracks are complete takes, “live to tape,” without editing. The music on this recording is how Sophisticated Lady plays without the help of digital manipulation.
Yarlung makes recordings in concert halls, not studios; our albums capture the sound of our musicians playing in real acoustic spaces. When the members of Sophisticated Lady quartet first played in Cammilleri Hall their eyes lighted up and excitement built. They responded to the beautiful sound in the hall immediately, and the acoustics enabled Yarlung to record this album with our characteristically minimalist approach.
Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet rehearsed and performed some of these tunes before our concert and recording but many are the first time through; the quartet discussed the tunes and who would take what solo in which order but without rehearsal. I wanted the intensity of raw improvisation. This is possible when superb musicians tackle new material together, listening carefully to each other and playing as a single organism. Right before we recorded For Sebastian, for example, I played the opening of Variation 25 from Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” on the piano. Misha led the quartet’s improvisation from there. Music cannot get fresher than this.
Many thanks to Altea Reed, Niazayre Bates and Kaja Grujic for frolicking in the surf of the Pacific Ocean for us on our record jacket. You certainly take us back to the 1950s Cool Jazz Era. (Niazayre came up with the idea with her father, Yarlung’s photographer Cooper Bates.)
–Bob Attiyeh, producer
Executive Producer: Lucile Grieder
Producer and Recording Engineer: Bob Attiyeh
Mastering Engineers: Steve Hoffman & Bob Attiyeh
Vinyl Mastering: Bernie Grundman
Microphone Preamplification: Elliot Midwood
AKG C24 & C12 microphones: Gearworks Pro Audio
Steinway technician: Robert Koning
Graphic Layout: MikeDesign
Cooper Bates Photography
Musicians
Misha Adair Bigos piano
JJ Kirkpatrick trumpet
Gary Wicks bass
Andrew James Boyle drums
Side A:
Bicycles
Los Barriles
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Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet – Simpler Times (LP)
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Gary Wicks | Bass
Misha Adair Bigos | Piano
JJ Kirkpatrick | Trumpet
Andrew Boyle | Drums
Sophisticated Lady | Simpler Times
Sophisticated Lady | Simpler Times
Gary Wicks | Bass
Misha Adair Bigos | Piano
JJ Kirkpatrick | Trumpet
Andrew Boyle | Drums
Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet – Simpler Times (LP)
SOPHISTICATED LADY JAZZ QUARTET
SIMPLER TIMES
German Audiophile Pressing
High Resolution Virgin Polycarbonate
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Artist Pages: Andrew Boyle | Misha Bigos | JJ Kirkpatrick | Gary Wicks | Sophisticated Lady
Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet - Simpler Times (CD) quantity
SKU: YAR65006 Simpler Times
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Sophisticated Lady’s “Simpler Times was recorded in The Brain and Creativity Institute’s Cammilleri Hall at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Randy Bellous, executive producer
A traditional jazz quartet rooted in the sounds, styles and history of jazz, Sophisticated Lady brings a fresh approach to this music. With a mix of original compositions and new interpretations of classic repertoire this quartet has a sound and aesthetic that is both familiar and new. Sophisticated Lady formed when the musicians met during their graduate studies at USC.
“Kudos to Sophisticated Lady for some of the most intelligent and soulful playing I’ve heard in a long while. Mr. Wicks is clearly the Stephane Grappelli of the bass. Mr. Boyle’s atomic clock accuracy was outshone only by his remarkable sensitivity and nuanced “drumist” vocabulary. Mr. Kirkpatrick’s winsome lines and lightning-fast coloratura took us beyond the trumpet and through the gamut of melody-instrument domains. And Mr. Bigos’ hands fell lacelike over his ivories with the finesse and speed of traditional Portuguese tatting amid a rainbow of colored threads. The ensemble’s inspired compositions showcased a raft of fresh voices that we must have more of.”
–Peter Rutenberg, Grammy-winning conductor and producer
“Look out Brubeck, Sophisticated Lady’s remarkable debut should perhaps be re-titled TAKE ONE. Why? Each tune was captured in one take! The 60+ minute CD also celebrates Yarlung’s audiophile venture into JAZZ with a splatter of Chet Baker’s seductive, kicked-back Californication daubed with a drizzle of Miles at his mellowest.
No matter how busy your day, an evening spin through this one will definitely move your mood.”
–David Thomson, Record Collector News
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