Description
Executive Producer: Randy Bellous
Artist Pages: Andrew Boyle | Misha Bigos | JJ Kirkpatrick | Gary Wicks | Sophisticated Lady
Recorded in the Brain & Creative Institute’s Cammilleri Hall at USC
Repertoire:
Ropes of Sand, Misha Bigos
For Andrew, improv on melody kernel by Andrew Norman
Green Eyed Monster, Andrew Boyle
Fields of Kurdistan, Misha Bigos
Finale, Misha Bigos
Sonics: 5 out of 5! This band of young jazz musicians follows in the classy-cool tradition of Shorty Rogers & His Giants, a tasteful swinging late 50s-early 60s outfit led by a principal creator of the West Coast sound. Recorded in Cammilleri Hall in LA, this debut album sounds astoundingly good. Recorded live, it gives one the feeling of having a ringside seat in an intimate jazz club.
—Bill Milkowski, The Absolute Sound
One of America’s unique art forms, jazz reveals much of the American psyche to ourselves and to the rest of the world. Indeed jazz musicians from the United States have long served as unofficial ambassadors of American culture around the world for over a hundred years!
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.
Executive Producer: Randy Bellous
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
Alan Bubitz –
Got a chance to listen to the new LP this morning. The recording is fantastic. The pressing was very flat and quiet. The music is excellent…. Congratulations on another wonderful release.