U.K. – Danger Money (1979) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2014]
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U.K. are a British progressive rock supergroup originally active from 1977 until 1980. The band was composed of singer/bassist John Wetton (formerly of King Crimson, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry’s band and Uriah Heep), keyboardist/electric violinist Eddie Jobson (formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa’s band), guitarist Allan Holdsworth (formerly of Tempest, Soft Machine, The New Tony Williams Lifetime and Gong) and drummer Bill Bruford (formerly a full member of Yes and King Crimson, and also a tour drummer for Genesis), later replaced by drummer Terry Bozzio (formerly of Frank Zappa’s band).
The follow-up album has Terry Bozzio taking over the drumming. It features exceptional synth work by Eddie Jobson and bass and vocals from John Wetton.
Read moreUrbie Green – The Fox (1976/2013)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 38:46 minutes | 1,53 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: e-Onkyo | Front Cover | © CTI Records
Recorded: July, October and November 1976 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Trombone player Urbie Green never was a household name but his two albums on the famous CTI label are excellent all-star jazz events featuring a host of guests like Eric Gale, Joe Farrell, Jeremy Steig, Mike Abene, Andy Newmark, Toots Thielemans, Jimmy Madison, Anthony Jackson and Mike Mainieri among others, delivering another slice of great CTI jazz. This session was produced by Creed Taylor and released 1976.
Read moreUnamas Strings Septet – Touch of Contra Bass (2018)
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Classical, Chamber | Label: Unamas | Artwork: PDF Booklet
The keyword “Italy” and “Contrabass” is the eighth album of UNAMAS Label at Ohga Hall by Mr. Mick Sawaguchi (Sawaguchi Masaki). Giovanni Bottechni’s “Violin & Contrabass + Grand Duo Concertante by five string players”, a masterpiece of Italian baroque contrabass, It is a truly ambitious program that Rossini’s string sonata No. 1 major in the formation of two violin, one cello, one contra bass, and the masterpiece of director Spielberg “Schindler’s list main theme” with a contrabass solo.
It is key that all contrabass is common to all. It was recorded on 11th and 12th December 2017. Mr. Sawaguchi states: “Contrabass always has a supporting role even in the played by classical music, but UNAMAS Label puts the concept of unifying the album production focusing on contra bass.
Read moreUNAMAS Strings Septet – Tschaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (2016)
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Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | Genre: Classical, Chamber Music | © UNAMAS
From the award-winning UNAMAS label, Tchaikovsky’s last masterpiece, String Sextet “Memories of Florence”, was distributed in high-resolution as the fourth in the classic series at Karuizawa Oga Hall.
“P. I Tchaikovsky op-70 Souvenir de Florence”, an album by renowned engineer Mick Sawaguchi, who aims for orchestral sound with a quintet arrangement with contrabass to Tchaikovsky’s original sextet Enjoy.
The String Sextet Souvenir de Florence OP-70 is Piotr Tchaikovsky’s last chamber music.
It was composed and dedicated to the St. Petersburg Chamber Music Association in 1890 in return for being elected an honorary member of the Chamber Music Association.
Because of the strong creative power of his later years, he was particular about his extensive brushstrokes, and a careful and old-minded opposition method, which is rare in Tchaikovsky’s chamber music, was developed, and consists of four traditional movements as follows.
1 Allegro con spirito
2 Adagio cantabile e con moto
3 Allegretto moderato
4 Allegro con brio e vivace
UNAMAS String Septet
In addition to the original organization by violin, viola, and cello 2, UNAMS In order to reinforce the low frequencies that characterize Sound, an ensemble by a special project is constructed in order to express the characteristics of surround even in clearly expressing the opposite method intended by the production Chaikossky with a newly added Cb.
The recording was held from 2016-12-13 to 14 at Karuizawa Oga Hall, which became a fixed point in the UNAMAS Classic Series. This time, in order to make the most of the beautiful sound of Oga Hall, it is produced with 9CH surround incorporating height surround. We have conducted various height CH makings at Oga Hall every time, but this time, for the first time, a height microphone is installed in the 2nd floor seat to create a rich space.
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