Sophisticated Lady jazz quartet, the debut recording - Yarlung CD 65004
SOPHISTICATED LADY JAZZ QUARTET

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Sophisticated Lady jazz quartet, the debut recording
Yarlung CD 65004
888174650043

Misha Adair Bigos, piano
Gary Wicks, bass
Andrew Boyle, drums
JJ Kirkpatrick, trumpet

Yarlung Records did it again. This time it's their first jazz entry that has golden warmth of a Blue Note from its heyday as well as visceral instruments presence of a Contemporary Records. Recorded in Cammilleri concert hall using only a vintage tube stereo microphone, the sound of the CD is creamy like butter while the texture is so rich that you can easily discern which parts of the drum set the player hits and rubs. The big crescendo on 'For Andrew' is mind blowing!
--Mori Shima, Stereo Sound, Japan

More jazz records should be like Sophisticated Lady Quartet—relaxed yet focused, tradition-based yet modern, elegant yet conveying a sure sense of swing. The recording is so pure that you almost feel as if you're eavesdropping on four musicians who seem completely in their element while performing, in a one-take environment, a set that's evenly split between previously rehearsed arrangements and performances where they had one chance to turn a composition into a memorable piece of music. No splicing or editing here—just a live-in-the-studio recording where the mood, playing and sonics are so solid that that jazz lovers will wish that the mostly-classical label Yarlung wandered over to this side of the street more often.
--Jeff Wilson, The Absolute Sound

Recorded in The Brain and Creativity Institute's Cammilleri Hall at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles thanks to Dr. Antonio Damasio

Recording engineer and producer: Bob Attiyeh
Mastering engineer: Steve Hoffman
Executive producer: John Pruit
for more information, please contact [email protected]
Yarlung Records
www.yarlungrecords.com