Various Artists Jazz At The Pawnshop (2 UHQCD)

Does the world need another re-release of this recording? If you're asking yourself this question, you're not alone – Fabio Camorani of AudioNautes has done the same. Around 30 of them, in digital and analogue formats, are currently circulating on the market. Sieveking Sound alone had the title in five versions of Winston Ma (LP, XRCD, UHD, K2HD and SACD) in the program. So why the UHQCD from Italy? The answer is simple: Because it could be even better!
Fabio Camorani has already re-released several albums of the Swedish label Proprius as UHQCD and on vinyl and thus achieved mutual satisfaction. The high quality of the reissues led to Proprius now granting him access to the original tapes of "Jazz at the Pawnshop".
When the AudioNautes boss heard the tapes for the first time on the tape machine, he was sure that no release had yet played the full musicality of the recording. On the recording of 6 and 7 December 1976, recorded on tape by Gert Palmcrantz at the Jazzpuben Stampen in Stockholm, Arne Domnérus (saxophone, clarinet), Bengt Hallberg (piano), Georg Riedel (bass), Lars Erstrand (vibraphone) and Egil Johansen (drums) can be heard. Camorani concluded that each version, compared to the original, shows more or less clearly how the sound engineers prioritized what they considered to be the most important parameters. What was lost was the overall balance. And Camorani placed this balance at the center of his work. The result is a harmonious, balanced version with a wide dynamic range, without compression and with high accessibility.
This edition of UHQCD is limited to 1,111 copies. The double CD is released in hardcover, in a sturdy jewelry box with enclosed certificate. The extensive booklet contains English texts by Fabio Camorani, Gert Palmcrantz, Stefan Nävermyr and Jürgen Schildt.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Made in Japan
• Ultimate High Quality CD
• Playable on conventional CD players

Musicians:

• Lars Erstrand, vibes
• Arne Domnerus, alto sax, clarinet
• Bengt Hallberg, piano
• Georg Riedel, bass
• Egil Johansen, drums

Selections:

CD 1
1. Prologue
2. Limehouse Blues
3. I'm Confessin'
4. High Life
5. High Life reprise (cut)
6. Struttin' With Some Barbeque
7. Jeep's Blues
8. Stuffy
CD 2
1. Lady Be Good
2. Here Is That Rainy Day
3. Barbados
4. How High The Moon
5. Take Five
6. Everything Happens To Me
7. Epilogue