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Art Pepper - Landscape: Live in Tokyo '79 [XRCD24 Remastered 2003]
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Art Pepper - Landscape: Live in Tokyo '79 [XRCD24 Remastered 2003]
EAC rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG | Full Scans | 370 Mb
Genre ~ Cool | Post-Bop | Saxophone Jazz | West Coast Jazz
Label ~ JVC - Victor Company of Japan Ltd./VICJ-61035
EAC rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG | Full Scans | 370 Mb
Genre ~ Cool | Post-Bop | Saxophone Jazz | West Coast Jazz
Label ~ JVC - Victor Company of Japan Ltd./VICJ-61035
Jazz is always seems to be a hard thing to capture well in any recording. Not only are the instruments amongst the most complex acoustically, some are capable of producing music in an incredibly large dynamic range. Even if this wasn’t an issue, capturing the correct timbre itself, the physical essence of the music is a huge challenge.
The early days of the digital CD recordings left many people wanting far more then they were getting from the jazz they were able to hear. A good deal of the real feeling and emotion that jazz represents was lost in the change from analogue records to digital CDs. Luckily there were those companies, like JVC who took the situation and did something about it. The result of JVC’s commitment has been generation after generation of XRCD technology.
A wonderful example of this difference can be found on Landscape – Art Pepper Live in Tokyo ’79. Art Pepper for those of you who have never heard of him is considered by some to be one of the best alto saxophone players to ever live. Suffering through both issues of race, war and health, he nevertheless was able to rise above it all before finally passing away at age 54.
The sounds of Art Pepper playing the saxophone are extremely detailed and pristine in this recording. There is a palpable sense of presence when you listen to his playing that tends to radiate from the recording itself into the room. In fact, it is one of the closest experience I have heard to a live performance on any jazz CD I have recently reviewed.
“Landscape,” on track 3 has it all, for in my mind, not only are the instruments captured in fine detail, but through the ability of both the musicians and technologies, the song creates an image of a landscape. Though perhaps what that might contain landscape should be left to each individual own mind, to me I can almost picture, through the music, the rich texture of a rich and colorful world. The music blends perfectly to envelope the listener, bring them closer and closer the longer they listen.
“Over The Rainbow” on track 5, is another example of not only the recording's ability to capture the music, but the skill and artistry of Art Pepper himself. The opening solo sets the tone for the classic sound of a song made popular by one of the most famous movies of all times. Once again, the listener though the musical imagery to become transported to that place that lies somewhere over the rainbow. The peace and harmony that Dorothy believed really existed, truly does exist listening to this recording in your mind’s eye.
While I never have heard the “standard” version of this recording, I can tell you that this version is definitely something you would have no trouble listening to again and again. I can’t compare this particular album, but I can tell you that I have never heard an album in both “standard” and XRCD versions where the XRCD wasn’t substantially better then the “standard”. If you like Art Pepper or are looking to hear some great alto saxophone, do yourself a favor and give this disc a listen.
Tracks List
1.True Blues [9:23]
2.Sometime [5:17]
3.Landscape [10:31]
4.Avalon [8:53]
5.Over the Rainbow [11:01]
6.Straight Life [6:54]
Total Time: 51:59
Personel
Art Pepper (alto saxophone);
George Cables (piano);
Tony Dumas (bass);
Billy Higgins (drums).
Producers: Akira Taguchi, Hiroshi Aono.
Recorded at Shiba Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on July 16 & 23, 1979.
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 13. September 2009, 14:19
Art Pepper / Landscape - Live in Tokyo '79
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Track 1
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EAC extraction logfile from 13. September 2009, 14:19
Art Pepper / Landscape - Live in Tokyo '79
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GH20NS10 Adapter: 2 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : D:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%x" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%v" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%v" -T "COMMENT=EAC V0.99 prebeta 4, Secure Mode, Test & Copy, Accurat
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2 | 9:23.25 | 5:17.00 | 42250 | 66024
3 | 14:40.25 | 10:30.40 | 66025 | 113314
4 | 25:10.65 | 8:52.42 | 113315 | 153256
5 | 34:03.32 | 11:00.60 | 153257 | 202816
6 | 45:04.17 | 6:54.20 | 202817 | 233886
Track 1
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Art Pepper - Landscape: Live in Tokyo '79 [XRCD24 Remastered 2003]
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Art Pepper - Landscape: Live in Tokyo '79 [XRCD24 Remastered 2003]
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