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Letters from the Equator – Original Customer Reviews
Since we’ve recently re-released a remastered version of Jim Brock’s album “Letters from the Equator,” we thought we would share some of the original customer feedback! “Brock Rocks”By Gerard Dionne “high eq” Jim Brock embodies the the first generation of American drummers who were as influenced by Third World Music (well before it was known as such) as by the music Boomers heard on the radio in the 50s and 60s. He’s a true master…
Joel Fan Concert Response and News
Last weekend, Joel Fan performed in Oakland, California, and a few of the Reference Recordings staff were able to make it to the concert. We were (as always) wowed by his extremely fine playing. Joel played an extremely difficult program and pulled it off tremendously! We especially enjoyed hearing him play the ferociously difficult Scriabin #5 and Schoenberg Opus 11 — both of which we had not heard him play before. Also during Joel’s visit…
Composers Datebook – Bach and Ron Nelson
On American Public Media’s program “Composers Datebook”, Ron Nelson’s “Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)” was featured in celebration of Sunday being Bach’s birthday! The recording used during the program was Holidays and Epiphanies featuring the Dallas Wind Symphony. Click Play to listen to Composers Datebook Featuring Ron Nelson’s Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) Here is the written transcript from the show: One of the most serious — and daunting — of musical forms is the passacaglia, in…
Clark Terry – “Mumbles”
We attempted to share this video earlier this week, but for whatever reason, the embedded video didn’t show. So, though many may have already seen it, we wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to enjoy Clark Terry in this video. And remember that Clark Terry is featured on our newest release Jazz Kaleidoscope!
St. Patrick’s Day Feature Album – Lincolnshire Posy
Though Percy Grainger is thought of as supremely important in the preservation of British Folk Tunes, we just couldn’t resist using this album for St. Patrick’s Day due to our inclusion of Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy). So, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and make sure that Lincolnshire Posy is a part of your musical celebration. And if you don’t have it, now is the time to visit us at http://referencerecordings.com and get your…
Jim Brock – After Sunrise
One of the best parts of remastering older albums in our catalog is the ability to “re-discover” these artists and albums! So today, we’re going to share another great Jim Brock video! Make sure to get your copy of the new Letters from the Equator album!
Jazz Kaleidoscope: Jim Brock – O Vazio
As you know (or should know) we released a new jazz compilation Jazz Kaleidoscope, and we also re-released a remastered HDCD version of Letters from the Equator by Jim Brock. So today we’re going to cover both new releases with a video of Jim Brock’s “O Vazio” which is included in the Jazz Kaleidoscope album, and the video gives you a look at the featured artist on Letters from the Equator.
Letters from the Equator – Remastered
The Equator Redux LETTERS FROM THE EQUATORRR-56 – newly remastered with HDCD Master percussionist Jim Brock features the music of guitar wizard Van Manakas, with bass, drums, keyboards and winds. From the Tango stylings of Argentina to the celebrations of Brazil, LETTERS FROM THE EQUATOR, takes the armchair traveler on an exciting journey into the furthest regions a sound system can reproduce. “Prof.” Keith Johnson has made a new high-resolution digital transfer from the original…
Jazz Kaleidoscope
JAZZ KALEIDOSCOPE RR-910 HDCD – Now Available Top tracks by Dick Hyman, Clark Terry, Red Norvo, Mike Garson, The Hot Club of San Franciso, Jim Brock and The Blazing Redheads. Jazz covers a lot of musical territory, and many of its varied styles are represented here. Stride piano from the 1920s rubs shoulders with swing from the 1940s, classic combo sounds from the 1950s, salsa-flavored dance music, and recently-created pieces that stretch the very boundaries…
Joel Fan & Yo-Yo Ma – Silk Road Video
Since we’ve been relaying messages via Twitter about Joel Fan in concert and on tour, we thought it would be fun to share (what looks like) an old video of Joel in rehearsal with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble: You can also find this video in our Joel Fan Playlist on the Reference Recordings YouTube Channel!
Mike Garson Video
Continuing in our excitement about our upcoming Jazz Sampler, today we’re posting a video of Jazz pianist Mike Garson! Make sure you have Mike Garson’s fantastic album, Jazz Hat!
Hot Club of San Francisco
We’re getting excited for the upcoming release of our new Jazz sampler (info coming very soon), so today we wanted to share a fun video of The Hot Club Of San Francisco doing a free street performance! The sampler will feature tracks from our album with The Hot Club Of San Francisco, Yerba Buena Bounce
Minoru Nojima plays Liszt!
Just wanted to share this video. Remember, we have re-released this album in HDCD format! Visit ReferenceRecordings.com to purchase these re-released albums of the great Minoru Nojima
Something to Share
Hey Audiophile Fans, here’s something from the Audiophile Blogger at CNET that we thought we would share with you: There have always been good- and bad-sounding recordings, and advances in technology haven’t really tilted the balance all that much, but they’ve changed the playing field. Musicians and bands no longer have to go into a high-priced studio to make a decent recording. If you fancy yourself as any kind of recording engineer here’s your chance…
SACD Reviews
Since we have been involved in some discussions about our dive into the SACD realm, we thought we would share a couple of reviews of our first two SACDs from Audiophile Audition. “Tutti!” Orchestral Sampler from Reference Recordings – stereo-only SACD RR-906SACD, 71:33 [Distr. in U.S. by Allegro] *****: Tutti! is a packed program of spectacular orchestral demo selections, and all of them are complete movements or sections – no fading out anywhere here as…