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Bellson, Louie: The Art of the Chart (Big Band Explosion).


Bellson, Louie: The Art of the Chart (Big Band Explosion). Recorded in 1997, at Capitol Studio A, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Engineers: Don Murray Don Murray has been the name of more than one person of note:
  • Don Murray (clarinetist) (1904-1929), jazz musician
  • Don Murray (actor) (b. 1929)
  • Don Murray (writer) (1923-2006), Pulitzer Prize winning writer for the Boston Herald
 and Gregg Field. 64+ minutes. Concord Concord, cities, United States
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 4800. This is a terrific recording with notable big-band dynamic contrasts, a soundstage that delivers a close-up perspective to the listener, and excellent focus. The only flaw was a set of drums that was a bit too spread out in contrast to the rest of the ensemble.

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 was quite good, but the "enhanced" mode of my Yamaha processor worked a tad better to deliver a big-band club sound to the mix. However, both settings required that the center level temporarily be backed off -3 dB below the standard Dolby reference level. The Jazz-Club mode of each processor was also workable, as was the Hall mode of the Outlaw receiver installed in my living-room system. However, perhaps the Classical/Opera mode of the big-room's processor worked best to generate a realistic sound with this material. This particular surround enhancement made a good-sounding disc into a great-sounding disc. --HF
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Title Annotation:Review
Author:Howard, Ferstler
Publication:Sensible Sound
Article Type:Sound Recording Review
Date:Apr 1, 2001
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