Benny Carter Quartet - Summer Serenade (1982/2017) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Benny Carter Quartet - Summer Serenade (1982/2017) [DSD128 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Benny Carter Quartet - Summer Serenade (1982/2017)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time - 44:37 minutes | 1,99 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 44:37 minutes | 783 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Although he has played trumpet, trombone, clarinet, tenor and piano, it is as an alto saxophonist that Benny Carter has achieved his enviable reputation as an instrumentalist. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner has acted as an inspiration to generations of young musicians, all of whom have been fascinated by the seemingly effortless way in which that flawless tone was produced. The broad, sweeping phrases of his improvisations have the structural stability of compositions in their own right. This 1980 session, recorded for the Danish Storyville label, finds Carter backed by a fine quintet including pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Jesper Lundgard, drummer Ed Thigpen and Richard Boone, who sings on "All That Jazz".

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The mastering chain consists of a selection of high end vacuum tube equipment. For the recordings on this album, the original ¼” 15 ips NAB master tapes were played on a Nagra-T tape recorder, modified with high end tube playback electronics, wired from the playback head directly to a Telefunken EF806 tube, using OCC silver cable. The Nagra T, with its four direct drive motors, two pinch rollers and a tape tension head, has one of the best transports ever made. A custom-built carbon fibre head block and a head damping electronic system permit 2xHD FUSION to obtain a better resolution and 3D imaging.

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