| Review by Jfitch August 4, 2006 (2 of 5 found this review helpful)
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I just ordered this disc so I have not had a chance to experience it firsthand. Below is a review from "highfidelityreview.com".
Basie Is Back features 13 jazz classics that have been performed by the Count Basie Orchestra over the years. The album was recorded live at Denryoku Hall in Sendai, Japan on October 28, 2005. It is a Direct Stream Digital (DSD) recording using Sony's Sonoma DSD Workstation.
Basie Is Back was produced by Eighty-Eight's label chief Yasohachi "88" Itoh, recorded and engineered by Yoshihiro Suzuki from Sony Music Studios in Tokyo, assisted by engineers Naoto Tanemura, Hiroya Takayama, Masaki Mori and Hiroki Okida as well as Sonoma DSD Workstation Operator Shigeru Inoue from Sony Japan. The SACD was mastered by Koji "C-chan" Suzuki of Sony Music Studios in Tokyo who has handled the mastering of many Japanese SACD titles over the years. The SACD was made by Sony DADC's hybrid SACD production line in Japan.
Listening to the Surround Sound Super Audio tracks of the album, I'd say that Woodward's comments about the new album being "dynamic" are an understatement. Basie Is Back fills your music room with the swinging sounds of the orchestra as they take you through the history of the band. The disc really shows off the Super Audio CD format's ability to highlight individual instruments and soloists at one point and then really take off and swing at another moment. Big Band music fans will enjoy this new recording. No doubt about that.
Text written 25/06/06 by Brian Moura (HFR).
I recommend taking the above for what it's worth. It's better then no information at all!
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| Review by audiofreak September 15, 2006 (4 of 5 found this review helpful)
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Performance: Sonics (S/MC): / |
| As mentioned above the recording is very dynamic. The multichannel mix does as usual sound better than the stereo mix, but I have noticed that the orchestra is actually mixed in stereo while soloists are placed alone in the centre channel. Somehow this causes the centre channel not to blend in perfectly with front-R/L. I believe this approach to multichannel mixing could be due the mixing equipment being two-channel only. I am sure that Mr. Yasohachi "88" Itoh can do his multichannel mix correctly next time.
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| Review by stef40 May 21, 2008 (0 of 3 found this review helpful)
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Performance: Sonics (S): |
| If you like Count basie,music from big band,and great live recording sound,go for this one.
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