2xHDレーベル マスタリング・システムを大幅アップグレード！
巨星、ソニー・ロリンズの超貴重な完全未発表音源が2xHDのDXDリマスタリングにより登場！
2xHDより、更なる貴重音源がリリースされた。今作は、1967年にオランダで行われたパフォーマンスの模様を捉えた完全未発表音源。エリック・ドルフィーの『ラスト・デイズ』への参加で世界に名を知らしめたドラマー、ハン・ベニンクとベーシストのルード・ヤコブスを迎えた、ピアノレス・トリオによる、ライブとスタジオ音源を収録。
Tr.1～4は1967年5月5日にVARA Studio 5にて行われたスタジオ・ライブの音源。
Tr.5&6は同日にGo-Go clubで行われたライブ音源。
Sonny Rollins[saxophone], Ruud Jacobs[bass], Han Bennink[drums]
Sonny Rollins is, by any reasonable estimation, a genius. He is jazz’s greatest living improviser, able to imbue his solos with wry humor, surprise, brilliant logical form, and profound emotion. Time and time again, he created something miraculous out of thin air, and he did it until he could do it no longer.
- David Marchese, New York Times
This is a collection of “Take-No-Prisoners” studio trio recordings from the Tenor Sax Master’s 1967 Netherlands tour, mastered in DXD by Rene Laflamme.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
The 2xHD Fusion Mastering System: In the constant evolution of its proprietary mastering process, 2xHD has progressed to a new phase called 2xHD FUSION, integrating the finest analog, with state-of-the-art digital technology.
The mastering chain consists of a selection of high-end vacuum tube equipment. For the recordings on this album, the original 1/4" 15 ips NagraMaster curve, NAB or CCIR master tapes were played on a Nagra-T tape recorder, modified with high-end tube playback electronics, wired with OCC silver cable from the playback head direct to a Nick Doshi tube head preamplifier. 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 fiber head block and a head damping electronic system permit 2xHD FUSION to obtain a better resolution and 3D imaging.
The resulting signal is then transferred into high resolution formats by recording it in DXD using a custom 2xHD Technologies A to D converter. All analog and digital cables that are used are-state-of-the-art Siltech. The 2xHD FUSION mastering system is powered by a super capacitor power supply, using a new technology that lowers the digital noise found in the lowest level of the spectrum. A vacuum tube NAGRA HD DAC X is used as a reference digital playback converter in order to A and B with the original analog master tape, permitting the fusion of the warmth of analog with the refinement of digital.
