Blue label: Radio Rhythm, by Lester's Blues

Blue label: Radio Rhythm

by Lester's Blues

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Jose Tello The instrumentals are my favorites. Favorite track: Radio Rhythm.

tvandewalle It's very joyful, yet with a lot of depth and feeling. The sound is magnificent too. The rhythm sectiin really shines on this recording and sounds tight and full at the same time.

Robert Cullen Excellent sound quality. I am always sceptic when people promote analog as better than digital sine analog versus digital is a nonsense discussion. In the end it comes down to engineering skills. This time Lester's Blues definitely got it right. Thanks so much for this high quality recording. I am smiling ear to ear when listening to this recording.

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Pure Analog AAA Vinyl. Recorded straight to tape with one stereo-mic, mastered and lacquer cut in a pure analog signal path, no computers. Includes liner notes by Michael Steinman, group photo by Jan Matthys, technical info.

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1.	Georgia Jubilee 02:51	buy track
2.	Motens Swing 03:17	buy track
3.	Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out 04:18	buy track
4.	Little White Lies 04:25	buy track
5.	When The Sun Sets Down South 03:19	buy track
6.	Radio Rhythm 03:00	buy track
7.	Roll 'Em 02:51	buy track
8.	Climax Rag 04:14	buy track
9.	I Left My Baby 04:02	buy track
10.	That's All 05:25	buy track

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*** SALES OF VINYL / CD TEMPORARILY ON PAUSE UNTIL MARCH 2024 ***

The new album ‘Blue Label: Radio Rhythm’ was recorded in the same spirit and room as the previous one but going one step further in the process. Instead of having individual microphones for every instrument only one stereo microphone was used at the center (see video), positioning the musicians around it to achieve the ideal balance, an uncommon feat in today’s hyper-edited world. Amplified with a state of the art dual-channel tube preamp the signal was sent straight to analog tape.

The record again features a set of historic songs and compositions this time not only limited to the Basie canon, such as the 1923 blues song ‘Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out’ made popular in 1929 by Bessie Smith, sung by American-born singer Monique Harcum; the Kansas City associated dance anthems Moten Swing by Bennie & Ira Moten and Roll’Em by Mary Lou Williams; and special arrangements like ‘When The Sun Sets Down South’ by Sidney Bechet, ‘Georgia Jubilee’ by Benny Goodman and Arthur Schutt and last but not least the 1930’s futuristic art deco composition “Radio Rhythm” by Irving Mills and Nat Leslie, recorded originally by the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra.

The master tapes were brought to the famous Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin to be mastered and cut by ‘tonmeister’ Rainer Maillard in a pure analog fashion on lacquer for the vinyl pressing.

‘Blue Label: Radio Rhythm’ will be released in June 2022 on Tiny Legs Tim’s record label Sing My Title on pure analog vinyl and high-resolution digital download, including liner notes by New York jazz critic Michael Steinman.

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released June 3, 2022

Frederik Van den Berghe - drums
Sam Gerstmans - bass
Victor da Costa - guitar
Luk Vermeir - piano
Hans Bossuyt - trumpet
David Lukács - clarinet, tenor sax
Tom Callens - tenor & alto sax, vocals (9)
Dree Peremans - trombone (2,6)
Monique 'Mo' Harcum - vocals

Produced by Tom Callens
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 arranged by Tom Callens - 5, 6 arranged by David Lukács
Recorded June 27-29 2021 at Robot Studios, Gent - Belgium / Engineer, tape-op: Pieterjan Coppejans / Mastering for digital: Uwe Teichert at Elektropolis, Brussels - Belgium
Analog mastering & lacquer cutting: Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin - Germany / Lacquer processing and vinyl pressing: Vinyl de Paris, Neuilly sur Marne - France
Total Time: 37:40 / Photo by Jan Matthys / Artwork by Animus Design

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A swing jazz septet formed by saxophonist Tom Callens, Lester's Blues pay hommage to and play the energetic effortless swinging style and music of 1930's small groups of Count Basie, Lester Young and their peers.

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