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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Leis Of Jazz - Arthur Lyman

How High The Moon

Leis Of Jazz
The Jazz Sounds Of Arthur Lyman
Cover Photo by Werner Stoy - Camera Hawaii
HIFI RECORD R607
1959

From the back cover: Arthur Lyman plays vibes, marimbas, congas, etc.; Alan Soares plays piano and celeste; John Kramer plays bass and percussions; and on the beat, Harold Chang, who plays as dazzling and overwhelming an array of percussion as  you'll ever see or hear. The voice heard in "Lullaby Of The Leaves," the last track on side one, is charming Ethel Azama.

Once again, through the courtesy and generosity of Mr. Henry J. Kaiser, we have been permitted to record the Arthur Lyman group in the Aluminum Dome on the beautiful grounds of Mr. Kaiser's famed Hawaiian Village Hotel. Fabulous is an extravagant word, but the recorded sound in the Aluminum Dome is extravagantly good, so we'll call it fabulous. The very fine photography on the cover is that of Werner Stoy of Honolulu.

Perfect sound reproduction was achieved with 3 AKG Austrian microphones, a custom built Ampex 3-track 1/2" magnetic tape stereophonic recorder, and later painstakingly processing, using a scully automatically variable pitch lathe with latest Westrex cutting head to make the master disc. Frequency response is from 16 to 20,000 C.P.S. Pressings are custom pure virgin Vinyl.

Leis Of Jazz
Trigger Fantasy
The Lady Is A Tramp
Body And Soul
Gypsy In My Soul
Lullaby Of The Leaves
On The Street Where You Live
My Funny Valentine
The Way You Look Tonight
How High The Moon
Lullaby Of Birdland
Aloha Oe

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