This one, features veteran soprano and alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, who’s performed with Miles, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Max Roach and McCoy Tyner among others and the London-based Afro-funk/jazz group Maisha (drums, percussion, trumpet, electric guitar, bass, keyboards), with whom Bartz has been live-gigging for quite some time (if I didn’t tell you, you’d quickly figure out this wasn’t a “chance encounter”). The label name springs from Wayne Shorter’s 1964 album of the same name. The gear includes one of four remaining RCA 76D mixing boards-another one of which was used at Sun Studios in Memphis-using Neumann microphones and Neumann lathe, along with Westrex Capitol cutting amps designed specifically for Capitol studios and used, the liner notes say to cut The Beach Boys and The Beatles albums.
Night Dreamer began recording direct-to-disc sessions last fall at Artone Studios, located above the Record Industry pressing plant in Haarlem, The Netherlands using a “wide range of vintage mastering and recording equipment assembled and painstakingly restored over seven years.” Recorded, Mixed, Mastered and Cut by: Rinus Hooning, & Martijn Schouten Produced by: Gilles Peterson, George Camdonius and Neal Birnie Gary Bartz and Maisha- Gary Bartz and Maisha Some older D2D titles had simultaneously recorded to tape versions turned into LPs and and there’s really no contest: the D2Ds are unmistakably superior so consider picking up at least a few of these titles. Meanwhile, some amazing sounding and musically worthwhile Direct-to-Disc LPs have been released over the last few years, including some very recent ones.
When and if the major labels let the tapes out of the vaults (which they should, since their “masters” are now high resolution 192/24 transfers), the reissue floodgates will open and then we can revisit R2R. The reel-to-reel tape comeback is interesting and there are some great titles but given the cost of a good deck and the paucity of titles, not to mention their cost, it’s not yet a particularly worthwhile investment in my opinion unless you’ve got the money to spare. Normally curated by AnalogPlanet contributing editor Malachi Lui, this particular Review Explosion has been hijacked by AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer and covers in capsule form Direct-to-Disc releases). ( Review Explosion is usually a recurring AnalogPlanet feature covering recent releases for which we either don’t have sufficient time to fully explore, or that are not worthy of it.
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