Jacintha – Autumn Leaves: The Songs Of Johnny Mercer (UHQCD)

The Groove Note Records team, consisting of Joe Harley (producer), Mike Ross (sound engineer), and Ying Tan (executive producer), has reunited to produce Jacintha’s second album. With “Autumn Leaves”, the jazz chanteuse, now well known far beyond audiophile circles, pays tribute to American singer, songwriter, and composer John Herndon Mercer, who became world famous with evergreens such as “Moon River” and “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)”.

Jacintha interprets 12 classics by the four-time Oscar winner with her timeless, warm and expressive voice, accompanied by a strong band: Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Kei Akagi (piano), Darek Oles (bass), Larance Marable and Joe LaBarbera (drums), Anthony Wilson (guitar), Will Miller (trumpet) and Artie Butler (Hammond B3).

Groove Note now presents Bernie Grundman’s sonically impressive remastering of this gem, recorded in 1999 at Cello Studios, Hollywood. The limited edition UHQCD with MQA encoding (352.8 kHz/24-bit) is sourced from the original 2-track tapes, which were recorded live and direct in pure analog.

UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. Musically, the result is a sound image strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

Lista pieselor

1. And The Angels Sing

2. Skylark

3. One For My Baby

4. Midnight Sun

5. Autumn Leaves

6. Days Of Wine & Roses

7. I Remember You

8. Trav’lin’ Light

9. Something’s Gotta Give

10. Moon River

11. Bonus Track: Here’s To Life (Soundtrack Mix)