Jazz suites were composed in the 1960s by pianist and composer Raimonds Pauls, re-arranged by Kārlis Vanags and newly recorded by the Maestro in 2021, together with the Latvian Radio Big band at the legendary Latvian Radio Studio.
The initial recordings for this album were made by using a vintage valve-based 1/4" 2-track Studer C37 reel-to-reel tape recorder, which is considered to be the legend of the Studer professional studio audio recorder line. It was first released in 1960, and for the next 10 years remained as the main protagonist of many of the most famous album recordings of all time.
The Studer C37 reel-to-reel tape recorder used in this jazz recording came from the legendary Riga Recording Studio, where the Soviet record label Melodiya (Мелодия) made recordings from the 1960s to the 1970s, and has been fully restored and carefully maintained by Mārtiņš Saulespurēns.
This recording was performed live and recorded directly to analogue reel-to-reel tape without any editing or overdubbing.
Album: Raimonds Pauls - Latvian Radio Big Band - Jazz Suites Reimagined!
Label: Jersika Records – JRA015T
Format: Reel-To-Reel, 15 ips, ¼", 2-Track Stereo, 10.5" NAB Reel, Album, CCIR
Country: Latvia
Released: January 20, 2022
Genre: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop, Cool Jazz
Musicians:
Raimonds Pauls - Piano
Kārlis Vanags - Conductor, Big Band Leader
Dāvis Jurka - Alto Sax, Flute, Piccolo, Section Lead
Jānis Puķītis - Alto Sax, Flute
Kārlis Vanags - Tenor Sax, Clarinet
Māris Jēkabsons - Tenor Sax, Clarinet
Kristaps Lubovs - Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet
Andris Augstkalns - Trumpet, Section Lead
Gatis Gorkuša - Trumpet
Oskars Ozoliņš - Trumpet
Reinis Puriņš - Trumpet
Laura Rozenberga - Trombone, Section Lead
Vadims Dmitrijevs - Trombone
Uldis Ziediņš - Trombone
Kārlis Alfrēds Feldbergs - Bass Trombone
Viktors Ritovs - Hammond organ
Rihards Goba - Guitar
Edvīns Ozols - Double Bass
Artis Orubs - Drums
Guests:
Miķelis Dzenuška - Vibraphone
All music composed by Raimonds Pauls.
All music was arranged by Kārlis Vanags, except A1- arranged by Vitaly Dolgov, instrumentation by Kārlis Vanags.
Recorded on January 19.-20.2021. at Latvian Radio Studio, Riga, Latvia.
Recording Engineer: Gustavs Ērenpreiss
Assistant Recording Engineers: Augustīns Delle, Mārtiņš Krastiņš
Produced by Mareks Ameriks
Photo: Oskars Upenieks
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