Paolo Recchia | IMAGINARY PLACE •Reference Master Tape Copy• + CD

Analog tape offers the optimal opportunity to produce high definition masters of great sound quality. They have been used to record famous albums that have made the history of world discography, since this type of technology introduces pleasant artifacts and distortions that enhance the music.

A professional recording on analog tape adds the right amount of Punch, Warmth, Confusion and Roundness. "With reel-to-reel tape, the sound range and the sense of width and depth of the soundstage are different. The noise is barely audible unless you try to feel it. The realistic sound provides very realistic dynamics.
"It's a sound you can hold in your hand but only with tapes copied directly from the original masters." 

Inside our Luxury Box you will find:
  
our LPR90 RTM tape with NAB metal flange and convenient tape stopper to prevent the tape from unwinding from the reel.
  
certificate of authenticity
  
album cover in 25x25 format with photographic inserts, on fine Fedrigoni paper - Splendorgel Extra White (FSC) weight 160 grams
  
recording credits on fine Fedrigoni paper - Acquerello Avorio (FSC) weight 240 grams
  
qrcode to access the entire audio-video recording made at the Teatro degli Avvaloranti
  
CD with booklet
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The alto and soprano saxophonist Paolo Recchia, for the fifth release signed by the newly formed Birdbox Records label, presents himself with a quartet of top-level musicians now recognized by the jazz press and audience: pianist Luca Mannutza, double bass player Giuseppe Romagnoli and drummer Nicola Angelucci.
“Imaginary place” welcomes the listener into an imaginary place, a creative space where the musical ideas of the group members intertwine, giving new points in common, blending traditional jazz with contemporary elements in a personal synthesis. It is a generous live album, with a deep desire for mutual respect and shared love for this music at its core.
The work is composed of original material and standards of the jazz tradition. Some of these compositions belong to musicians who have had a direct influence on Paolo Recchia's way of playing and are a source of inspiration in terms of harmony, melody and rhythm.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude and my most sincere thanks to my wife Arianna for being at my side in the realization of this work, to the incredible generosity and art of the musicians who accompanied me in this project, to the beautiful audio and video work of the director and sound engineer Lorenzo Vella of Birdbox Records.
Paolo Recchia
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Recorded at Teatro degli Avvaloranti - Città della Pieve (PG) Italy. September 7-8, 2020 and mixed at Nightingale Studios, Palombara Sabina (RM) ℗© 2022 Birdbox Records s.r.l.