Ray Brown

Some of My Best Friends Are... Singers Ray Brown

What does a bass player do when he records an album as a leader? Surely he doesn't play bass solos for an hour! Ray Brown unceremoniously released a series under the heading "Some of My Best Friends Are...". The 1998 "Singers" album is the third in the series - after Piano Players and Saxophonists - and brings together six outstanding singers on one CD. Diana Krall, Etta Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marlena Shaw, Nancy King and Kevin Mahogany make "Some of My Best Friends Are... Singers" a true gem.

Ultra-HD 32-Bit-Mastering & PureFlection

This mastering format was developed by FIM and Five/Four Productions. Five/Four Productions is made up of the former Telarc production team who wanted to be able to master the best possible sound quality without regard to lower quality equipment. The Five/Four Productions team can look back on 16 Grammys and countless other awards.

It is re-digitized with 32 bit word length and sampling frequency adapted to the source material. When possible, 192 KHz is used, but lower sampling rates are sonically advantageous for some material. The Ultra-HD 32-bit productions can be played back on any CD player in excellent sound quality.

The term PureFlection refers to the new way of producing the glass master for the latest FIM productions. This is not done in the pressing plant as part of the normal production process, but by a specialist on a specially modified machine for cutting Blu-Ray glass masters. Before the CDs are produced, the quality of the glass master is checked and the new booklets contain the test protocol of this check. The result is significantly lower jitter values and also lower error values than with usual industrial productions and the resulting sound image has an organic feel in contrast to many modern productions.

We recommend the use of "L'Art du Son" CD/DVD conditioner for even more sonic improvement.