[TR24][DSD][OF] Emilie-Claire Barlow - Дискография Hi-Res + DSD (5 студийных альбомов + 1 концерт) (Discography) - 2006-2015 (Jazz, Vocal Jazz)

Romantic jazz style

This is a really great Christmas album by Emilie-Claire Barlow and if you like Diana Krall and similar female jazz vocalists, you'll probably really enjoy this. Emilie-Claire’s vocal performance on here along with her arrangements, conducting the strings as well as producing the album herself is amazing. The orchestral style backing in some songs only helps make this recording even better rather than just a straight jazz album, bringing in that old „crooner“ sound that accompanied many Christmas recordings back in the 1950's/1960's. But make no mistake, this is a „jazz“ Christmas album overall.

Emilie-Claire Barlow can sing straight and beautiful like Julie London or very jazzy, like Annie Ross (from Lambert, Hendricks and Ross)- old jazz vocal trio from decades ago). Here is a singer who not only is making inroads in the jazz world but also has creative control on all the songs and albums she makes. This one came out before her big smash 'The Very Thought Of You'. This is a gem.

Recorded and mixed by Daniel LeBlanc at Doane-LeBlanc Inc. Produced and arranged by Emilie-Claire Barlow

2xHD Mastering: René Laflamme
2xHD Executive Producer: André Perry

Here’s another gem from Emilie-Claire Barlow, a jazz singer whose unique voice and personal interpretations warmly embrace this collection of classic standards, many from the American songbook. On this occasion, Emilie-Claire chose to include the often ignored verses in the tradition of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet. This album was nominated 'Vocal Jazz Album of the Year' at the Juno Awards.

„Named after the 1934 Ray Noble-penned standard made famous by Bing Crosby, The Very Thought of You is the sixth studio album from Canadian jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow. Released in 2007, it features silky-smooth renditions of Nat King Cole's 'Almost Like Being in Love,' Billie Holiday 's 'What a Little Moonlight Can Do,' and Mama Cass' 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' alongside interpretations of hits from various musicals including Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, and Pennies from Heaven.“ (Jon O'Brien, AMG)

Emilie-Claire Barlow, vocal, shaker, triangle
Reg Schwager, guitar
Nancy Walke, piano
Kieran Overs, bass
Mark Kelso, drums
Kevin Turcotte, flugelhorn (on track 1)
Alan Hetherington, percussion (on tracks 3, 5 & 10)
Bill McBirnie, flute (on tracks 5 & 10)
Kelly Jefferson, tenor saxophone (on track 6)
Mike Murley, tenor saxophone (on track 9)
Alex Grant, cello
Drew Jurecka, violin
Anna Redekop, viola
Lenny Solomon, violin
Wendy Solomon, cello
Kathryn Sugden, violin
Rebecca van der Post, violin
Claudio Vena, viola
Rebekah Wolkstein, violin

Digitally remastered

Here’s another gem from Emilie-Claire Barlow, a jazz singer whose unique voice and personal interpretations warmly embrace this collection of classic standards, many from the American songbook. On this occasion, Emilie-Claire chose to include the often ignored verses in the tradition of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet. This album was nominated 'Vocal Jazz Album of the Year' at the Juno Awards.

„Named after the 1934 Ray Noble-penned standard made famous by Bing Crosby, The Very Thought of You is the sixth studio album from Canadian jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow. Released in 2007, it features silky-smooth renditions of Nat King Cole's 'Almost Like Being in Love,' Billie Holiday 's 'What a Little Moonlight Can Do,' and Mama Cass' 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' alongside interpretations of hits from various musicals including Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, and Pennies from Heaven.“ (Jon O'Brien, AMG)

Emilie-Claire Barlow, vocal, shaker, triangle
Reg Schwager, guitar
Nancy Walke, piano
Kieran Overs, bass
Mark Kelso, drums
Kevin Turcotte, flugelhorn (on track 1)
Alan Hetherington, percussion (on tracks 3, 5 & 10)
Bill McBirnie, flute (on tracks 5 & 10)
Kelly Jefferson, tenor saxophone (on track 6)
Mike Murley, tenor saxophone (on track 9)
Alex Grant, cello
Drew Jurecka, violin
Anna Redekop, viola
Lenny Solomon, violin
Wendy Solomon, cello
Kathryn Sugden, violin
Rebecca van der Post, violin
Claudio Vena, viola
Rebekah Wolkstein, violin

Digitally remastered

Goosebumps and seductive

„The Beat Goes On“ is the eighth album in a recording career that now spans 12 years, and it is a record of which she is justifiably proud. Emilie-Claire Barlow's charm, vocal chops, song selection and great taste in side men allows her concerts to consistently access the elegance of jazz while sweeping away any cobwebs that could cloud a listeners experience of jazz pop today.

The potent combination of well-honed vocal and musical chops and a charming stage presence has earned Emilie-Claire Barlow a size-able and loyal following worldwide.

„With “The Beat Goes On” Toronto-based jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow has done what a few wise singers are doing these days, namely looking to more recent eras and songwriters for fresh material rather than the overdone American Songbook. This time out, Barlow has focused her considerable talents and jazz sensibilities on the 60s. The opening track sets the tone for the album as Kelly Jefferson provides nuanced sax fills on a swingy 6/8 version of Bacharach's Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head. Barlow has written all the arrangements herself and the stripped down instrumentation that predominates fits her light, pretty voice like a Pucci print dress. We feel transported to a Yorkville coffeehouse as just bass and congas (Ross MacIntyre and Davide Direnzo) accompany These Boots Were Made for Walkin'. Very groovy. Iconic sounds of the 60s bubble up in the woodwinds on Soul Bossa Nova as it's mashed up with the classic Sonny & Cher title track.“

„An exploration of the 60s wouldn't be complete without a journey to that hotbed of musical innovation, Rio de Janiero, and the cover of O Barquinho (My Little Boat) featuring Reg Schwager’s nylon string guitar skills perfectly evokes a carefree Brazilian day. Barlow’s specialty is bossa nova (do yourself a favour and find her version of O Pato on YouTube) so when she surprisingly imposes that style on Dylan’s Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright it actually works.“ (Cathy Riches, theWholeNote)

2xHD MASTERING PROCESS: Mastered from the original 24Bits files by Rene Laflamme and Andre Perry at Fidelio Technologies’ mastering lab, using the 2xHD process. A SSD drive power by battery with a modified high-end dCS Vivaldi clock with silver and gold cables was used to create a very transparent sound.

Goosebumps and seductive

„The Beat Goes On“ is the eighth album in a recording career that now spans 12 years, and it is a record of which she is justifiably proud. Emilie-Claire Barlow's charm, vocal chops, song selection and great taste in side men allows her concerts to consistently access the elegance of jazz while sweeping away any cobwebs that could cloud a listeners experience of jazz pop today.

The potent combination of well-honed vocal and musical chops and a charming stage presence has earned Emilie-Claire Barlow a size-able and loyal following worldwide.

„With “The Beat Goes On” Toronto-based jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow has done what a few wise singers are doing these days, namely looking to more recent eras and songwriters for fresh material rather than the overdone American Songbook. This time out, Barlow has focused her considerable talents and jazz sensibilities on the 60s. The opening track sets the tone for the album as Kelly Jefferson provides nuanced sax fills on a swingy 6/8 version of Bacharach's Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head. Barlow has written all the arrangements herself and the stripped down instrumentation that predominates fits her light, pretty voice like a Pucci print dress. We feel transported to a Yorkville coffeehouse as just bass and congas (Ross MacIntyre and Davide Direnzo) accompany These Boots Were Made for Walkin'. Very groovy. Iconic sounds of the 60s bubble up in the woodwinds on Soul Bossa Nova as it's mashed up with the classic Sonny & Cher title track.“

„An exploration of the 60s wouldn't be complete without a journey to that hotbed of musical innovation, Rio de Janiero, and the cover of O Barquinho (My Little Boat) featuring Reg Schwager’s nylon string guitar skills perfectly evokes a carefree Brazilian day. Barlow’s specialty is bossa nova (do yourself a favour and find her version of O Pato on YouTube) so when she surprisingly imposes that style on Dylan’s Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright it actually works.“ (Cathy Riches, theWholeNote)

2xHD MASTERING PROCESS: Mastered from the original 24Bits files by Rene Laflamme and Andre Perry at Fidelio Technologies’ mastering lab, using the 2xHD process. A SSD drive power by battery with a modified high-end dCS Vivaldi clock with silver and gold cables was used to create a very transparent sound.

Romantic with love

What started as a simple french compilation turned into a fully fledged french album that includes all the francophone songs Emilie-Claire Barlow had recorded on her previous albums, re-arranged and re-recorded, plus six brand new songs.

Winner of the Juno award Vocal Jazz Album of 2013, Toronto-born singer and voice actress Emilie-Claire Barlow got an early start to her prolific career, as her professional musician parents encouraged her to sing and study several instruments, including piano, cello, clarinet and violin.

Barlow started doing radio jingles and television voice-overs at the age of 7. Since 1998 she’s released a string of albums, hypnotizing critics and audiences alike with her pitch perfect ethereal voice. In 2008 Barlow was named female artist of the year at the National Jazz Awards. The Beat Goes On album came out in the fall of 2010. The all-French album Seule ce soir followed two years later.

Reg Schwager, guitar
Ross MacIntyre, bass
Davide DiRenzo, drums
Mark Kieswetter, piano
Kelly Jefferson, tenor saxophone
William Sperandei, trumpet, flugelhorn
Bill McBirnie, flute
Lou Pomanti, piano (on Des croissants de soleil)
Julie Lamontagne, piano (on Comme ja crie, comme ja chante)

Recorded at The Drive Shed Recording Studios, Toronto, Canada.
Engineered by John „Beetle“ Bailey and Taylor Kernohan
Mastering by Rene Laflamme

2xHD MASTERING PROCESS: Mastered from the original 24Bits files by Rene Laflamme and Andre Perry at Fidelio Technologies’ mastering lab, using the 2xHD process. A SSD drive power by battery with a modified high-end dCS Vivaldi clock with silver and gold cables was used to create a very transparent sound.

Romantic with love

What started as a simple french compilation turned into a fully fledged french album that includes all the francophone songs Emilie-Claire Barlow had recorded on her previous albums, re-arranged and re-recorded, plus six brand new songs.

Winner of the Juno award Vocal Jazz Album of 2013, Toronto-born singer and voice actress Emilie-Claire Barlow got an early start to her prolific career, as her professional musician parents encouraged her to sing and study several instruments, including piano, cello, clarinet and violin.

Barlow started doing radio jingles and television voice-overs at the age of 7. Since 1998 she’s released a string of albums, hypnotizing critics and audiences alike with her pitch perfect ethereal voice. In 2008 Barlow was named female artist of the year at the National Jazz Awards. The Beat Goes On album came out in the fall of 2010. The all-French album Seule ce soir followed two years later.

Reg Schwager, guitar
Ross MacIntyre, bass
Davide DiRenzo, drums
Mark Kieswetter, piano
Kelly Jefferson, tenor saxophone
William Sperandei, trumpet, flugelhorn
Bill McBirnie, flute
Lou Pomanti, piano (on Des croissants de soleil)
Julie Lamontagne, piano (on Comme ja crie, comme ja chante)

Recorded at The Drive Shed Recording Studios, Toronto, Canada.
Engineered by John „Beetle“ Bailey and Taylor Kernohan
Mastering by Rene Laflamme

2xHD MASTERING PROCESS: Mastered from the original 24Bits files by Rene Laflamme and Andre Perry at Fidelio Technologies’ mastering lab, using the 2xHD process. A SSD drive power by battery with a modified high-end dCS Vivaldi clock with silver and gold cables was used to create a very transparent sound.

Atmospheric and sophisticated

Live in Tokyo will make you relive the beauty and the absolute joy of an Emilie-Claire Barlow concert experience. Canada's incomparable vocal-jazz jewel is dazzling the world and her energetic live performances have been thrilling sold-out audiences from Tokyo to Montréal. This Juno Award and National Jazz Award winning starlet leads her world class band through innovative arrangements of American-songbook treasures, rhythmic bossa novas and elegant ballads. Fresh off a career year, including a Juno win for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Emilie-Claire's sultry, "smooth as fine silk" voice and playful humour keep the audience glowing throughout her beautiful and mesmerizing performances.

Emilie-Claire Barlow, vocals
Reg Schwager, guitar
Kelly Jefferson, saxophone
Mark Kieswetter, piano
Ross MacIntyre, bass
Fabio Ragnelli, drums

Recorded at COTTON CLUB, Tokyo on October 14 & 15 2013
Recorded by Taro Moriyama
Produced by Emilie-Claire Barlow
Co-produced by Steve Webster

2xHD mastering by René Laflamme
2xHD Executive Producer André Perry

The original recording was mixed in DSD2. It was mastered with the 2xHD process, using exceptionally high-end audiophile components and connectors such as Pyramix masscore, dCS Vivaldi in this case. The components are selected and tailored for each project in order to create the most accurate reproduction of the original recording and to preserve the dynamics of the original master.

Atmospheric and sophisticated

Live in Tokyo will make you relive the beauty and the absolute joy of an Emilie-Claire Barlow concert experience. Canada's incomparable vocal-jazz jewel is dazzling the world and her energetic live performances have been thrilling sold-out audiences from Tokyo to Montréal. This Juno Award and National Jazz Award winning starlet leads her world class band through innovative arrangements of American-songbook treasures, rhythmic bossa novas and elegant ballads. Fresh off a career year, including a Juno win for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Emilie-Claire's sultry, "smooth as fine silk" voice and playful humour keep the audience glowing throughout her beautiful and mesmerizing performances.

Emilie-Claire Barlow, vocals
Reg Schwager, guitar
Kelly Jefferson, saxophone
Mark Kieswetter, piano
Ross MacIntyre, bass
Fabio Ragnelli, drums

Recorded at COTTON CLUB, Tokyo on October 14 & 15 2013
Recorded by Taro Moriyama
Produced by Emilie-Claire Barlow
Co-produced by Steve Webster

2xHD mastering by René Laflamme
2xHD Executive Producer André Perry

The original recording was mixed in DSD2. It was mastered with the 2xHD process, using exceptionally high-end audiophile components and connectors such as Pyramix masscore, dCS Vivaldi in this case. The components are selected and tailored for each project in order to create the most accurate reproduction of the original recording and to preserve the dynamics of the original master.

The Juno award-winning Emilie-Claire Barlow is now clearly established as one of Canada’s very best jazz vocalists. She has also developed into an ace arranger, and both talents coalesce to stunning effect on Clear Day, the most ambitious offering yet in a prolific discography (it's her 11th album). Her interpretive gifts and pure vocals are displayed in fresh versions of tunes from a wide range of artists (Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and Van Morrison to Coldplay, David Bowie and Queen, and Pat Metheny). All the songs were chosen to help tell the chronological story of a recent emotionally turbulent period in her life. Barlow and co-producer Steve Webster recruited Amsterdam's world-renowned 70-piece Metropole Orkest (Elvis Costello) and conductor Jules Buckley to bring some of these songs a gloriously rich orchestral sound. “ (Kerry Doole)

Emilie-Claire Barlow continues to endear herself with her relaxed, polished demeanour, her charming humour, and a VOICE OF UNFORGETTABLE BEAUTY. Canada’s incomparable vocal jazz jewel, Emilie-Claire Barlow’s 10th album is all about big change. It has a big sound, backed by Netherland’s 69-musician-strong Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley, which accompanies Barlow’s five-piece band.

„This album is fresh, it sounds big, arranged to perfection, record & mastered with surgical precision but at the end of the day it is all about Emilie’s flawless voice. I found this album to be ear-gasmic, it is a mature record and simply beautiful to listen to…“

Produced by Emilie-Claire Barlow, Steve Webster

2xHD Mastering by: René Laflamme 2xHD Executive Producer: André Perry

THE 2xHD MASTERING PROCESS This album was mastered using our 2xHD proprietary system. In order to achieve the most accurate reproduction of the original recording we tailor our process specifically for each project, using a selection from our pool of state-of-the-art audiophile components and connectors. The process begins with a transfer to analog from the original 24bits/192kHz resolution master, using cutting edge D/A converters. The analog signal is then sent through a hi-end tube pre-amplifier before being recorded directly in DXD using the dCS905 A/D and the dCS Vivaldi Clock. All connections used in the process are made of OCC silver cable.

DSD and 192kHz/24Bit versions are separately generated, directly from the analog signal.

2xHD was created by producer/studio owner André Perry and audiophile sound engineer René Laflamme.

The Juno award-winning Emilie-Claire Barlow is now clearly established as one of Canada’s very best jazz vocalists. She has also developed into an ace arranger, and both talents coalesce to stunning effect on Clear Day, the most ambitious offering yet in a prolific discography (it's her 11th album). Her interpretive gifts and pure vocals are displayed in fresh versions of tunes from a wide range of artists (Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and Van Morrison to Coldplay, David Bowie and Queen, and Pat Metheny). All the songs were chosen to help tell the chronological story of a recent emotionally turbulent period in her life. Barlow and co-producer Steve Webster recruited Amsterdam's world-renowned 70-piece Metropole Orkest (Elvis Costello) and conductor Jules Buckley to bring some of these songs a gloriously rich orchestral sound. “ (Kerry Doole)

Emilie-Claire Barlow continues to endear herself with her relaxed, polished demeanour, her charming humour, and a VOICE OF UNFORGETTABLE BEAUTY. Canada’s incomparable vocal jazz jewel, Emilie-Claire Barlow’s 10th album is all about big change. It has a big sound, backed by Netherland’s 69-musician-strong Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley, which accompanies Barlow’s five-piece band.

„This album is fresh, it sounds big, arranged to perfection, record & mastered with surgical precision but at the end of the day it is all about Emilie’s flawless voice. I found this album to be ear-gasmic, it is a mature record and simply beautiful to listen to…“

Produced by Emilie-Claire Barlow, Steve Webster

2xHD Mastering by: René Laflamme 2xHD Executive Producer: André Perry

THE 2xHD MASTERING PROCESS This album was mastered using our 2xHD proprietary system. In order to achieve the most accurate reproduction of the original recording we tailor our process specifically for each project, using a selection from our pool of state-of-the-art audiophile components and connectors. The process begins with a transfer to analog from the original 24bits/192kHz resolution master, using cutting edge D/A converters. The analog signal is then sent through a hi-end tube pre-amplifier before being recorded directly in DXD using the dCS905 A/D and the dCS Vivaldi Clock. All connections used in the process are made of OCC silver cable.

DSD and 192kHz/24Bit versions are separately generated, directly from the analog signal.

2xHD was created by producer/studio owner André Perry and audiophile sound engineer René Laflamme.