Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc!
Native Auro 3D Audio!
Audio-Only Blu-Ray! Plays on Blu-Ray Compatible Players ONLY!
The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel Live N’ Bernin’ is released by Monster Music® as
Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc containing four Hi-Res 96-kHz/24-bit streams: Auro-3D9.1, Linear PCM 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Linear PCM 2.0.
The BBB was captured on Avid ProTools® (34 tracks), from which a NativeAuro-3D 9.1-channel master audio soundtrack was derived. The performance wasrecorded on 34 full-range discrete digital channels with 96-kHz/24-bitresolution using ALL AEA (Audio Engineering Associates) large-ribbon microphonesfed to an API mixing console with ATI 8MX2 audiophile microphone preamps, usingthe large MU3 Studio On Wheels remote recording truck to capture the tracks onProTools and monitor the recording.
The 96-kHz/24-bit Auro-3D 9.1 and Linear PCM 5.1 and PCM 2.0 master audio trackswere mixed, pre-mastered and mastered at Galaxy Studios in Mol, Belgium,renowned worldwide for its leading and state-of-the-art innovation in soundrecording and reproduction. It is the home of Auro Technologies and the Auro-3Dformat, which became the first true 3D Immersive Sound audio format withend-to-end solutions for all markets. The mixing was performed by TonmeisterPatrick Lemmens, who recorded and mixed many albums in Auro-3D, as well as manyscorings for international movies.
The pre-mastering and mastering for the releases was performed by Tom VanAchte at Galaxy Studios. The authoring of the Pure Blu-ray Disc wasperformed by Stefan Bock at MSM Studio Group in Munich, Germany. The96-kHz/24-bit stereo master was recorded to a Nagra Seven two-channeldigital recorder used for mastering.
And for those guests in the venue who wished to hear what the recordingengineers heard during the live capture, Monster provided a headphone listeningstation to listen to the “live” two-channel mix through Monster DNA Pro 2.0Headphones.
Immersive Sound is “Surround Sound with Height,” adding the third andmissing dimension in sound reproduction. A height layer is added on top of thetwo-dimensional 5.1 multi-channel format. In order to experience this thirddimension, the master recording is delivered on the new Pure Audio Blu-rayformat in 96-kHz/24-bit resolution.
The Auro-3D sound format is the next generation in audio, marking anexciting leap forward from standard Stereo and Surround Sound that increases thedramatic impact of recorded musical performances, to create a natural 3Dlistening experience. Thanks to its backwards compatibility, Auro-3D mixes offilm or music are released on standard Blu-ray Discs, and the Auro-Matic®upmixing engine allows existing collections of music and film soundtracks,whether in 5.1 or 7.1 multi-channel, to be rendered in Immersive Sound.
The Auro-3D mix creates an exciting three-dimensional soundscape providedby the addition of Auro-3Ds revolutionary Height Layer, which creates a veryspecific way to produce a vertical stereo field all around the listener. Inthe case of The BBB project, more natural sound (more harmonics and depth) areperceived from the front loudspeakers while the ear-level surrounds and backheight surrounds create a 3D natural Immersive Sound field reproducing thenatural spatial ambience of the venue and the audience. The listening experienceis like being there.
Auro-3D is an exciting move from ear-level two-dimensional surround soundformats to three-dimensional sound with height and is the only sound system onthe market that has both 5.1/7.1 Surround and Auro-3D 9.1/11.1 in just onestandard PCM delivery file, delivering 96-kHz/24-bit high-resolution audio ineach channel, making easy distribution on any system in the world possible.
The live performance took place on April 20, 2016 in Burbank, California atJoe’s Great American Bar & Grill, an intimate audience venue The BBB oftenperforms in and whose acoustics are well suited to the project. The BBBperformed two one-hour sets of jazz charts, with an initial 30 minutes securingsound checks. The emcee for the evening was Bubba Jackson, renowned KJAZZ 88.1FM radio personality.
Bernie Dresel’s jazz orchestra, The BBB, is without question one of LosAngeles’ most exciting large jazz ensembles, if not on the planet. It is oneof the most innovative and original hard-swinging large jazz ensembles ever. TheBBB provides potent testimony to the sheer exhilaration of big band jazz…acombination of intense swing and fiery soloing, as well as tight ensembleplaying, powered by Bernie Dresel’s extraordinary drumming talents.
The BBB is comprised of 16 seasoned pros on the Los Angeles studio scene.Populated by LA’s finest players, The BBB delivers a contemporary, highlyoriginal sound featuring the witty, intricate, and hard-swinging compositions ofestablished and up-and-coming composers and arrangers. And like those otherfamous jazz orchestras such as Buddy Rich’s, Count Basie’s, Woody Herman’s, StanKenton’s, Maynard Ferguson’s, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis’ and Gerald Wilson’s, themusic and delivery of The BBB’s music is nothing less than astonishing whenexperienced live. The sound has a contemporary, dynamic, and hard-swingingenergy, with a focused edge to it that is like no other jazz orchestra, though,reminiscent of Buddy Rich’s ensembles. The instrumental makeup is unique in thatthere is no piano but jazz/rockin’ electric guitar instead, in addition to fourtrumpets, four trombones, five saxophones, and upright acoustic slap bass anddrums. When people hear Bernie’s BBB, the first thing that hits them is itsenergy and intensity.
At the helm of The BBB is jazz drummer extraordinaire Bernie Dresel. Bernie isthe first-call drummer and percussionist on the Hollywood stage for motionpicture and television soundtracks. Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman,Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Earth, Wind & Fire, andTower Of Power, among many other established and new jazz orchestra composersand arrangers, fill the book for the music his band makes today. And like thoseother bands, Dresel’s rendering style is nothing less than exciting, driven byone of the most accomplished jazz drummers in the world.
Prior to forming his own jazz orchestra, Bernie backed Maynard Ferguson, theBrian Setzer Orchestra, and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. Bernie served 15years for both Setzer and Goodwin. He has been the drummer on numerous BrianSetzer Grammy Award®-winning recordings and more recently on every recordingthat Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band has released, including the Grammy Awardwinners.
Bernie’s credits with respect to motion picture and television soundtracksrepresent “A” movie projects and such television work as The Simpsons and FamilyGuy.
Features:
Pure Audio Blu-ray Audio
Native Auro 3D Audio
SuperDisc Hi-Res Auro-3D 9.1 Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc DigiPak
2.0 LPCM 24/96; 5.1 LPCM 24/96; 5.1 DTS-HD MA 24/96; 9.1 Native Auro 3D 24/96
Bonus material
Musicians:
The BBB
Bernie Dresel, leader, drums
Andrew Synowiec, electric guitar
John “Spazz” Hatton, upright slap bass
Jamie Hovorka, lead trumpet
Anthony Bonsera, lead trumpet
Carl Saunders, jazz trumpet
Jeff Bunnell, jazz trumpet
Alan Kaplan, lead tromobone
Ryan Dragon, trombone
James McMillen, trombone
Juliane Gralle, bass trombone
Brian Scanlon, lead alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Jacob Scesney, alto saxophone, flute
Rob Lockhart, tenor saxophone, flute
Kirsten Edkins, tenor saxophone, flute
Brian Williams, baritone saxophone, flute
Selections:
1. Straight, No Chaser
2. Five Spot
3. On the Sunny Side Of The Street
4. Samba Quente
5. Wiggle Waggle
6. ‘Round Midnight
7. Bones Akimbo
8. The Soulful Mister Timmons
9. Magnificent Seven
10. What Would Be
11. The Spoiler
12. Crossing The Boulevard
Bonus:
Interviews with Bernie Dresel and producers Gary Reber & Wilfried Van Baelen,Noel Lee and Brian Barr
Interview with Patrick Lemmens, Mixing Engineer at Galaxy Studios
Performance video snippets
Production pictures
