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Cattingub, Matt: Gershwin 100, with Louie Bellson, Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feinstein, and John Pizzarelli. Recorded in 1997, at Audio/Studio D, Los Angeles. 64+ minutes. Concord 4797. What we have highlighted here is a nice stage spread and excellent imaging. The sound is a bit dry, but this tends to make it sound cleaner still. If the disc has any flaws, they would involve the slightly too-spread-out piano sound, in relation to the rest of the ensemble.
A strong point is the way the disc responded to DSP manipulations, particularly the Jazz-Club mode of either of my Yamaha processors. Even the singer sounded like she was coming out of a jazz club's house speaker system! Dolby Pro Logic decoding was really focused. So much so that backing off the center level by -3 dB was mandatory. Best was the "enhanced" mode of DPL that my processors ...