Album Notes

Eddie Dunlap, drums
Kyp Green, bass
James Vernon, piano

The James Vernon Trio combines versions of jazz standards with Vernon’s original work, synthesizing sources from modern "jazz" and modern "classical" palettes.

This is a live recording of acoustic piano, acoustic bass, and drums in a concert hall, with fine recording gear and without audience. The objective was to capture the natural sound of the instruments and ensemble in a listening environment. The dynamic range has been preserved as much as possible. (Because of this, you may wish to turn up the volume a bit as compared to pop recordings.)

Instruments:

1969 Steinway grand piano #D411120

7/8 Mittenwald bass violin
HR Pfretzschner bow
Pirastro "Original Flexicor" G,D, and A strings
Thomastik Superflexible E string

Gretsch drums
Paiste cymbals
Evans drum heads
Vic Firth sticks, brushes, and mallets

Recording gear:

Earthworks, Gefell, Neumann, Rode, and Sennheiser microphones
Millennia Media HV-3D microphone preamplifier
Apogee AD-16X analog-to-digital converters
Nuendo software