Perfect Sound Forever
September 2003 By Russell Carlson
Birdland's Benedetti
Considering jazz's reputation as a music that's made best on a stage, it's strange that most jazz venues aren't built with a devoted recording space. And in the jazz capital, New York City, the square footage afforded to recording engineers in clubs is on...
July/August 2003 By Russell Carlson
Do You Believe in MaGIC
I saw music's future at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, Calif., last January. It is digital-very digital. Certain corridors at that trade show are lined with stacks of Macintosh G4s, and synth makers speak incessantly of sample rates and real-time tone...
June 2003 By Russell Carlson
Relative Pitch Shifter
Perfect pitch. It's so mysterious. They say you're born with it. An old guitarist friend of mine has it. In high school we'd sit in my basement with our Les Paul knockoffs and work on songs together. I noticed his innate skill when, with his back turned...
May 2003 By Russell Carlson
The Reinvention of the Hammond B3
After its introduction in 1955, the Hammond B3 inspired numerous jazz pianists to plug in, which in turn helped inspired the whole greasy soul-jazz subgenre associated with keyboardists like Jimmy Smith. But despite its popularity, in 1974 Hammond ceased...
