Bennett / Brubeck: The White House Sessions, LIVE 1962

Impex Records

An historic collaboration by two of jazz music’s greatest artists is finally available in its truest form on Impex SACD/Hybrid. Impex Records’ deluxe production captures the amazing outdoor acoustics with fine detail and wide dynamic range. The beautiful booklet and tray are printed on fine linen paper, adding a luxurious feel to enjoy the vintage photographs and fascinating liner notes. The White House Sessions, LIVE 1962contains inspired performances of classic tunes “Take Five,” “Castilian Blues,” “Lullaby of Birdland,” and “I Left My Heart In San Francsico.” Enjoy the full, un-compressed DSD track, mastered by Sony Music's Mark Wilder from the original recordings, in your home system and play the CD layer in your car or portable device.

Impex Record is proud to bring you a performance unequaled, a recording unparalleled and the must-have audiophile release of this or any other year.

Audiophile Quality Hybrid SACD!

Playing the popular White House Sessions concert on the Washington Mall for President John F. Kennedy in 1962, these titans of popular jazz, Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck, have a great time informing, joking and playing the lights out.

Two remarkable visionaries at the peak of the powers, Dave Brubeck and his quartet and Tony Bennett (both with his group and with Bennett with trio) give hot performances of some of their biggest hits: Brubeck's revved up "Take Five," and Tony Bennett's soulful "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."

Impex’s amazingly lifelike SACD/Hybrid lets you experience this long-lost classic like you were there.

This historic collaboration by two of the greatest jazz greatest artists has been rendered in high definition digital audio by Impex Records. Our Super Audio CD/Hybrid is astonishing with a 24/96 master of great clarity, presence, and fine detail. The SACD is certain to become your go-to disc at home and on the road.

The SACD was mixed and Mastered by Mark Wilder at Battery Studio and fully rendered in DSD and HDCD for incredibly life-like sound. The discs are pressed at Sony DADC Austria and includes an elegant 12 page booklet of photos on heavy linen paper to reflect the time period.

Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains an HDCD encoded Stereo CD layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Mastered by Mark Wilder at Battery Studio
• Elegant 12-page booklet: photos on heavy linen paper
• Pressed at Sony DADC Austria

Musicians:
Dave Brubeck, piano
Paul Desmond, alto sax
Eugene Wright, bass
Joe Morello, drums
Tony Bennett, vocals
Ralph Sharon, piano
Hal Gaylor, bass
Billy Exiner, drums