Zoot Sims and Al Cohn - Either Way

Only playable on DVD hardware. This disc is not compatible with CD hardware.

The Classic 24/96 Digital Audio Disc (DAD) is designed to be an audiophile musical reference. The process starts with the encoding of an analog signal from a live microphone feed or more commonly from an analog master tape. The highly sophisticated Analog to Digital converter (A to D) samples the analog signal 96,000 times per second (96kHz) and assigns a numerical value to each sample point. The 96kHz sampling rate is more than twice the 44,100 (44.1kHz) sampling rate used on standard CDs. The numerical value assigned at 96kHz - about every 10.4 microseconds - is stored as a 24 bit digital word. The significance of a 24 bit digital word is that there are 16.8 million different potential values for each 24 bit word! By contrast there are only 65,536 different potential values for a 16 bit word on a normal CD. The additional 8 bits on a DAD allow for over 16 million additional voltage values to represent the original analog signal. Further, 24 bit resolution offers 144 dB of dynamic range from the softest to the loudest musical note. At 144 dB of dynamic range we greatly exceed even the dynamic range available on the world's finest analog tape machines. For the first time in the history of digital audio we can provide Master Tape Sound (MTS).

One of only a handful of duet recordings by these old friends, this one has one of those quirly fables that certain rare, obscure recordings possess. Zoot and Al had recorded together for Coral, RCA and Mercury, but in 1960, a budding entrepreneur named Fred Miles bankrolled his first (and only) title for his own small label. A very strong rhythm support including the cool Mase Addison at the piano, Bill Crow on bass, Gus Johnson on drums and Cecil "Kid Haffey" Collier shouting a few blues tunes, was assembled. The album, after limited distribution and sales, became a holy grail in the years to come for jazz fans who had waited too long. Stereo copies on vinyl are especially rare. Now resurrected from the original stero masters, this cool duet-tenor summit is available to audiophile in 24/96 DAD splendor.