Is It Me...?
Polly Gibbons
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC and 5.6448 MHz, 2.8224 MHz DSD high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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The Ability to Swing
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Tamir Hendelman; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
5:47 | |||
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1.2
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You Can't Just
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; James Pearson; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
4:06 | |||
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1.3
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Sack Full of Dreams
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; James Pearson; Shedrick Mitchell; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
5:23 | |||
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1.4
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Wrap Your troubles in Dreams
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; James Pearson; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
4:14 | |||
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1.5
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Wild Is the Wind
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
5:58 | |||
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1.6
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Basin Street Blues
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
5:46 | |||
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1.7
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Midnight Prayer
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Shedrick Mitchell; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
3:44 | |||
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1.8
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Is It Me…?
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Graham Dechter; Tamir Hendelman; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
4:57 | |||
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1.9
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Pure Imagination
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
5:41 | |||
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1.10
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Dr. Feelgood
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
5:08 | |||
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1.11
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I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
4:36 | |||
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1.12
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Don't Be on the Outside
Polly Gibbons; Bob Sheppard; Brian Scanlon; Willie Murillo; Vinny Dawson; Bob McChesney; Andy Martin; Graham Dechter; Kevin Axt; Ray Brinker |
4:27 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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“Gibbons is a jazz talent whose voice is also steeped in vintage R&B with shades of Aretha Franklin… A programme that sensitively mixes standards and originals."
- The Sunday Times
“Gibbons is a big-voiced, soulful belter of the old school, who can also deliver an intimate and hushed performance with conviction - as evidenced on a theatrical, emotionally charged ‘Wild is the Wind’ - thanks to her thorough command of her art."
- Eddie Myer, Jazz Views
Multi-talented, critically acclaimed British jazz/blues singer/songwriter Polly Gibbons offers us Is It Me…?, a 12-track collection that fully embraces the inspiring, expansive array of American jazz, soul and blues. This album features a buoyant seven-piece horn section, enhancing Gibbons’s R&B and big band swing vocal stylings.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM and 5.6448 MHz, 2.8224 MHz DSD – 2xHD Studio Masters
Tracks 1-11 – 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit Track 12 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit From the label:
Tracks 1-11 – 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit Track 12 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit From the label:
This album was mastered using our 2xHD proprietary system. In order to achieve the most accurate reproduction of the original recording we tailor our process specifically for each project, using a selection from our pool of state-of-the-art audiophile components and connectors. The process begins with a transfer to analog from the original 24bits/96kHz resolution master, using cutting edge D/A converters. The analog signal is then sent through a hi-end tube pre-amplifier before being recorded directly in DSD 5.6 MHz using the Merging Horus/Hapi In and the dCS Vivaldi Clock. All connections used in the process are made of OCC silver cable. Each format (96kHz, 192kHz, DSD 2.8 MHz and DSD 5.6 MHz) was created using Merging Horus/Hapi A/D converter, calibrated to the required format, and a dCS Vivaldi clock.
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.44 -2.21 to -1.16 | -15.52 -16.36 to -14.79 | -12.73 -13.50 to -11.60 | 9 8 to 10 | |
| 1 | The Ability to Swing | -1.44 | -15.39 | -12.5 | 10 |
| 2 | You Can't Just | -1.43 | -15.91 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 3 | Sack Full of Dreams | -1.29 | -15.90 | -13.2 | 9 |
| 4 | Wrap Your troubles in Dreams | -1.42 | -15.14 | -12.9 | 9 |
| 5 | Wild Is the Wind | -1.33 | -15.78 | -12.9 | 8 |
| 6 | Basin Street Blues | -1.54 | -15.48 | -12.4 | 8 |
| 7 | Midnight Prayer | -1.16 | -15.39 | -12.4 | 9 |
| 8 | Is It Me…? | -2.21 | -15.55 | -13.0 | 8 |
| 9 | Pure Imagination | -1.18 | -15.40 | -12.9 | 8 |
| 10 | Dr. Feelgood | -1.44 | -14.79 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 11 | I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | -1.40 | -16.36 | -13.5 | 9 |
| 12 | Don't Be on the Outside | -1.51 | -15.10 | -12.3 | 8 |