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℗ 2023 Cellar Live under exclusive license to La Reserve Records
Released | August 11, 2023 |
Duration | 40m 37s |
Record Label | Cellar Live |
Catalogue No. | CMR120822 |
Genre | Jazz |
1.1
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Amsterdam After Dark
Chris Hazelton |
6:03 | |||
1.2
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Easy Talk
Chris Hazelton |
4:48 | |||
1.3
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Jammin' At The Kirk
Chris Hazelton |
5:53 | |||
1.4
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Night Lights
Chris Hazelton |
6:36 | |||
1.5
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So Tired
Chris Hazelton |
5:43 | |||
1.6
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The Groove Merchant
Chris Hazelton |
6:04 | |||
1.7
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Watch What Happens
Chris Hazelton |
5:30 |
Dark (noun):
a: a place or time of little or no light (ex: night, nightfall)
b: absence of light
"I’ve always been somewhat of a night owl. I suppose it comes with the territory of being a jazz musician. We feel at home in dimly lit, hazy settings during the wee small hours of the morning. Something about nighttime has always been enchanting to me. There are endless possibilities, and one never knows what could happen before daybreak.
Towards the end of 2021, however, I found myself in a state of darkness that was truly unfamiliar to me. Like every other musician, the pandemic had brought my career to a grinding halt in the previous year. It seemed like losses were becoming a pattern and grief was becoming more than I could bear. At times, I even questioned whether I still WAS a musician. As the beginning of 2022 approached, I was faced with the reality that three of my greatest musical mentors had passed on, and I suddenly felt a new
weight of responsibility for carrying on the tradition of the Hammond B-3 Organ in jazz. Consequently, I found a fresh sense of purpose and inspiration.
So with no real game plan in place, I booked a weekend in the studio and hired friends that I knew could deliver the feeling I was looking for. I have always had an affinity for the sound of a baritone sax in front of the organ trio. Going all the way back to George Benson’s first two albums with Ronnie Cuber and Lonnie Smith, as well as recent releases by my friends Adam Scone and Ian Hendrickson-Smith, the format has a certain grit and heaviness not found in other configurations within the jazz realm.
After dark, there is magic and mystique waiting… and maybe even some true darkness… but AFTER
dark, there is always light!"
- Chris Hazelton
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Cellar Live Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.20 -0.20 to -0.20 | -12.87 -14.63 to -12.05 | -10.44 -11.80 to -9.70 | 8 7 to 9 | |
1 | Amsterdam After Dark | -0.20 | -12.05 | -9.7 | 8 |
2 | Easy Talk | -0.20 | -12.26 | -9.8 | 7 |
3 | Jammin' At The Kirk | -0.20 | -13.26 | -10.7 | 9 |
4 | Night Lights | -0.20 | -14.63 | -11.8 | 8 |
5 | So Tired | -0.20 | -12.55 | -10.2 | 8 |
6 | The Groove Merchant | -0.20 | -12.30 | -10.0 | 8 |
7 | Watch What Happens | -0.20 | -13.06 | -10.9 | 8 |