Telarc Releases Tierney Suttonís ""Something Cool"" On SACD

18-Nov-02

Super Audio Compact Disc enhances jazz vocalistís highly praised technical prowessTelarc International, an industry leader in digital recording for twenty-five years, announces the release of jazz vocalist Tierney Suttonís ""Something Cool"" on Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD).The new SACD format, created by Sony and Philips, provides unprecedented sound quality in stereo and discrete multi-channel surround. To achieve its sonic performance, SACD employs a radically new digital encoding technology called Direct Stream Digital. DSD samples the musical signal at a phenomenal 2.8 million times a second, 64 times greater than traditional CD recordings. The result is an extremely smooth digital waveform with unparalleled frequency response and dynamic range. Telarc is now recording all of its projects using the DSD process.The potential benefits of SACD do not stop with its performance. The SACD format supports several disc configurations, including a Hybrid SACD designed to be completely compatible with the millions of CD players in the market today. Hybrid SACDs actually contain two complete layers of music information. One is the conventional CD layer, which can play on any standard CD player. The other, high-density layer contains both the original DSD two-channel recording as well as a DSD six-channel recording that can be played in the new generation of stereo and surround SACD players. Each of the six channels can be recorded separately with full 100 kHz frequency response and 120dB dynamic range; the two-channel section achieves even greater frequency response and dynamic range across the audio band. Both the six-channel and the two-channel sound images have unparalleled resolution and transparency.Combine this level of technological enhancement with the much-heralded technical precision of jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton, and the result is an unprecedented listening experience.In a recording career that spans less than five years, vocalist Tierney Sutton has quickly grabbed the attention of critics and fans worldwide and refused to let go. Although her technical superiority has already prompted numerous comparisons to legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Sutton breaks through to a new level with the release of ""Something Cool."" With its fresh, hip approach to familiar tunes from the American songbook, ""Something Cool"" will appeal to erudite jazz listeners, but general audiences who love jazz and love these songs will fall in love with Tierney Sutton. Throughout the albumís fourteen tracks - including ""Route 66,"" ""Iíve Grown Accustomed To His Face,"" ""Out of This World,"" and a unique rendition of ""Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead"" - she vocally tips her hat to such jazz greats as Duke Ellington and Johnny mercer, while honoring the many musicians with whom she has shared the stage over the years.Telarc currently has twenty titles in various genres - classical, jazz, contemporary jazz and blues - available in multi-channel (Hybrid) SACD. Visit the Telarc website, www.telarc.com, for the most updated information on our new SACD recordings.

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