This very special sampler is a celebration of the TRUE STEREO process for recording Naim has used for the majority of their releases over the last ten years. “True Stereo” is one of the most faithful techniques that exists to capture music in a recorded format. The final sound results from recoding with just a single pair of microphones set up in a space with good natural acoustics. The end result offers the listener a ‘live’, acoustically realistic perspective on the music without processing or electronic manipulation of any kind. Because the sound is recorded direct to stereo, there is no opportunity for mixing or manipulating it after the recording has been made.
The positioning of the microphones is critical for this kind of recording: microphone placement represents the only opportunity that our engineer, Ken Christianson, has to adjust the levels. For example, more or less bass is achieved by positioning the bassist closer to or further from the microphones.
Ken’s techniques – developed over a period of many years – are illustrated in the booklet which accompanies the True Stereo Sampler. There are diagrams showing the placement of instruments and microphones, and details on the specific sound characteristics of the room that was used for the recording.

Ну и что же можно сказать о музыке? Мы видим типичное количество треков, а именно - 42, но это не говорит о том, что за каждыми 50-ю секундами этого музыкального полотна скрывается сущий ад. Напротив, примерно каждая четвертая композиция представляет собой именно джаз, в его лучших традициях, но с вкраплениями истинной гринды. Как известно, лидер банды - саксофонист, хотя о нем немного позже. Представляют собой эти треки несложный, на первый взгляд, но замороченный прогрессив-джаз, с (порой) смешными гитарными мелодиями и хлипкими барабанами и без вокала, иногда прерываемые мгновениями полной вакханалии с криками и изрядным сверхскоростным молотиловом.

Universal's double-disc Icon doubles the size of their single-disc set of the same name and covers the same ground only in greater detail, adding a few more live tracks and studio staples to draw a greater picture of his ABC and MCA recordings of the late ‘60s, ‘70s, and beyond. It’s a bit shorter than 2006’s Gold and not quite as rounded, yet it’s still a very good sampler of B.B. King at his latter-day best.

Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians, he preferred being called "Brother Ray". Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma.

Что же касается музыки "Naked City", то на альбоме "Grand Guignol" она стала более трудно усваиваемой. Виртуально работа подразделялась на три части: первой являлся заглавный 18-минутный трек, напоминающий звуковую дорожку фильма жанра саспенс, далее шли транскрипции композиторов-классиков (Дебюсси, Скрябин, Лассо, Айвз, Мессиан), а в конце были собраны короткие вещи преимущественно джаз-грайндового характера.

В 2000 году Би Би Кинг вместе с Эриком Клэптоном записали совместный альбом «Riding With the King». С 2004 года Кинг, ссылаясь на свой возраст и состояние здоровья, решил уменьшить интенсивность гастролей. Летом 2005 года он предпринял так называемый «Прощальный Тур» (Final Farewell Tour) по Европе. Однако уже в 2006 году он вновь гастролировал по США и Европе.

Absinthe is the final recording from the band Naked City. Unlike the band's other genre-mixing releases, the music on Absinthe is consistently in an ambient and noise style. The titles of many of its tracks refer to the works of Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire and other figures in the fin de siècle Decadent movement, and to the drink after which the album is named. The album's cover and liner notes feature photographs by the German Surrealist Hans Bellmer.

His Best — The Electric B.B. King is a 1968 album by B.B. King. Two songs from the album, "The B.B. Jones" and "You Put It on Me", are from the motion picture soundtrack for the film For Love of Ivy.

Italia is an album by Chris Botti that was released by Columbia Records on September 25, 2007. The album focuses on Botti's Italian roots with the title track "Italia" and songs such as "Venice" and "Estaté". Botti partnered with Andrea Bocelli on the song "Italia" and performed it with Bocelli during the 2007 concert at the Teatro del Silenzio. The song was released in 2008 on the DVD titled Vivere Live in Tuscany.

Journey to Love is the second solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke.

East River Drive is an album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke that was released in 1993.