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DMP MUSIC, also known as Digital Music Products of Stamford, CT, USA was an audiophile record label committed to publishing music software of the highest caliber - both in terms of performance and sound reproduction. All DMP titles are no longer in print.

Django is a smooth, sophisticated duo recording Ali Ryerson made with her longtime collaborator, the noted guitarist, Joe Beck. A much sought after arranger and composer, Beck was the first guitarist to record for Miles Davis when the jazz superstar went electric in the 1960s. The guitarist/arranger has worked for such pop and jazz stars as Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paul Simon and James Brown. What makes this new duo recording unique is the subtle blend of Ryerson's alto flute (pitched lower than the conventional C-flute) and Beck's alto guitar. Invented by Beck, the specially designed instrument is tuned so that he can play bass lines and chords simultaneously. With its all-alto instrumentation, the duo, inevitably, had to call itself Alto. Alto's sound is so surprising and individualistic that it can fool the ear with its orchestral chords and bass lines. Initially you might think there was overdubbing on Django or that the duo had been beefed up with a bass player. But there's no overdubbing and no stowaway bass player. Nonetheless, one critic scolded the record company for not giving credit to the bass player on the duo's debut  release, which was called "Alto."

Score one for Beck's invention.

With its mellower, lower tones, quiet dynamics and natural harmonic bent for the lyrical and intimate, Alto exudes a classical chamber music aura. At the same time, however, the duo retains the spontaneity of jazz. Its new disc sounds pretty, even poetic, especially on standards like "People," "Tenderly" or "When I Fall in Love." But for all its sweetness and light, the album is untainted by saccharine, New Age sentiment. It can even rise to the elegiac as it demonstrates on "Django," the title tune written by composer/pianist John Lewis as a requiem for the genius gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. Beck's resonant, dark and sometimes-mysterious chords create a magical mix with Ryerson's airy, expressive flute lines. Because of its surprising, out-of-the-ordinary sound, one critic described Alto's music as "pleasantly from out of left field." On this disc, Chick Corea's "Spain" is a small masterpiece with its haunting unison passages. Ryerson's shimmering flute lines are a mini-ode to joy as they dance on Beck's bass lines and chords.

Introducing Super Audio CD
It looks like a CD and it plays in all existing CD players, but this hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) is much, much more. Created by Sony and Philips - the people who invented CD - this is actually a two layered disc. First is a reflective CD layer that assures backward compatibility with nearly 600 million CD players worldwide. Second is a semi-transmissive high-density layer, which can be read by a new generation of Super Audio CD players. It represents a new, altogether different way to produce music. An even better CD.

Long out of print and a rare Hybrid SACD title, this is a FACTORY SEALED SACD, PRESSED and ISSUED by DMP MUSIC. This item is a highly collectible title from their music catalog, featuring -

Joe Beck // Ali Ryerson

Hybrid SACD Title -

Django

Track Listing -

• Hybrid SACD catalog # SACD 13 (playable on any CD player)

• Hybrid SACD made in the USA

• Hybrid SACD issued in 2001 - this is a stereo, multi-channel Hybrid SACD recording, with DSD
  

The Hybrid SACD, JEWEL CASE and INSERTS are all assumed to be in MINT overall condition as this item is actually BRAND NEW and Factory SEALED!

The CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).

Do not let this rarity slip by!