A Robert Collins Master Recording.

Artist / Title: Bobby McFerrin
Date June 21, 1980 (Playboy Jazz Festival)
Location: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA (USA)
Seats: Somewhere near the back of Section-H
Deck: Nakamichi 350
Mics: Nakamichi CM-300
Source: A:C Master Tape; Stereo
Sample Rate 44.1Khz, 16-bit (FLAC)
Rating: B+
Length: 21 Minutes


Also Available
Bobby McFerrin, Hollywood Bowl, 1980-06-21, DVD-Audio, 96Khz, 24-bit


Extras
Pictures of the original cassette tapes and covers.
Seating chart of the Hollywood Bowl

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Musicians:
Bobby McFerrin Vocals
Mark Little Piano
Peter Barshay Acoustic Bass
Scott Morris Drums

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Notes:
On a recent airplane trip, my iPod selected a song from this recording during a random shuffle. I recorded this in 1980 at the
Playboy Jazz Festival. Upon hearing it on my iPod, I decided that the music is so good, that it cannot sit in my collection
unavailable any longer. This short but incredible recording MUST be released.

This recording is a piece of history. Not only is this recording the very first live recording of Bobby McFerrin in concert,
this is actually his debut concert to the world of Jazz. His debut is described in the following entry at the African American
Registry:

In 1977, he was inspired to become a singer. After a period in New Orleans with a band called Astral Projection, he moved to
San Francisco where, among other important contacts, he met Bill Cosby, who arranged for McFerrin's debut at the Hollywood Bowl
as part of the 1980 Playboy Jazz Festival.
-- http://www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=3004

When introducing Bobby at the Playboy Jazz Festival, Bill Cosby may have said it best when he said the following:

I found this young man on 7th Avenue singing with a young man by the name of Jon Hendricks. I invited him out personally -- MYSELF!
Let's have a big hand; I'm sure he's going to surprise you. You might even LOOK UP FROM YOUR FOOD!
Bobby McFerrin -- ladies and gentlemen...Bobby McFerrin!
-- Bill Cosby, June 21, 1980, Playboy Jazz Festival

There is a bit of audience noise, people eating, wind noise, and even an airplane going overhead. I even had to put some sections in
MONO during extreme microphone problems and high wind. But in spite of this, Bobby's performance is so memorable and so historic, that
these problems are easy to overlook. And once you consider this recording was made years before Bobby's meteoric rise to fame, you'll
realize that you're listening to a piece of history in the making.

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Lineage:
AUD> Nakamichi 350 (Master tape)
---> Playback on Nakamichi Dragon
---> Korg MR-1000 (capture at 96Khz, 24-bit)
---> iZotope RX-Advanced (spectral editing, remove wind noise, microphone cable shorts)
---> Har-Bal (Harmonic Balancing Equalizer)
---> Adobe Audition 3.0 phase correction
---> CD Architect
---> EAC
---> FLAC
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Sound Samples:
Sample-1:
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/McFerrin_1980-06-21_Sample-1.mp3

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