LP / Black vinyl / 160 gr./ First press / "Old style" laminated single sleeve cover / 4 page insert with photos / All-analog recording
 
Jazz suites composed in the 1960s by pianist and composer Raimonds Pauls, re-arranged by Kārlis Vanags and newly recorded by the Maestro in 2021, together with the Latvian Radio Big band at the legendary Latvian Radio Studio. 
 
The intial recordings for this album were made by using a vintage valve-based 1/4" 2-track Studer C37 tape recorder, which is considered to be the legend of the Studer professional studio recorder line. It was first released in 1960, and for the next 10 years remained as the main protagonist of many of the most famous album recordings of all time.
 
The Studer C37 used in this recording came from the legendary Riga Recording Studio, where the Soviet era label Melodiya (Мелодия) made recordings from the 1960s to the 1970s, and has been fully restored and carefully maintained by Mārtiņš Saulespurēns.   This album was recorded live direct to analog tape without any editing or overdubbing.   
 
 
Raimonds Pauls - piano  
Kārlis Vanags - conductor, big band leader   
 
Dāvis Jurka - alto Sax, flute, piccolo, section lead 
Jānis Puķītis - alto sax, flute  
Kārlis Vanags - tenor sax, clarinet 
Māris Jēkabsons - tenor sax, clarinet  
Kristaps Lubovs - baritone sax, bass clarinet 
 
Andris Augstkalns - trumpet, section lead  
Gatis Gorkuša - trumpet  
Oskars Ozoliņš - trumpet  
Reinis Puriņš - trumpet   
 
Laura Rozenberga - trombone, section lead  
Vadims Dmitrijevs - trombone  
Uldis Ziediņš - trombone  
Kārlis Alfrēds Feldbergs - bass trombone  
 
Viktors Ritovs - hammond organ  
Rihards Goba - guitar  
Edvīns Ozols - double bass  
Artis Orubs - drums   
 
Guests:   
 
Miķelis Dzenuška - vibraphone   
 
 
All music composed by Raimonds Pauls.  All music arranged by Kārlis Vanags, except A1- arranged by Vitaly Dolgov, instrumentation by Kārlis Vanags.  Recorded on January 19.-20.2021. at Latvian Radio Studio, Riga, Latvia.  Recording Engineer: Gustavs Ērenpreiss  Assistant Recording Engineers: Augustīns Delle, Mārtiņš Krastiņš.  Tapes prepared for vinyl release by Mārtiņš Krastiņš.  Digital Mastering at HELI media. Mastering Engineer: Mārtiņš Krastiņš  Produced by Mareks Ameriks.  Photo: Oskars Upenieks  Sleeve Design: Edgars Ameriks.