Live At Jazzland

Live At Jazzland features famed Blues Guitarist and Singer Hans Theessink.  The album was recorded Live to Analog Tape on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the wonderful Jazzland Jazz Club in Vienna, Austria.

Here he also plays his traditional (three) "New Year's Concerts" in the prestigious jazz club "Jazzland", so it happened at the turn of the year 2011-2012 on December 31, 2011, and on February 1 and 2, 2012. Fortunately, the last of the three concerts were recorded by the couple Dirk Sommer and Birgit Hammer-Sommer from Sommelier du Son.

Dirk Sommer from Steward of Sound (Sommelier du Son) has transferred the album from the Original Analog Master Tape to Stereo DSD 256 using the Mytek Brooklyn Analog to Digital Converter. It is exclusively available in Stereo DSD 256 as well as Stereo DSD 128 and DSD 64 at NativeDSD. The DSD 512, DSD 128 and DSD 64 editions of the album were created in the DSD Domain by Tom Caulfield at NativeDSD Mastering Labs using the Signalyst HQ Player 4 Pro mastering software. It is a DSD Exclusive, Not Available on SACD release.

Listening to Hans Theessink live is a breathtaking experience; only very few artists have a similar presence. Full of fun and energy, he plays ten songs here, just guitar and vocals, occasionally a little harmonica or foot-tapping, creating a denser atmosphere than most bands. He just got it, the blues. In addition to his own compositions and classics, there are also songs from Soul, R & B, or Rock 'n Roll, but Theessink manages in his incomparable way to make their blues roots stand out clearly. So the concert and thus the album is all about the Delta blues and old heroes like Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy (to whom the song "Big Bills Guitar" is dedicated) or Sonny Boy Williamson.

The concert recording itself took place at great expense, ranging from deliberate microphone to a "clean" power supply with special network synchronizers and network conditioners. But it has more than paid off, the sound quality is outstanding and the often-tried phrase from the concert in the living room is really true. The concert atmosphere can be relived in a vivid and nuanced way - not only the audiophile connoisseur will appreciate the efforts of Sommelier du Son here. Thus, this is a real treat in both musical and audiophile respects.

Hans Theessink, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Mouth Harp & Vocals