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ROYER RIBBONS USED EXTENSIVELY ON NEW JIVE ACES ALBUM
rmaycock March 15th, 2011Burbank, CA… The Jive Aces are the UK’s top Jive & Swing band. Together for over a decade, this extremely popular six piece group has performed at thousands of festivals, theaters, and events throughout the UK, Europe, and the USA, as well as Japan, Israel, and the Caribbean. During March and the latter part of 2010 (in-between, they toured), the band could be found at LA’s venerable Mad Hatter Studios recording King of the Swingers, their latest album effort on the Golden Age Recordings label. There’s some amazing instrumental performances captured as part of this endeavor and they wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the engineering talents of Brian Vibberts and his collection of Royer Labs ribbon microphones.
Working with a pair each of Royer Labs R-121 and R-122 ribbon microphones as well as the company’s highly acclaimed SF-24V stereo vacuum tube ribbon mic, Vibberts and his second engineers Buck Snow and Ryan Cota have created an impressive recording with a gorgeous sound that captures all the live energy jazz musician Louie Prima had. All tracks on King of the Swingers are written by Louie Prima.
Vibberts was the ideal choice to engineer and co-produce (with producer Vince Hurley) the new Jive Aces album. He’s a multiple Grammy® Award winner, capturing top honors in the Jazz Album of the Year category for his efforts on The New Crystal Silence with Chick Corea and Gary Burton as well as John McLaughlin’s and Chick Corea’s Five Peace Band. Perhaps even more notable is his work on Michael Jackson’s History.
Vibberts discussed his reason for using Royer ribbons, “I’ve always been a fan of ribbon mics, and so I frequently used several of the old RCA ribbon mics in the past. When I first learned of Royer Labs’ ribbon mics, I was very interested, especially because of the active electronics used in their models. When I tried the Royers, I immediately heard the warmth and the realistic sound the mics captured. I was also very impressed with their extremely low noise floor.”
“We used the R-121 and R-122 on the saxophone, trombone, and trumpet,” he continued. “For us, ribbon microphones are a necessity when recording brass instruments, and Royers deliver top notch sound quality. They truly capture the full body and warmth of brass instruments, but have the presence and clarity to convey the energy and excitement which is a major part of The Jive Aces.”
“The Royers were clearly the best mic choice for this project,” Vibberts said. “Part of this is because of the mics’ ability to handle high SPL’s (these horns were loud) and the other part is because of the microphones’ figure 8 polar pattern. By having the trumpet and sax standing side by side, I could use the nulls to isolate the two players from one another—giving me excellent separation.”
“I actually positioned these two players in the room exactly where I wanted them in the mix,” he explained. “By working this way, I could put up the SF-24V for room ambience and have that microphone’s signal reinforce the imaging of the R-121 and R-122. The stereo imaging matched up perfectly and, together, it created a really big sound. I also used the Royers for a lot of Blumlein miking technique on this project (two matched microphones, positioned 90° from each other). The Royers are perfect for this application and, as a result, I captured a really broad stereo image.”
In addition to room ambience, Vibberts’ SF-24V was also used for a not so conventional application, as he discussed. “I used the SF-24V where one capsule was facing the body of the acoustic guitar and the mic’s second capsule was parallel with the instrument’s neck,” he said. “By working this way, I was able to capture the full breadth of the instrument. The sound was so realistic, it was incredible. It was as though the guitarist was positioned directly between the left and right monitors. Just beautiful!”
Vibberts summarized his experience with the Jive Aces project, “We also did some additional recording for some bonus tracks where we recorded a clarinet. I feel as though this is the best clarinet recording I’ve ever heard and, for this, we used a combination of the Royer R-122 and the MA-200 from Royer’s sister company Mojave Audio. It was unreal— absolutely amazing. I’m so proud of that recording; I can’t wait for people to hear it. I’m thrilled with the way the entire album turned out and one principal reason for that sound is the fact that we used the Royer ribbons.”
For more information about Brian Vibberts, visit him online at www.brianvibberts.com. To learn more about the Jive Aces, go to www.jiveaces.com.
About Royer Labs
Located in Burbank, California, Royer Labs’ microphones are a staple of leading recording and broadcast facilities. Additional information on the entire line of Royer Labs microphones and other aspects of the company can be found at www.royerlabs.com.
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Photo Info: Image of Brian Vibberts (kneeling) with the Jive Aces.
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Here's a little story about recording our new album, "King of the Swingers" a tribute to Louis Prima. It's a bit technical (lots of microphone names) but interesting!
Then it was several hours in the van back down South to East Grinstead in time to set up for the L. Ron Hubbard Centenary Charity Concert. This was packed with dancers and non dancers alike and was a great show. Thanks to the very many special guests who took part including Kenny Ball, Motown legend Louvain Demps, Heidi Vogel, Robin Banerjee, Cody "Boogie Boy" Lee, Rebecca Grant, Tony Socci, Dominic Pizinat, Martin Smith and Peter Huszar.
By the way, we aired on channel 4's "4 Thought" series last night too. You can see it online here: http://is.gd/jiveaces4thought
Check out the next gigs at the gig guide at http://www.jiveaces.com/gig_guide.
>So we are going to attempt to make the Jive Aces "On The Road…" Blog a real "On The Road" Blog. Let us know if there's anything you want to know or would like to hear from us about.
So you may be wondering about that post title! Well the last two nights we played in Hornby (hence the model railway) and Kendal (hence the mint cake). For both shows we were booked by comedian Jim Bowen of Bullseye fame who we worked with at the last two Edinburgh Fringe Festivals (one of which I beat Barry Cryer at the Bullseye darts game at, oh yes!). A beautiful pat of the country and the shows were both great. No model railways or mint cake in site though, how disappointing,
The B&B (it's far too nice to even be called a B&B) is gorgeous too, if you're ever in the Lake District, check it out (www.capernwrayhouse.com).
Right, off to Bolton tomorrow at the Albert Halls and then down to East Grinstead for the charity concert at St Hill Manor in Sussex (Tickets and info HERE).
Don't forget to look out for the Bring Me Sunshine music video coming VERY SOOOON (but you'll get plenty of posts ont hat when it's up!).
Cheers, Alex - JIve Aces
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Hi everybody,
please repost this video around. We are encouraging people to learn "Bring Me Sunshine" on their ukuleles so that music and happiness may spread!
Pos yourself as a video response to this video on YouTube and we'll announce the winners on our FaceBook page!
jiveaces.com | facebook | youtube | myspace | twitter London swing dancers fill the Royal Albert Hall
dance floor for the first time!
Friday the 9th July was a one night only experience as The Royal Albert Hall invited everyone to put on their dancing shoes and join them for the swing party of the summer for "In Full Swing" featuring the UK’s No. 1 Jive and Swing band, The Jive Aces.
It was an historical night with the Hall’s arena floor transformed into London’s greatest dance floor to create the largest swing and jive night that the capital has seen since the swing era. A stunning 5,000 square foot parquet oak dance floor was installed over the magnificent ornate exhibition floor to provide more than ample room for the 1400 dancers to move to the best swing, jive, jitterbug and lindy hop tunes.
The Jive Aces who headlined the night also introduced a surprise guest performer, Rebecca Grant, better known for her part in hospital TV drama Holby City, and swing dancers G.I. Jive making a night of high energy and vintage glamour.
Supporting the Jive Aces were two more great bands, Top Shelf Jazz followed by the Back to Basie Orchestra along with dance displays given by Scott Cupit and his Swing Patrol dancers, Simon Selmon and London Swing Dance Society, Joseph & Tricia with their SwingJive.com troupe and Robert and Claire Austin with the Hollywood Hoppers. DJ for the night was Tim Hellzapoppin with James Horada MCing.
Lucy Noble, Head of Programming at the Royal Albert Hall and her team were thrilled with the success of the evening and got many compliments from both dancers, entertainers and crew.
Was this event the beginning of a new swing trend at the Royal Albert Hall? Many swing music fans and dancers certinaly do hope so!
See how it's done as we go behind the scenes for a World Cup how to. Forget South Africa, this is where it all started, with the 1928 England World Cup Squad led by captain Nobby "The Shooter" Grimsworth.
Tikets on sale now for our Royal Albert Hall gig!!! See the link for details.
Hi there, Jazz Meets Jive - 5-Star ReviewThe Jazz Meets Jive show, with Kenny Ball and The Jive Aces together, just got a great, five-star review in the Brighton Argus:
The high-energy band, endlessly moving around in their yellow suits, provided non-stop performances of 1950s music – a case of Bill Haley meets Big Band Swing. Highlights included a boogie-woogie number with the pianist emulating the antics of Jerry Lee Lewis and a sizzling version of “Sing! Sing! Sing!” which provided a glorious end to their set. Topping the bill was jazz legend Kenny Ball – long past bus pass age and still blowing up a storm after more than 50 years of leading a band. He showed no fear in hitting the high notes. Amongst jazz standards including 'That’s A Plenty' and 'Someday You’ll Be Sorry', past hits 'Sukiyaki' and 'Midnight In Moscow' came across with freshness. A swinging drum solo and a thrilling jazz version of Bach’s 'Toccata' proved highly popular, with both bands combining for the finale – a version of The Beatles’ All You Need Is Love.” Next Jazz Meets Jive shows are Bournemouth on the 1st April and Leicester on the 9th April, see gig guide below for full details.On The Beeb The Aces are on the show, presented by old friend Joanne Good, every Wednesday from 10pm to 11pm. You can tune in to the show at 94.9FM in the London area from anywhere else, online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/radio. The band’s song “London Rhythm” is also used for the trailer for the show throughout the weeks. Lakeside to Stateside The following morning it was straight to the airport as the Aces flew off to Hollywood for two weeks. The band has been recording with the legendary Keely Smith as well as Toni Elizabeth Prima, for a new release (more on that soon) as well as performing to capacity crowds at several of the top swing venues around Los Angeles, including the fabulous art deco Cicada Club. You can see the show online HERE.
Summertime Swing
Tickets are now on sale! There is even an early bird discount ticket for the first 100 people available until the end of April only so book now! Details and tickets from 01342 300 075 or go to summertimeswing.eventbrite.com. Summertime Swing, Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4JY Special guests include Kenny Ball, Chas McDevitt, Toni Elizabeth Prima, Keith Ball and special guest of honour Keely Smith plus DJ Terry Elliott, classic vehicle displays, BBQ, retro clothes stalls and lots more. All proceeds to charity!
To access the FaceBook event page for Summertime Swing, click HERE. |
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The Jive Aces are continuing their run as “house band” on BBC Radio London’s “Late Nights”.
The Big Jive All-Dayer at Lakeside Club in Surrey was a big success. The event, put on by the Jive Aces for the second year running, featured 4 bands, 4 DJ’s, dance performances, retro stalls, etc and ran from 1pm – 1am. Lakeside again proved a fabulous venue with its revolving stage and huge dance floor that was constantly packed with enthusiastic dancers.
