About this Event

Gearbox Records' Cambridge Jazz Kissaten

in association with the Cambridge Jazz Festival, Hidden Rooms Live and Kerr & Smith Audio Ltd.



Door open 6:30pm

Starts 7:00pm

Ends 8:30pm



Tickets in advance £10, or on the door £12

Price includes a drink (alcoholic/non-alcolholic)

Ticket link - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/360732



Audiophile vinyl record label Gearbox Records follows the Japanese tradition of playing the best jazz music on state-of-the-art sound systems and bring their acclaimed "Jazz Kissa" to the Cambridge Jazz Festival.



Gearbox’s Founder and Head of Production Darrel Sheinman will host the 90 minute session featuring original Blue Note 1500 series pressings, Gearbox Records' own audiophile releases and special 'wild card’ records.



The sate-of-the-art sound system will be provided by Kerr & Smith Audio Ltd:

http://kerr-smith.co.uk



Audio equipment menu from Kerr & Smith Audio Ltd:



Pink Triangle PT Too Turntable

Modified Benz Micro Glider MC Cartridge

Sony ES series TA-E80 Pre Amplifier

Mark Levinson 23.5 Power Amplifier

Kerr & Smith Audio KS-300 Stand-mount speakers



Recent article in Record Collector Magazine:

http://recordcollectormag.com/articles/darrel-sheinman-check-gear-box



Founded in 2009, Gearbox has already established a catalogue of over 25 releases including limited editions and deluxe box sets, which are sold around the world through a network of specialist record stores and through its own online music store.



http://www.gearboxrecords.com



With a commitment to 'put the ritual back in to music listening'

and 'to support new music and lost treasures on vinyl', the label

releases extremely high quality and previously unreleased

vinyl cuts as well as new recordings by contemporary artists, such as multi-award winning BINKER & MOSES. Binker Golding wiill be performimg with his band at the Cambridge Jazz Festival later that evening (La Raza 8:30pm).



‘With its satisfyingly fat vinyl platters, audiophile-friendly downloads and imaginative catalogue of rediscovered gems

(plus new recordings), LP specialist Gearbox is becoming one

of the wonders of the age’

Philip Johnson, The Independent



‘For those who prefer their jazz on vinyl, the redoubtable

UK-based Gearbox label - famed for their attention to detail

in regard to vinyl mastering - leads the way’

Charles Waring, Record Collector



‘Pure analogue jazz from vinyl-only label Gearbox is bucking

the digital trend by putting sound quality and sheer enjoyment

of the physical article above everything else’

Sally Evans-Derby, Jazz Journal



‘If you’re into post bop British Jazz, dedicated to analogue

sound and expensive heavy duty hi-quality vinyl, the website

of Gearbox Records has to be a regular stop-off’

Paul Bradshaw, Stereophonic Supply Company



‘Gearbox has one goal and that’s to produce the best

sounding vinyl that can be made....the sound is like nothing

else I’ve encountered’

Jason Kennedy, The Ear