“The experience of it is more like you’re listening to Garner through the monitors in a professional studio, rather than listening to him off the tape copy,” said Peter Lockhart, senior producer of the project and vice president of Octave Music. The master tapes for all 12 albums were transferred and restored using Jamie Howarth’s Plangent Process playback system, which removes machine noise and unwanted fluctuations from the original analog recordings. The series will continue, with one album released per month- A Night At The Movies, Campus Concert, That’s My Kick, Up In Erroll’s Room, Feeling Is Believing, Gemini, Magician and Gershwin & Kern-leading up to the kick-off of Garner’s centennial celebration in June 2020, concluding on his 100th birthday in June 2021. The first four titles in the series- Dreamstreet, Closeup In Swing, One World Concert and A New Kind Of Love-were released Sept.
The series represents a treasure trove for Garner fans and completists. The dozen albums-each of which has a previously unreleased bonus track-are newly restored from analog masters of releases from the 1960s and 1970s. The resurgence continues with the 12-album Octave Remastered Series, a joint effort between Mack Avenue and the Garner estate. (Photo: Courtesy Mack Avenue)įans of pianist Erroll Garner (1923–’77) have rejoiced in recent years, as reissues and new titles have shone a spotlight on the work of the legendary Pittsburgh native. The Octave Remastered Series aims to fortify the legacy of pianist Erroll Garner (1921–1977).