Shelby Lynne’s tribute to Dusty Springfield entitled Just a Little Lovin’ was recorded by Al Schmitt at Capitol Records in 2007 and is a perennial audio show favorite. On the title track, do your best to tune out Lynne’s lascivious vocal and focus instead on the exquisite cymbal work of LA session drummer Curt Bisquera. His control of percussive color is on full display—the snap of a closed high hat or the slow sonically evolving decay of a large cymbal that’s allowed to ring. It’s quite apparent exactly where on the plate Bisquera is applying his stick—on the dome as opposed to the bow or edge of the cymbal.
Also on the subject of treble reproduction: Harpsichord can be fatiguing to listen to on a recording. The burst of high-frequency sound that begins every note can register as distracting and amusical. Played back through the Acoras, the initial transient seems to be more smoothly connected to the body of the note and it becomes easier to focus on the music.
