kh1958 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 The Kid Ory Sunshine Orchestra instrumentals, the two tracks by Willie Hightower, and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra tracks are the ones that leapt out and grabbed me on first listen and said, listen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) I've been enjoying this for a week or so now. Lovely release, great music, but ... I'm a fan of this era's jazz, but I'm hardly an anorak for it. Yet, without even going to the racks and perusing That Devilin' Tune, the four-volume From Ragtime To Jazz series on Timeless and a few other comps, I already know that I have at least 15 or so of the 40 tracks, so I wonder a bit about who they're aiming this at. I didn't quick comparisons of the Halfway House and Parenti tracks with the Jazz Oracle and Frog CDs, respectively; like the new release versions better but there wasn't a lot in it, and I didn't feel I was missing anything with the earlier reissues. Have just listened to the Ory instrumentals, and they DO sound great - so maybe the Halfway House/Parenti tunes are pretty good on my earlier purchases. Hadn't heard the Hightower tracks before, so they really stand out. I also liked the Billy & Mary Mack cuts with Punch Miller. Not normally the sort of thing I enjoy, but these are a gas. I dig the Johnny De Troit cuts a bunch, too. The spoken word cuts are nice first and second time 'round, but now I'm simply skipping them. Edited June 6, 2010 by kenny weir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 I'm listening now to Archeophone's "1912" release, and am stunned by the excellent, transparent sound quality of these very early recordings. In the booklet, under "Notes on Technology," they write: "Transfers on this CD were made directly from the original discs by microprocessor computing at 16-bit sampling rates." Since that's all they wrote, I'm left to wonder: have they found a way to transfer recordings without the use of a stylus? I'm guessing not, but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business will be released February 21st. The first copies ship out today, but there is still time to save. Order before February 21 for a prerelease discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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