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I'm actually anticipating it will have even less jazz content as has been the case for most "jazz" festivals these days.

Indeed. I just listened to the song back to back on vinyl (CBS 62456) and on CD (Columbia Roots'n'Blues 2-CD set), and that test pressing indeed sounds markedly clearer. But since this test pressing is Take 2 again, one thing baffles me: How come the originally issued master (take 1) apparently was bypassed in favor of take 2 for many (most?) reissues from the 60s onwards? CBS 62456 (originally Columbia CL 1654) has take 2, Goodrich & Dixon also list several reissues for take 2 but none for Take 1. The first reissue of Take 1 I've found is on the Roots label from 1971. Reissues that have take 2 started in 1961, however. So did those blues rock legends of the 60s who absorbed RJ for inspiration ever get to hear the ACTUALLy released version of that tune back in the day, I wonder? The Roots'n'Blues set has both takes, and they are interesting to compare. To me the vocals on take 1 do sound rougher.

No knowledge, but it does not surprise me. Oscar gets knocked around a bit, which I think is basically unjustified. The man could play with just about anyone--and he did play with people from different generations and with different styles. For instance, he made a fine album with Freddie Hubbard.

I don't have Manhattan Moods in my collection, but I have heard it. I found it not as impressive as I expected, but some nice moments--and one great performance in their reading of "Blue Monk."

Svend Asmussen, Arne Domnérus, Bengt Hallberg, Rune Gustafsson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Ed Thigpen: Svend Asmussen At Slukafter. Phontastic Phont NCD 8804 [Sweden 1989]

Mikis Theodorakis - East of the Aegean (Intuition) Suite for Violoncello and Piano /Jens Naumilkat (vcl) & Henning Schmiedt (pn)

Mary Halverson “Cloudward”

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLblW4tsVAe0io2xFbhgf-xLywZXhH8S8E Ellington - Copenhagen 1964

Spent a few hours getting some things done before upcoming storms arrive and am now settling down for a little listening. Starting off with Duke Ellington “Copenhagen 1964” on Storyville cd. Ellington always lifts and separates me from my frustraton. 600×600 13.9 KB

I like Elsbeth. It's definitely the character, which I have enjoyed since "The Good Wife," though now she's become Sherlock Holmes in many ways, and i enjoy how she is somewhat like Sherlock and Columbo combined. It's a fun show. . . I like fun shows to escape within.

https://newportjazz.org/tickets I'm very cautiously optimistic that the lineup will start shifting back to jazz, since they have a new programmer. We'll see.

Morning. I came across this while I scrolling on Instagram and was shocked. I never had any impression that these two played together. Does anyone have any more info about this? Thanks.

My girlfriend likes Elsbeth. But it's definitely the same show over and over again. I think she likes the character as well as the famous guest stars that show up.

Okay, you've no direct experience. In actual practice, there was a reason and a benefit, and I could not detect a real sonic deficit. There was better cabling available to use, and I could then use an EQ component after the DAC for both analog and digital components. I found however that using the balanced output of the phono preamp yielded slightly better sound than either the analog output with single-ended or the identical sounding HDMI I2S digital output and I got a Goldpoint 2 XLR into 1 XLR switcher to switch betwen phono preamp and DAC into that EQ component and discontinued the digital output.

I liked the Elspeth character on The Good Wife so I watched the show a few times when it began. I burned out on it pretty quickly because the format tells you the solution up front and then you are left to watch Elspeth masterfully - or painfully and transparently after a few disappointing episodes - figure out the solution to the mystery. Tada!

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I'm up for the Henderson date on CD. My days of buying new vinyl when there's a CD option are slowly going away. I already have too many LPs that I don't have room for.

I saw this band on tour at the time. It was a fun show. My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I seem to remember Hutcherson stealing the show. I'm pretty sure I also Tyner & Hutcherson play a set as a duet in support of the CD, "Manhattan Moods", but it's been a while so my memory is a bit fuzzy on that.

My wife and I used to really like the show "Elsbeth" on CBS. But it has gotten ridiculously repetitive. Even worse, the mysteries are always "insta-solved". The latest one we watched, she gleamed the murderer in less than 30 seconds. I know we're supposed to believe that Elsbeth is very good at detecting, but this one was absolutely insane - the husband had already confessed to the murder.

But a turntable is already analog. I wouldn't think there would be any benefit to converting it to digital for playback purposes. I could see using that digital output from my turntable to make a digital file for future playback but not when straight-up playing LPs.

Indeed some intriguing recommendations of relatively "recent" recordings here ... Many of which I cannot recall having ever come across before. Maybe time to look closer as and when the occasions present themselves ...