AllenLowe

I actually avoided Simone at first, as Martin Willliams and some other of the jazz gurus did not like her - but I finally started listening and like her very much now -

if anyone wants to paypal me about $2 that'll cover CDR, postage, and packing - (my paypal address is ammusic@maine.rr.com) - actually, Mike, I was thinking of I Shall Be Released - though Idiot Wind probably makes the most sense - or the film he made, Don't Look, Schaap -

well, as that Bob Dylan song says...

I think he's on some of the Capitols - Johnny Hodges had left the band for a while -

well, maybe every other one -

some of it -

I think it sounds better and, honestly, you'd be surprised at how relatively little effort it took to improve this thing - CEDAR is a powerful tool when used for good and not for evil - I'm quite shocked that Sony let it be released the way it did -

I used the first cut - Don't Be that Way - I will add that one good thing about things being issued the way Schaap issued this is that no restoration is better than BAD restoration - with digital work, once somthing is gone it's gone - you cannot rid it of digital distortion, you cannot being back highs that have been digitally removed - so in this way, at the very least, Schaap has left us a good archival copy of the concert - I'm thinking about this because I've been listening to some REALLY bad work done by Proper - obvious distortion, that underwater gargling effect from bad hiss-reduction - this is MUCH worse than anything Phil has done -

I look forward to it - if you'd like to try that first, let's give it a go -

I do it a little differently - I go from an external CD player with a digital output through an EQ to begin with - so it will have to function intially as an audio CD -

don't worry, I'll supply the blank - just email me your address at alowe@maine.rr.com and I'll get one out this week - Chuck - I'll send you one this week - I haven't heard the re-do - does it sound like they worked from Schaap's original?

one more question - will the data CDR play in a conventional CD player?

it's always better to have the original source, and I use custom-made styli as well as an audiophiole turntable - however, I understand your nervousness - I would be happy to work from a CDR that's unprocessed (be aware, however, that when converted to 78 there was definitely some generational shift, depending on the quality of internal converters, etc.; even with top-notch equipment this results in some loss). As I said, I understand your nervousness with this one-of-a kind source - just let me know what you want to do -

I'm putting this in the artist's area, though I know that some might argue that it's for audio - at any rate, thanks to Big Al, who sent me his copy, I was able to work on the much argued-about Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall CD, with Phil Schaap's purist approach to restoration. I've done a bit of work on it tonight, and even I'm surprised at how much better it sounds - interestingly enough, not only does CEDAR really remove a lot of the noise wihohut diminishing the music, I found that Phil did a very bad job at one crucial step of the re-mastering process - EQ. A major reason this CD sounds so medicre is that it's so poorly EQ'd - I boosted the bass about 6 DB, added some midrange, and voila - got the rhythm section back, heard more Benny, more orchestra. I'm putting together a CDR with three cuts: cut 1 is the original, cut two is with one step of noise reduction (de-clicking/crackling, some de-hiss) and cut 3 is with a bit more hiss reduction added -I tend to be very conservative in these things. There is nothing that will eliminate all hiss, and there is some nice ambient sound in those higher frequencies. But I figured everyone can make their own judgement. I'm happy to mail a CDR to anyone interested - email me at alowe@maine.rr.com and I'll put one in the mail -

actually, Dan, I'll need it as a CDR as my internet computer is not connected to my audio computer - also, do you know when you'll be mailing the 78?

that's fine, just give me the unprocessed one sped up to 78 on a CDR, if possible - that compressed sound won't really change a lot with EQ - I tend to be conservative in my restorations, as hiss reduction is problematic (takes a lot of music out and can leave some odd sounds) - but, anyway, look forward to receiving the 78 -

just listened to your files, Dan - I would say a little too much processing on the second one, so please be sure to keep the straight transfer, as, if the post office (GOD FORBID!) loses the 78 I could still work with that one - nice thing about CEDAR is that it doesn't have that compressed quality and does not leave any artifacts - looking forward to doing this - and let me add that I'm about to post (probably later tonight) a thread about the Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall concert, for which I will be taking one tune and applying some CEDAR restoration to show what can be done - (also, I'll make an extra CDR or two for Gene's widow - let me know how many extra copies you need) -

should be interesting to see what it sounds like here - I'll put it through the VPI and try a few different styli with the CEDAR - Dan,can you include a CDR of the transfer you did (unless you've mailed it already) -

make that a 20% surcharge -

HIGGINBOTHAM! A giant and one of my favorites - interesting piece of trivia, courtesy of Roswell Rudd, and something that surprised me a bit - Rudd told me that Higginbotham was extremely well versed in the classical literature, and played transcriptions of classical pieces (Bach, etc) to warm up -

mention Organissimo and get a 20% discount -

I think it's who you know - kind of like the FBI's 10 most wanted list -

I love Frishberg's piano playing as well - a very personal interpretation of Earl Hines, as I see it - he's also on one of my favorite albums, which came up recently, Jimmy Rushing's The You and me That Used to Be -

I'm sure Valdo would be flattered - it's from Switchboard, anyway, to which some 20 million people have access - I have called several times but no answer - will work on it this week -

the planning of solos was, I think, quite common in the swing era - listen to a lot of Duke's studio stuff and broadcast recordings -