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  1. Joe Henderson Trio at the Village Vanguard

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by etherbored

    I always thought that "muffled" and "recorded at the Vanguard" kind of went hand-in-hand to a certain degree...it's not at all a "live" room.

    true, but the room didn't stop the bill evans sides from being presented clearly. or the sonny rollins masterpiece(s) for that matter. i'm not really sure why the prior domestic disc issue of these dates was so poor. initially i'd put it down to simply bad miking and not necessarily mastering. however, if erwbol can confirm that we now get clarity and a somewhat distinct soundstage, i might be able to rub two dubloons together...

  2. Herbie Hancock Complete Columbia Box

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    i received this box for christmas. what a perfect way to survey an oeuvre like herbie's!

    i own most, but not all, of the material in one form or another except for the first trio record (which i'd heard, but never responded to) and 'monster' (which i was completely unfamiliar with). curious as to how bad could it be, i gave 'monster' a spin last weekend. putrid. never again... even 'magic windows' isn't *that* bad.

    has anyone commented on the wealth of alternate takes on 'the piano'?

  9. Horace Silver 1928-2014

    in Artists

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    horace: regardless of where you are, know that we all love and appreciate you and how your art has enriched our lives. we'll never, ever forget you.

    i had the good fortune to see (and meet) horace twice. i guess he's the only blue note legend that i've ever personally met. once was at a club where he was playing in support of one of the impulse projects. i was with a friend who played in stan kenton's trombone section many moons ago. between sets, this friend engaged horace in a conversation. horance sat with us for about half an hour. initially the conversation was over time signatures but then it just went everywhere. his spirit, good nature, laugh, smile, and just sheer love really made a deep impression on me. the second meeting was, if i recall correctly, at a signing for his autobiography. again, he was equally affable and happy with life. these two experiences left me with no doubt that horace silver was/is a conscious and realized soul.

  19. Jazz albums reissued on CD by Atlantic Japan

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    i've about 40 of them and i find the transfer and mastering to be uniformly excellent - and that's putting it mildly. that having been said, i don't have any of the titles that i recall "erwbol" not liking.

    that blue note LT series is another matter altogether. worst mastering of any japanese series i've *ever* collected. granted, it's only 30 years of collecting, but still. uniformly dreadful!

  24. Brits take a crack at US geography

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Really? That's nice. Not eveyone would call it a language, more a dialect. We have quite a few of those. On another forum I wrote about the different ways the "r" can be pronounced. This is due to geografics but also to social influence. I find these things fun to learn and get to know about.

    i thought so! what i've read in english refers to them as languages, but i was certain they would be more dialects. i also find these things fun to learn and know about. for instance, i'm positive that each region and province has its own characteristics that differ - some greatly - and some subtly. and what a more neglected place to start than the netherlands!

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