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CJ Shearn
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1 hour ago, bresna said:
CJ - does it say that Ron McMaster mastered these digital files? Ron retired quite a while back so it is unlikely that he did this unless its been "in the can" for many years. It's more likely that they used someone else at Capitol Mastering.
All the accompanying promo material I received only specified Kevin Gray doing the vinyl version. It is more than likely Ian Sefchick mastered the digital versions, it's just that to me, the sonic signature which is relatively matter of fact as I said, reminded me of McMaster more than anything else. Last Ron McMaster Blue Note I heard was Evolution by Lonnie Smith. I won't have the CD mastering credit handy until my copy ships from Amazon and I'll amend the review
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4 minutes ago, Brad said:
Excellent review, thanks.
Thanks. I fixed a few things. I figure hey, since I'm a Blakey fanatic as many of us are here, I'd go in depth with it from the point of a serious Blakey fan. There's enough basic information there that if some friends of mine who are casually interested in jazz, they can go further. As for Eric's query, I'm not sure? Because I first heard about the session here years ago and how folks said it was mediocre, I wasn't that anxious to hear it. Around the third listen this one clicked for me. A session like say Jimmy Smith's Straight Life I'd say (and I spun it again after a long while few weeks back, it's not bad for what it is) it's pretty clear why it was shelved in favor of Plays Fats Waller, the trio is going through the motions a bit more than say Crazy! Baby.
Just now, CJ Shearn said:Thanks. I fixed a few things. I figure hey, since I'm a Blakey fanatic as many of us are here, I'd go in depth with it from the point of a serious Blakey fan. There's enough basic information there that if some friends of mine who are casually interested in jazz, they can go further. As for Eric's query, I'm not sure? Because I first heard about the session here years ago and how folks said it was mediocre, I wasn't that anxious to hear it. Around the third listen this one clicked for me. A session like say Jimmy Smith's Straight Life I'd say (and I spun it again after a long while few weeks back, it's not bad for what it is) it's pretty clear why it was shelved in favor of Plays Fats Waller, the trio is going through the motions a bit more than say Crazy! Baby.
Just now, CJ Shearn said:Thanks. I fixed a few things. I figure hey, since I'm a Blakey fanatic as many of us are here, I'd go in depth with it from the point of a serious Blakey fan. There's enough basic information there that if some friends of mine who are casually interested in jazz, they can go further. As for Eric's query, I'm not sure? Because I first heard about the session here years ago and how folks said it was mediocre, I wasn't that anxious to hear it. Around the third listen this one clicked for me. A session like say Jimmy Smith's Straight Life I'd say (and I spun it again after a long while few weeks back, it's not bad for what it is) it's pretty clear why it was shelved in favor of Plays Fats Waller, the trio is going through the motions a bit more than say Crazy! Baby. I do think that Zev is probably more likely to release things that Michael Cuscuna saw unfit to release as far as rejected items, as long as it makes sales sense. I would like to see a lot of the rejected Jimmy Smith material from Jimmy Smith Trio+LD and Softly As a Summer Breeze surface. I'm also curious if the 1957 Newport appearance exists (it should if the VOA) or his 1957 Bohemia date was recorded. The 1957 set would complement the brief 1959 Newport set which I downloaded from Wolfgang's Vault years ago quite nicely on an archival live release. I did let Blue Note's PR department know if that any archival live Smith releases from the era are on tap for release I'd like to write liner notes.
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On 4/4/2020 at 11:58 AM, mjzee said:
Listening now to this:
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I never heard the original 2-CD set, but I can't imagine anything more wonderful than this - hearing each show complete. Truly wonderful music. The liner notes talk about Stan's shortness of breath during the shows, and how the last set needed to be cancelled.
That is a great set! Listening on my Focals is a joy. I never heard the 2 CD set either.
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Well, I just ordered mine, so hoping for the best!
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I'll be reviewing from my promo files but I ordered a physical CD, and upon further listens while the album isn't earth shaking, it's just fun, solid swinging Messengers, warts and all.
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4 minutes ago, bresna said:
CJ - pressing details aren't the thing here... the original poster is asking for a sealed original pressing. "Pressing details" in this case is, "Well, I bought it new sometime near when it came out". The only way to know if it is a first pressing is to open it and look at the dead wax.
Look, I'm into pressing details as well anyone else and I do look for certain pressings. But I'd be the first one to tell you how hard it is to get a certain pressing when you crack a sealed record, particularly one that was so popular when it was released. It's a little like buying a sealed pack of 1986 Fleer basketball cards and hoping to find a Michael Jordan rookie card in there.
I see your point... personally I don't do vinyl, it really isn't practically for me handling wise but I can see what you mean. Wouldn't it better as you said earlier for the OP to just find a higher graded copy of the original ish copy? That's what I'd do
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1 hour ago, bresna said:
What kind of seller do you think is going to remember that he or she bought a certain LP during it's first production run... 45 YEARS ago?
I think you're expecting way too much here. I was buying a lot of records in 1975 and I can't remember what records I bought much less when I bought them.
And again, with nearly all sellers, once you buy a sealed record, you own it. So if that seller's recollection is faulty, you're not getting your money back.
It may not be faulty memory, Kevin if there's a seller with an amazing memory for pressing details, or when t like if the seller is on the ASD, but that would be very rare though so your point makes sense.
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I like it a lot. One of the best I've heard from him and this year.
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I'm waiting on a disc from Germany, I corresponded with the seller who has a 100% seller rating and the lockdowns are preventing shipping of discs from Germany to the US. Strange, because I received a disc from Taiwan. So he asked I be patient.
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5 hours ago, bresna said:
This "receivers are bad" stuff has been around as long as I've been into audio and that's a long time. I'm actually surprised your friend stopped at, "Get an integrated amp". Most of the "receivers are bad" crowd go straight to, "get separates".
BTW - I only recently switched to a Marantz integrated amp because I simply don't need an FM tuner anymore. It pains me to type that, as FM radio was my main listening mode for many years.
I have to be honest too, my apartment is a 750 sq foot1 bedroom, and space wise, and all the power associated as you mentioned before with a IA would probably be a bit much. The positive is my walls are pretty thick so the neighbors don't hear much. Even my neighbors next door who blast all sorts of traditional Mexican music and Mexican pop the sound doesn't travel far. For me the sound is fine. I will at least upgrade my laptop DAC to a Schiit, the DAC in my HP Pavilion sucks.
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1 minute ago, porcy62 said:
If you enjoy the sound why change? Let be accustomed to the new loudspeakers then if you note some problems you may change the yamaha.
Good point... it's more my friend claiming an integrated is better but I have to doubt it because we all have different tastes.
Based on the advice here, I think I don't really need an upgrade at the moment, not so soon. For me, when I'm happy with something I stick with those things a long time, and I'd always rather put more money into music than equipment, but this speaker upgrade was absolutely necessary.
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21 minutes ago, mikeweil said:
I bought a pair of Focal Chorus 710 speakers over a dozen years ago and love 'em! Got them cheap at a sale of a local electronics chain closing one of their outlets. I use a Marantz K1 Pearl-Lite amp and it works fine. My wife and my friends all love the sound.
I plan to get me a pair of Focal Chorus shelf spaekers for my small system in my bedroom later this year.
The 716's are discontinued so that's how I got such a great deal on eBay thru WorldWideStereo. The Chorus line (no pun intended) is replaced by the Chora and from what I can see there's not much difference other than improved cone technology, which is probably a buzzword more than anything.
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1 hour ago, bresna said:
I see no real reason to swap out that 125 Watts/channel Yamaha receiver with these speakers. Their sensitivity is rated at 91.5, so they are not what anyone would call "power hungry". And from what I've read, the max power for them is 125 Watts. On top of that, if you're planning to crank out 125 Watts with these speakers, I hope you don't mind living out your days with ringing in your ears, because that's where you'll be soon.
Most people can comfortably listen to music with about 1 Watt of power. Inefficient speakers sometimes don't sound their best at these lower powers. But that is not a rule. If this setup sounds good to you, enjoy your new speakers. In my experience, the speakers have a lot more to do with what you hear than the amplifier driving them anyway.
If you still want to look into an integrated amp, it will be tough to get much more power than 125 Watts/channel in a good integrated amp for under $500/new. Used, sure, but not new. If power is not a requirement, Marantz makes some nice low-priced integrated amps. I have a PM-7005 myself and it sounds great even with my meager 89 dB speakers when I drive them with about 1 Watt.
Interesting. A friend of mine who is about 2 years into the hi fi thing said I'd need an integrated amp. He does have a bias against name brand stuff vs custom built stuff i.e. PS Audio, but it would save me money to not swap this out, no tinnitus yet thankfully lol, but I am enjoying the speakers. I generally have the vol at 55-65 anything else is uncomfortable.
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Two weeks ago I was able to finally upgrade my awful Technics SB-A36 speakers and buy a brand new open box pair of Focal Chorus 716 floor standing speakers, for $800 a pair and I love them. Excellent midrange, excellent imaging, and the bass doesn't seem too overwhelming, actually it's dependent on the . Finally achieving my dream of entering hi-fi. Currently I'm running them with a Yamaha RS 202 stereo receiver which is 100w per channel, it replaced my 12 year old dead Onkyo last summer. The speakers go from 40-200w I believe. I think I'd definitely get more from the Focals with an integrated amp, and I have a budget that I'd eventually like to spend no more than $500 on one-- any suggestions? I've looked at the PS Audio Sprout which is $100 out of my price range, the Denon PM NE600 and Emotiva TA-100, the latter two were reccomended by Steve Guttenberg the Audiophiliac
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Man... this sucks
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RIP Mr. Cobb, thank you for that unyielding cymbal beat
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I love these albums, I'm a drum nut though. Blakey said he never liked these discs much, but I've dug the ritual like aspect of them and the modal vamps to frame drum solos. Is an album like Drums of Passion more authentic? Maybe so, but the Blakey drum albums were my first exposure to that type of thing.
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Damn... that sucks. He was so talented on organ, vocals and keys and did a Jimmy Smith tribute recently
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4 hours ago, jazzbo said:
Yes, it only makes sense for them to do this at some point. . . to me. But then I'm a disc addict. The rest of the word has quickly moved on. I'm glad I have both the US and Japanese cd sets, I like them both a lot and this music has been an important part of my listening world for some time.
I hear you Lon, me too. Streaming for me serves as a way to test things I wanna buy. Amazon HD Music outside of hi res and more recent CD offerings is full of upconverted poorly encoded MP3's and that's really a drag but to be expected.
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On 4/29/2020 at 3:59 PM, Brad said:
I received a cd today from Laurie Pepper which I had forgotten about until two days go. It was postmarked on March 23 from California and sent by media mail. Took over a month to get here. There’s hope for my other two packages.
Glad you finally got it. The infamous package from Dusty Groove arrived last week. Two more packages one from Taiwan and somewhere else.
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2 hours ago, HutchFan said:
I'm not familiar with that one, CJ. I'll check it out! 👍
Definitely Cecil ish
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What about Yosuke Yamashita's Chiasma as a choice for a free blow out? My friend brought it back from Japan for me, and my limited understanding is it's a Japanese free jazz classic in terms of being pivotal to that scene. It's a great wild ride when I'm in the mood for it.
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Finally some movement in my package. Says estimated delivery next week
Blakey Just Coolin' review
in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
Posted · Edited by CJ Shearn
Thanks Dan, edited review to reflect the info. I'm not sure that I missed that Lee is the star of the show, both of them sounded pretty good IMO, we all catch different things and I think that's beauty of it