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  3. Mal Waldron

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    2 hours ago, felser said:

    I love 'The Quest'.  And that was on Prestige.   Why did Waldron record so little 1962-1968?

     

    Yeah, he had his breakdown in 1963/1964. Moved to Europe then: Italy first and later Germany (Koln and Munich). He had a lot of gigs in those years but not a lot of records indeed.

  4. Mal Waldron

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    I love Mal (I know, I don’t talk a lot about it…) but I mostly love him post 1960 and even more after 1964 when his sound changed.

    I think the reason why he is on so many Prestige recordings was a practical thing. He lived quite near the studios and was able to compose 3 or 4 songs in 24 hours. Mal said in interviews Bob Weinstock used to call him, told him who were going to record the next day, then Mal wrote a few pieces with those players in mind and bring his work to the studios the next day. 
    Contracted and avaible: he was probably a logical pick as a pianist. Especially for Prestige, whose records always feel more like sessions than albums. Wasn’t Weinstocks whole philosophy: get some musicians, get some compositions, try to record everything in one take, pay the musicians and see if it sells?

  6. COVID-19 III: No Politics For Thee

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    Posted · Edited by Pim

    COVID infections at my workplace are very, very high for almost 2 months now. Every week, every class got two or three students infected. Every week, one or two colleagues are at home in isolation because they are infected. At my gym, everyone seam to have got it already. In the meanwhile my parents in law got infected, my brother in law, my sister plus her whole family and my brother plus his whole family. All in the last two months. 
     

    Its weird how this new variant gives a new meaning to COVID. Where at first I almost panicked with every case in my surroundings, it’s really getting part of daily life now. Not that I am  underestimating it now, definitely not. By you’re sort of getting used to it…

  8. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    24 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

    I love this record. I'm glad that the 'spiritual jazz' craze has led to its being reissued.

    Currently spinning this one:

    Carlos Garnett - Journey To Enlightenment (Muse, 1974)Journey_to_Enlightenment.jpg

    This is a recent acquisition. Apparently a reissue although I can't see any sign that it has been reissued. Perhaps it's a rip, but it sounds absolutely great.

    Must say I have to be in the mood for it but when I am..... About the Azar Lawrence: it's his date but does not feel like it. It's Woody Shaw, Julian Priester en especially Arthur Blythe that are absolutely killing it. Lawrence isn't bad, but it just feel's like he was a sideman. Don't know if other people feel that way too. 

  15. Now reading...

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    I am a high school teacher. The main subject I teach are social studies ( I thinks that's the English term for it). It's about politics, media, sociology and crime. This year we have started a philosophy pilot. I am one of the two teachers. Philosophy has always had my interest and I once followed a course but I really need to read stuff again to be capable to explain things clearly to my students. 

    Kant is one of the philosophers that is treated a lot. It's fascinating stuff but also a difficult read. It's even more difficult to explain in an accesible way to my students. But I love it.

  16. Vinyl issues

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    13 hours ago, HutchFan said:

    I still don't think your ears are bad.  Don't forget that SUPER HIGH-END equipment can reveal every single flaw in the recording process.  As far as I'm concerned, the latter is a good reason not to invest in a system like that!  

    Of course, like you say, audio quality matters.  But, at some point, a line gets crossed and things get silly.  (I suppose each person has to decide where that line is for themselves.)

    I'd rather get my system set up and then forget about it -- so I can focus on the music.

     

    HutchFan, just when I thought I had a great hi-fi set, you are telling me I probably have not :P No it's true: I think I have great stuff: Denon reciever, old but fine B&W speakers and a Rega P2 turntable but it's not comparible to the sets some people own. I am definitely no audiophile and could not afford to be one either. With some of the folks on the Hoffman board I have a feeling that sound quality weighs more than the actual music. Some of them aren't really into jazz but blindly buy every Tone Poet, every Acoustic Sounds and every Sam release.... And their conclusion is that every record is a 5 star record, even the ones that really aren't that special....

    13 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

    I wouldn't worry about it man, and don't be so hard on your ears. Most reviewers there and elsewhere wouldn't be able to pick out pressing/media/artist or even song in a blind test. You really don't have to spend thousands of dollars to enjoy a piece of media that cost less than $100 (or even less than $25). 

    You're definitely right on that.

    12 hours ago, mjazzg said:

    Now mis-graded used LPs is a different matter. I've returned lots of those.

    Yeah that really sucks. Lots of sellers are using the NM condition for everything: folds, cut-out holes, bend corners on the sleeve and scratched vinyl. Not to mention huge stickers. Very annoying. I sometimes sell some vinyl on the internet and almost never use NM as a condition description. As soon as I hear a crack or see a small fold in the cover it's not near mint to me. 

    I once had it the other way around. I ordered some Waldron LP's from madpierrot trough Discogs. The guy had some negative feedback which is mostly for his lack of communication. But the vinyl was 10$ a record where other sellers we're asking 40$ or even more for the same record. Madpierrot rated both media and sleeve all as VG. The possibility for combined shipping of these rare items made me take the risk and order them. They arrived and were all almost nm records. I was so happy with that haul! 

    I've ordered more from him since then and with slight exceptions, he seems to undergrade instead of overgrade the stuff he sells. 

    12 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    no, cosmetic marks to the vinyl that don't affect play. That doesn't worry me too much. Sleeve damage sucks however.

    I see what you mean. In that case I would not care about it either.

  17. Vinyl issues

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

    My take: Many (most?) audiophiles have a reputation for expecting perfection -- or at least near-perfection.   That's why they're so often disappointed. 

    From where I'm sitting, it usually looks like a "losing the forest for the trees" sort of thing.     

    Yeah I am probably no audiophile either then. Of course audio quality matters and I really enjoy the HQ analogue series from last years but I haven’t had to return one. I’ve got 12 LP’s from the Blue Note Classic Series and had never an issue with them. But there are people on the Hoffman forums that return every reissue 2,3 or even 4 times. That’s a big difference and I could imagine I would return an LP if it sounds bad. But…. in my ears they sound great! That is after washing them one time, I must say. 

    I’ve returned 2 LP’s for the sleeves were damaged. I just recently returned an LP for the vinyl itself for the first time. A Monk LP which came sealed but with a huge scratch. Part from that….

    I tried to mention in a polite way one time that people might be overcritical but the did not like me saying that…. So I decided to just keep my mouth shut and enjoy my music with my probably bad ears.

    3 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    last one I remember returning was the Rollins in Holland, which had one incorrect LP as well as another LP that was scratched and played with surface noise. They were cool about replacing it. 

    I do buy new release records; both at the high and the low end there are problems with manufacturing. As long as the issues are merely cosmetic I don't care, but if it affects the sound to a notable degree that becomes a problem.

    What do you mean with cosmetic Clifford? You mean it doesn’t bother you if the sleeve is damaged? Because I have to say: that is something that does matter to me. 

  19. Vinyl issues

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    I’m a little active on the Steve Hoffman forums and there’s one thing that keeps amazing me: it’s the amount of issues people are reporting with new vinyl. And I am not talking bout European PD labels but the Blue Note Classics Vinyl Series, the Tone Poet series and the Verve Acoustic Sound Series. All pretty expensive analogue series pressed by quality plants. 
     

    Non-Fill, warping, off-centered and the obvious ticks and pops: it rains complaints about them. Some people have returned one lp 3 or 4 times…. The thing is: I never had a single issue with them. I always wash them upon arrival and that’s it. In general I haven’t got many issues with vinyl either and if so then it’s mostly the cover that is damaged (Amazon once shipped an LP in a paper bag, really guys?). 
     

    Question is; are these guys making a lot of fuzz for nothing or am I not critical enough?

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