HutchFan

Immaculate blues piano.

Anita O'Day - My Ship (Emily, rec. 1975)

Nice!

Jessica Williams - Update (Clean Cuts, 1982)

Brilliant.

Betty Carter - Finally (Roulette) Yeah!

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Chamber music by Brahms Disc 2 - String Quartet in B flat minor, Op. 67 - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Now listening to another recording of Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 18/1:

T.D., You might consider the Belcea Quartet. I've enjoyed their set very much.

LvB for me too: Op. 18/1

I pulled that MJT + 3 two-LP set out of the dollar bin (!) at Wuxtry in Decatur. Well worth that. Speaking of Brownie & Max on vinyl, I picked up these two sets a while back: Audio-wise, I think they sound pretty good -- even if they were released in 1976 & 1977. Much, much better than the Trip releases, I'd imagine.

More South African jazz:

So soulful. ... Dudu Pukwana!!! Larry Willis!!!

I'm not sure whether recordings of film scores would typically belong in a "Classical Music" thread. But, if the composer is Bernard Herrmann, I think it most certainly does.

I'd always assumed that they were licensed, but I'm not certain. IIRC, I only have a couple other Trip LPs -- a Woody Herman, originally Phillips, and one of Quincy's Mercury big band records. They struck me as sounding OK too. (Again, maybe not as good as the originals, but I'd always ascribed that to Trip's pressing and/or vinyl quality.) bresna, one thing to consider: I don't consider myself an "audiophile," so that may color my perceptions. I have a solid analog set-up -- and old Rega Planar 3 'table with a Dynavector 10x4 cartridge and an NAD pre-amp -- but I try my best to not focus on sound per se. I really don't like futzing around with audio gear (or comparing versions of recordings). Most of my audio equipment is relatively old -- because once I find something that I'm happy with I don't want to mess with it. Also, my 51-year-old ears ain't what they used to be! My hearing is at the very bottom of the "normal" range, and I expect that I'll be using hearing aids at some point in the future. So take all that I'm saying with regards to sound with a grain of salt. If you're using an 8-track to determine the audio quality of ANYTHING, that is NOT a good sign!

This MJT+3 set isn't terrible sound-wise. The original VeeJay LPs probably sounded better. But the Trip vinyl is still listenable -- to me at least.

Oh. Whoops! I didn't notice that you put the question in the classical forum. Doh!

In my experience, the "first version is the 'best' version" thing holds true for CLASSICAL music much more than it does for JAZZ. In the classical world, people even refer to "imprinting" on a specific version of given work. In my case, one example of "imprinting": The very first version of Brahms' Second Symphony that I heard was Bruno Walter's "Indian Summer" interpretation with the Columbia SO. It's still one of my very favorite recordings -- of any music. Again, speaking only for myself, I can't think of any comparable analogue in jazz. When I hear people other than Miles or Coltrane play, say "All Blues" from KoB or a piece from A Love Supreme, it's supposed to be different. There is no theoretical Platonic ideal in jazz like there is classical music. The fact that there is no score in jazz (like there is in classical music) means that jazz is performer-centric, rather than composer-centric. (Of course, this isn't absolute. I'm speaking in relative terms.) BTW, this way of thinking about these things might just be my way of making sense of it. Others may feel very differently!