Scott Dolan

Yeah, if it were a sonic jump in the vein of the first gen A Love Supreme CD to the Deluxe Edition, I'd be in.

Hmmm, I'll have to check that out now that we have HBO Now. I thought he was phenomenal in 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Hmmm, that would be interesting. The mix down to mono really made an improvement. I'm interested in this as well.

He's the most underrated actor in Hollywood.

I say they get those two clowns in a swimming pool with Michael Phelps and his imaginary shark and let them all duke it out.

I'm with Hardbopjazz. Electronics in Jazz are like nails on a chalkboard, to my ears. It's the primary reason why I cannot stomach Fusion.

Nobody was asking you to. You had a great shipping experience, and should rightfully note it. Others haven't, and they should also rightfully note it.

I was born in Daytona, but lived the majority of my life on the opposite coast in the Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda area. I miss Key West, snorkeling, and Walt Disney World, but nothing else really. Wouldn't move back the if someone else paid my way.

Wow. So a concert hall that seats a little over 2,000 that Lillian Disney donated $50mil towards building. And a school of the arts with a low acceptance rate and an annual tuition of $42,000. In a country of 300mil people. Um, OK...

HA! I haven't used that line before, but I certainly will now! I do not miss living in that hell hole.

I was born in Florida. Probably not the ringing endorsement you were looking for...

Nobody has a gun to their head.

Just change the border to black and they've already got the cover!

Right, but what other genre with a decidedly older fan base has embraced streaming? David, we saw Brit Floyd and their $1mil stage show a month ago with about 3,500 other fans. They don't offer anything to stream either. I have no idea what that actually means, or that it tells us anything. Trying to compare live music with recorded music doesn't seem to make much sense, IMO.

Then what else do you go by in the age where streaming is the overwhelming format of choice?

I had the exact same thought cross my mind when I first switched from CDs to downloads. I would look at my rack of 1,000+ CDs and think, "if only CD quality downloads had been around when I started creating this mess!" Having turned into somewhat of a minimalist, I'd have gladly gone the download route instead.

People essentially accused him of flooding. Yeah, he posted a lot of threads. So? As far as I know there is no limit on how many threads one can post. He posted things that he found interesting. What the hell is wring with that?!

I agree with the first part, but he didn't just move on. That's the part that irritates me.

Yes, you do need a comparable DAC to obtain a comparable sound. Which is another hangup, since a lot of people don't want to have to add a standalone DAC to their existing systems. That part I most certainly understand. Hahaha...I actually went through the same thing with Bowie, coming to the exact same conclusion! Another aspect of it for me is you can listen to albums that are kind of in that grey area. You like them, but don't necessarily love them. So you may not want to plunk down full boat for a CD, or a complete album download. With streaming, when the fancy strikes, you can listen to it. I mean, good lord. Am I the only person who has numerous CDs sitting in the rack that I might have listened to 2, maybe 3 times and never went back to it again?

HP, that's because those flaws no longer exist. My system may not win first place at an audiophile convention, but it's pretty unforgiving just the same. The modern codecs (almost all from the Advanced Audio Codec family) have perfected compression to the point where there simply is no audible difference. I've done my own testing, knowing full well which was the CD and which was the AAC file. Again, that is the biggest stumbling block, IMO. Most won't give the modern codecs a chance. Especially the older Jazz set that grew up listening to LPs. I'm afraid that folks like you and I are outliers when it comes to older fans not afraid to try a new form of audio consumption. A Jazzhead buddy of mine, who is older than me, finally gave Spotify Premium a whirl after reading something I posted about modern codecs sounding just as good as CD. He's happier than a pig in shit with it!

Ah, my apologies, HP. I misread your intentions. Now, to address your actual point, I think looking no further than this BBS is quite instructive. Most Jazz fans are older, and mostly dead set in their ways. Just look at all the analog vs digital warfare that has taken place over the years. Here, AND elsewhere. Another sticking point for many, and yes I'm going down this road out of necessity, is the fact that most still think that digital files sound like the old, crappy 96kbps mp3's that dominated the market two decades ago. That turned them off to the digital medium, in many cases, permanently. I'm glad you took a chance on streaming. I myself just started using a streaming service a couple of months ago. And still, no matter through my mains, or my headphones, I hear no difference between it and CD audio. But that's simply a nonstarter to many folks. As for the younger audience, Jazz has a steep "learning" curve. Just like all classical and improvised music. No steady rock n roll backbeat, no dice.

Last 5-10?! I believe you left out some very important zeroes. The words "Jazz" and "popularity" haven't been compatible in the same sentence since the 1950's. Did we need HuffPo to confirm that? Jazz is classical American music. Emphasis on "classical". Nothing new here, and certainly nothing to wring hands over. Jazz has settled nicely into its' historical lot. It's time we fans did, as well. There's no shame in that. Even Joe Montana and Dan Marino had to retire eventually. Nice run, nonetheless.

Would you make up your friggin' mind!!

I'm gonna check out the Village Vangard set next. I thoroughly enjoyed what I heard the other night.

Hmmmm... That all sounds a bit discouraging. Perhaps I need to investigate a bit further before purchasing. Oh, and I'm glad you mention Hartman, Hans. I'm not a huge fan, either. Glad I'm not the only one. Can't even get into his date with Trane.