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This week I fell in love with Erykah Badu 😁

https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/3500415-Dave-Pells-Prez-Conference-featuring-Joe-Williams-Prez-Joe-In-Celebration-Of-Lester-Young This is a good one.

Resurrecting this thread, as I have been listening to some of his albums, and just wanted to point out what seems to be an extensive discography here: http://fivecentsplease.org/dpb/guaraldi.html happy hannukkah!

Has anyone tried it?

This one is available on streaming services (and it is not a needledrop - I have the LP as well). https://open.qobuz.com/album/0886446277233 Good album!

Same here.

Recording videos of one's system is not of much interest (other than to audiophiles), but this version of Autumn Leaves is worth sharing!

Here is a link with some samples: https://www.lesmccannunlimited.com/photography Just bought the book as well!

https://jmih.org/collections/benny-carter-the-princeton-concerts/ These albums are available through streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal. Not on Qobuz. I could not find any session information.

For all practical purposes, you are right. However, WAV can store compressed audio - it is just rarely used, if at all. From the Wikipedia page: "The WAV format supports compressed audio using, on Microsoft Windows, the Audio Compression Manager (ACM). Any ACM codec can be used to compress a WAV file. The user interface (UI) for Audio Compression Manager may be accessed through various programs that use it, including Sound Recorder in some versions of Windows." Addendum: most streaming services offering "lossless" music will deliver it in FLAC format anyway, not WAV, and that is the case with Amazon HD. Though if you purchase files online you usually have the option of which format to download them in. As for the source of the music, I assume that some of the many dubious labels on streaming services issue compilations with whatever they can get their hands on, including MP3. But we are getting sidetracked, and I think we both gave consistent answers to the original question: MP3 at its lowest compression rates is virtually undistinguishable from CD quality.

WAV can be used to store both compressed and uncompressed audio - the file extension says nothing about the quality of the audio content - the compression "rate" does. But this is a technicality. I was just trying to be thorough in my answer. Sorry if I added more confusion!

WAV is just the "container" and the content could be low definition or high definition. What Amazon offers in their "HD" option is CD quality (44kHz sampling rate). They also have "Ultra HD", which is higher sampling rate (up to 192kHz). Non-HD streaming is offered in a more "compressed" format. Spotify, YouTube, for example, currently offer only compressed formats, expressed in kBs (not kHz). To give you an idea of the difference, one hour of a CD quality file (Amazon's "HD") takes up about 630 MB, while the size of the same track compressed at 128 Kbps would only be 11 MB. Spotify currently offers up to 320 Kbps streams, and the difference with "non-compressed" (Amazon's HD) is only audible, in my opinion, if you have a good system (and good hearing). Listening on my computer, with small desktop speakers, I cannot tell the difference between the two. On my main system, I think I can, but it is very subtle. If you listen to even more compressed files, the difference becomes more obvious. You can try yourself by comparing the same tracks played from Spotify, for example, and from a CD, if you are sure that Spotify is from the same "release". There are probably some online sites which offer comparisons as well. Here's a good summary with some comparisons made: http://keithstead.com/and_more/cd_vs_mp3.html

Watched it last night and enjoyed it, especially footage, comments (his and others') on Louis Armstrong's last years.

Duke Ellington - Days of Wine and Roses I recorded this with a portable Tascam recorder (so a step above a phone, but not high quality studio equipment). The speakers are open baffles (meaning - not "boxed"), and they give a big open sound, with lots of detail. They sound great even on poor recordings, of which I have plenty of in my collection! They are heavy, and bulky, but I put them on wheels and move them a few feet against a back wall when I am not listening. Enjoy... There are some small bell sounds mid-way through. That's not part of the original recording, it's my cat scratching his collar.

RIP.

Thanks, perfect. It is available on Kindle for 2.99$.

I listened to it this morning - very nice, thanks.

Thanks. There are some duplicates with what I have already, but will check in detail.

Thanks, don't know why I missed this one. Not a specific question, I just want to explore... I will see if I can get my hands on this.

Hi, Is there a comprehensive list of Dodo Marmaros's recording sessions available online or otherwise ? I did not find one. Thanks.

Many audiophiles listen to their system more than the music itself, and many end up playing only well recorded music that will sound good on their systems.

Here is the book on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/isbn_079123844X If you create an account, you can "borrow" the book (for an hour, renewable) and search through it. Sam Woodyard is extensively quoted starting on page 192. Eddie Lambert mentions this as well in "Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide" - but without specifics: "For over a quarter of a century Sonny Greer was the drummer with the Ellington Orchestra through all its many changes. In the recordings of the 1920s and early 1930s Greer's contribution is often one of color and rhythmic decoration; he was outstanding at this time for his subtle use of cymbals. Unlike most jazz drummers of his generation he does not seem to have been influenced by the New Orleans drummers but rather to have drawn upon his experience as a theater percussionist. Although his work is usually in excellent taste, there are some recordings on which Greer's theatrical effects are overly obtrusive and these, added to his inconsistency in swinging, have caused some jazz writers to underestimate his contribution. The records on which he is rhythmically pedestrian are few, and on the majority Greer shows himself to be a swinging jazz drummer with an exhilarating, exciting beat. In the Ellington band of 1940, he established an outstanding partnership with bassist Jimmy Blanton, and it is from 1940 that one of the best examples of Greer's drumming comes-the recording of a complete dance date at Fargo, North Dakota, on which the drumming is consistently swinging, and powerfully so."

I'm an audiophile! But I'm not obsessed with getting the best versions of albums, especially considering how costly it would be. When I have the choice I avoid purchasing bad quality versions issued by "dodgy" labels - if I can find one from a known "respectable" label at a reasonable price. I'll spend more for Mosaic box sets, and have quite a few, but it's really about the music offered (and the liner notes). I don't really care how the "manufacturing process" works, and I'm happy with CDs, I don't care whether it's digital or analog. In fact, I just received yesterday Mosaic's latest But if you purchase one of these MOFi albums, then you are really paying for the quality of the manufacturing process only, not for the music or liner notes. From an economic standpoint, I'd rather see money spend on preserving music, issuing unreleased material, and generally contributing to our knowledge of the music, than see people spend large amounts of money on one more version of "Kind of Blue". So I guess I don't have much sympathy for either side in this MOFi fiasco.

Are there copyright issues associated with uploading scans of liner notes to the Internet Archive ? For example, is it possible to upload entire Mosaic Records booklets ? Could Mosaic Records approve this at least for those sets which are no longer being sold ? Would the authors/right owners need to approve this as well ? There are a few complete booklets already available: https://archive.org/details/lp_the-complete-blue-note-and-pacific-jazz-re_clifford-brown https://archive.org/details/lp_the-complete-blue-note-recordings-of-thelo_thelonious-monk_0 https://archive.org/details/lp_the-complete-cbs-recordings-of-eddie-condo_eddie-condon-and-his-all-stars https://archive.org/details/lp_the-complete-pacific-jazz-and-capitol-reco_gerry-mulligan-quartet-gerry-mulligan-tent https://archive.org/details/lp_the-complete-blue-note-recordings-of-alber_albert-ammons-meade-lux-lewis-meade-lux-le https://archive.org/details/lp_the-pete-johnson-earl-hines-teddy-bunn-b_pete-johnson-earl-hines-teddy-bunn-pete-jo https://archive.org/details/lp_the-benny-morton-and-jimmy-hamilton-blue-n_benny-morton-jimmy-hamilton-benny-mortons https://archive.org/details/lp_the-complete-hall-johnson-paris-dickenson_edmond-hall-james-price-johnson-sidney-de https://archive.org/details/lp_the-complete-commodore-jazz-recordings-vol_various-albert-ammons-albert-ammons-rhythm I know a lot of you find them interesting - so do I - and it would be a good way of sharing them.