jazzbo

I just have this on the Decca cd that was out before the Impulse! and I think it sounds. . . like a Decca cd from the early digital age. . . .

I've never been disappointed with any Naxos purchase. A wonderful label!

Sound is quite good. This is some of my favorite jazz, period. Hines is jazz all the way, no cocktail tinklings, and he plays the living daylights out of this great music from one of my very favorite composers. Some very seldom played compositions are given real justice here as well as warhorses rejuvenated. You are in for a treat!

Cool, but about half the time that Monk performed SGB it became SGB to my ears with not much adulteration, which was sort of a joke I was thinking was funny at least to myself!

You mean like "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Bright Mississippi"?

MAN I GOT THAT EXCITED WHEN I GOT SOME MILES STUFF IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND AGAIN RECENTLY TO GET SOME ALICE COLTRANE SIDES: I'VE BEEN FORKIN" LOOKING FOR FOR A LONG SPOON OF A TIME IT WAS A GREAT FEELING. Luckily it didn't last over four hours and I didn't have to see a doctor.

Yes, I'm hoping that these may end up being RVG'd one day. . . . I would prefer that because RVG's work on the early mono material from WOR and his Hackensack "studio" in the RVG series is stellar sounding! I'd be very happy to see the Art Hodes and Bechet material come out that way (each of these artists as leader). . . . That would be one of my "dream" requests of the RVG series.

I haven't heard this one in a while but. . . it seems to be remembered as typical of the others around this time. . . which is NOT a bad memory!

Available for 169: http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detai...?sku=LIC7784-12

I remember from past discussions of this box set that it was purported to be an analog, not a digital, mastering.

Thanks Chuck; I thought I had remembered only that session was mono in the Mosaic.

An interesting back and forth discussion here: http://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.c...4661957&start=0

This is as big a can of worms to open as interconnects or speaker cables! I agree with porcy, it depends on so much! I've tried a few types and have stuck with PS Audio "XSTREAM" Preludes (the bottom of the line, still expensive). I like these because the connectors are uniquely constructed and the sonic difference is quite noticeable and to my tastes. Also, I really like PS Audio as a company; I've been using their Power Plant P300 since its introduction (I got one from the first few batches) and have not had one lick of a problem, and it really has been a big benefit to my system. I use the Preludes for the Power Plant, the EL34 Monoblocks and my Dynaco cd player. . . well everything. A/B ing a recording of any kind reveals that with the right power cord a digital recording sounds less "digital" and the whole system seems to be a bit more detailed, with a nicer tonal balance and "louder" (it's not really louder, but the noise floor drops, the backkground hash disipates, and it seems to be a bit louder).

Organissimo and two or three tenors? (Come on SS1!) That would be great! And we have a relief organist on the forum as well as other drummers and guitarists. . . Quite a resource!

Now you just credited the doofus with an impossible task, making the judges appear geniuses! Hmm. . . that Summertime did nothing for me. Guess I'll have to make a doctor's appointment.

Hmmm. . . just have to beg to differ. Nobody seems to be breaking any new ground if you ask me and there are a good four or five who are good solid singers and ahead of the others in my opinion, and I have (different) favorites of those top four or five. . . .

Jeff, thanks for sharing that. I feel very similarly. The "exclusionary" aspect of personal salvation (and the whole idea of personal salvation really) through Christ only just was a fit I couldn't wear comfortably. It's interesting that this comes up in a late Trane discussion. The spirituality at the heart of the music seems to be quite evident and important. I wish I knew more specifically from Coltrane himself as to what his beliefs were, but I do thnk that we can feel some of his beliefs as they are expressed in and through the music itself.

Shrdlu is just being true to his religious beliefs, which ARE in those scriptures as he reports. He has faith and he is following it staunchily; I don't think he should be criticized for that, and there should be room for his postings of this nature in this large forum. He is quite respectful in my opinion to those of us whose beliefs differ (I'm a Preacher's Kid yet in those ranks).

On one session only, I believe, "Mingus Presents Mingus."

Well said Jeff, and I feel quite similarly.

I thought a knife came into play before the firing or after; thanks for that link. I wouldn't threaten my boss in any way. I love my boss. She's such an intelligent and caring person. I spent six months previous to her working for someone who was her opposite in personality and totally unaccustomed to state government and totally unwilling to make the changes that would mean successfully fulfilling the duties of his job. Luckily my current boss lobbied to remove me from that trainwreck before the collision occurred. Now if only we both loved HER bosses, those in upper management! They are NOT nice people. Nor are they good public servants. They're more like pirates!

Google picks that up as a part of your organissimo profile!

I voted no, because I'm not OFFENDED by it. I do myself feel that these particular animated gifs may be a little TOO MUCH. I can certainly understand that they may offend someone else, certainly I can understand that they may offend women who might otherwise decide to nest here. I'm not slinging stones. I don't have a clean slate. I like to post in the Babes section indeed. Though I wouldn't mind at all posting fully clothed babes only!

Yes, the sound is going to mirror the parts in the source or the amplifier BUT it could also be sonically affected by the compatibility of the source and the amplifier as far as voltage matching (impedance, etc.) which I know is real, but don't UNDERSTAND at all (the engineering of this is beyond me). More likely than sounding "aggressive" (an active, powered line stage has a better chance of this) a passive line stage would sound thin or not lively or lacking dynamics and volume. . . . THAT is not how organissimo.org sounds!

I've had good experience. The Masters of Jazz series is in great sound, has items not found elsewhere, and has notes! One of my favorite series of cds is the French CBS "Complete 1947 to 1952"--six cds, much of which are not in print from the US or Japanese branches of the label, and the sound is quite decent. (I know it could be better but it's quite good). The Chronogical Classics series again has decent sound and has items that are not found on US cds. . . .