So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

5 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Okay. I bought it because I'd rather listen to an SACD than an LP.

I listen to it on a CD. The complete sessions have been released on a single CD several times.

I don't think I even have this on LP.

[jazzbo]

I have the complete sessions too, on cd. But I prefer to listen to this originally released version. And the SACD sounds really really good.

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

I have the complete sessions too, on cd. But I prefer to listen to this originally released version. And the SACD sounds really really good.

I can dig that, for sure.

Sometimes, the original release sounds exactly right.  No amount of "enhancement" -- extra cuts, alt takes, etc. -- makes it better. 

In those cases, it's best not to futz with it.  Just leave it alone.

 

 

Back to this jazz vocals masterpiece:

[Templejazz]

Never seen this session before, picked up the disc last week and listening to it now. 

Edited May 14, 2022 by Templejazz

[JSngry]

 

[BillF]

9 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

6 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

Now playing:

[sidewinder]

Excellent 4CD set brought out back in the day by Fantasy. Covers the whole gamut from Lighthouse All Stars to Woody Shaw. Nice booklet with session photos and memories of John Koenig too.

Superb sound on this set too but no surprise given the source of the recordings.

Edited May 14, 2022 by sidewinder

[jazzcorner]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Excellent 4CD set brought out back in the day by Fantasy. Covers the whole gamut from Lighthouse All Stars to Woody Shaw. Nice booklet with session photos and memories of John Koenig too.

Superb sound on this set too but no surprise given the source of the recordings.

Yes Roy DuNann is an excellent engineer.

Have another great CD box by Fantasy

 

[sidewinder]

14 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Yes Roy DuNann is an excellent engineer.

Have another great CD box by Fantasy

 

Yeah, that one is great as well. Nearly forgot about it, time to dig it out !

When Fantasy had their big disposal these sets could be had at bargain prices. I think I paid £10 for the first at FOPP and about the same for the second. Awesome bang for the buck.

Interesting to read about Koenig/DuNann’s Telefunken/AKG mikes and all-valve input streams and Westrex cutters with minimal complexity in the input signal processing. They got that absolutely right !  

Edited May 14, 2022 by sidewinder

[Eric]

15 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Why did he do that?

If he didn't like a cut, would he just delete it?  Or was it something else?

 

Had the same thought myself ... not a passive-aggressive defense of Keepnews, just curious 

[Referentzhunter]

[kh1958]

Charles Mingus, The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott's (Resonance)

[Peter Friedman]

[ghost of miles]

[sidewinder]

Just now, ghost of miles said:

Definitely the album of the week on this board !

[John Tapscott]

[Rabshakeh]

The Budd Johnson Quintet – Let's Swing (Swingville, 1960)

I really hadn't noticed Budd Johnson until a post someone made in February of the Jimmy Rushing / Earl Hines record. I can't believe how great he is.

[sidewinder]

BGO CD

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

28 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

The Budd Johnson Quintet – Let's Swing (Swingville, 1960)

I really hadn't noticed Budd Johnson until a post someone made in February of the Jimmy Rushing / Earl Hines record. I can't believe how great he is.

Now playing:

[Chuck Nessa]

Listening to a Randy Weston trio with Richard Davis and Don Moye recorded at the Jazz Showcase for an NPR broadcast. This was sometime in the late '70s and I was there.

[Rabshakeh]

Leo Smith - Rastafari (Sackville, 1983)

[jlhoots]

Isaiah Collier: The Chosen Few

[sidewinder]

Pepper Adams ‘Room At The Top’ LP1 with Eurovision Song Contest on mute..

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Listening to a Randy Weston trio with Richard Davis and Don Moye recorded at the Jazz Showcase for an NPR broadcast. This was sometime in the late '70s and I was there.

Must have been a blast ....