Pim Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 (edited) Listening to this one now trough Spotify and I am fascinated by it. Sound is pretty bad. Does anyone know if the 2008 cd reissue was an improvement over the original LP? For those unfamiliar with it: it’s with Jerome Cooper, Khan Jamal and some lesser know but excellent musicians: Edited March 19 by Pim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 (edited) I have that 2008 Porter CD and consider the sound pretty decent. Granted I'm not an audiophile, and Ted Daniel didn't record for big-budget labels so expectations have to be managed. I never heard the original release. It's an excellent album. I have quite a few Ted Daniel CDs. In my experience, the ones on Ujamaa with the black covers (I own the "Sextet" and "Loft Years" but not the solo release from Italy) have dodgy, even outright bad sound but others are OK. Edited March 19 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Ujamaa is Ted's own label. I'm sure the source tapes aren't always pristine. The extra tracks on Sextet make it a worthwhile pickup, in addition to the original LP (which is still reasonably priced according to Discogs). I have the Sun LP of Tapestry and the sound is far from crisp, but it is a very cool record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Okay thanks guys. Really like what I am hearing and bad sound isn’t a show stopper for me but like to hear it in the best way possible at least. Khan Jamal is also on fire in this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 (edited) 8 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: Ujamaa is Ted's own label. I'm sure the source tapes aren't always pristine. The extra tracks on Sextet make it a worthwhile pickup, in addition to the original LP (which is still reasonably priced according to Discogs). I have the Sun LP of Tapestry and the sound is far from crisp, but it is a very cool record. Yes, Sextet is very good despite rather distant sound quality due to source tapes. The Loft Years impresses me less despite high expectations, but I'll spin it again soon. Probably should pick up the Solo...Italy album but some other things took priority recently. In the Beginning is good if you can find it. Ted Daniel is on some recommendable "Andrew Cyrille's Maono" albums. Edited March 20 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Absolutely -- that large ensemble music is pretty tremendous. I interviewed him many years ago for what was then called AAJ-NY. The full text is somewhere buried on the AAJ website. I wish they treated their archives better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 12 hours ago, T.D. said: Ted Daniel is on some recommendable "Andrew Cyrille's Maono" albums. Yeah! Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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