What Jazz are you listening to now?

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SimonNZ

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Michael Garrick - A Lady in Waiting (1994)
John Stetch - Green Grove (1999)



The Feel Trio ‎– Celebrated Blazons (1994)
Joe McPhee - As Serious As Your Life (1996)



Lee Konitz - Satori (1975)

Kontrapunctus

I just received this disc--wow! The musicians are practically in the room with me! My only quibble is that the piano and drums are panned hard left/right--if each have recorded in stereo and equally spread lt/rt, then the sound would be a bit more spacious, but it still sounds remarkably good in this SACD remastered version.


SimonNZ

^The over-wide stereo seperation on some late 50s Prestige and Blue Note albums can on occasion annoy me to the point of reducing my enjoyment of an otherwise excellent album - particularly so here at work, where with the added issue of bad speaker placement some have to be stopped because they just sound wrong.

playing now:



Rene Marie - Vertigo (2001)

George

Quote from: Toccata&Fugue on June 15, 2016, 12:57:29 PM
I just received this disc--wow! The musicians are practically in the room with me! My only quibble is that the piano and drums are panned hard left/right--if each have recorded in stereo and equally spread lt/rt, then the sound would be a bit more spacious, but it still sounds remarkably good in this SACD remastered version.



Thanks for reporting! I have my eye on that CD. Amazon still lists theirs as "usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks."  :(
"I can't live without music, because music is life." - Yvonne Lefébure

Kontrapunctus

Quote from: George on June 15, 2016, 02:05:41 PM
Thanks for reporting! I have my eye on that CD. Amazon still lists theirs as "usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks."  :(
I bought mine from a seller on Discogs for less than 1/2 the Amazon price, and he shipped the same day!!

George

Quote from: Toccata&Fugue on June 15, 2016, 02:21:39 PM
I bought mine from a seller on Discogs for less than 1/2 the Amazon price, and he shipped the same day!!

Wow!! Nice grab!
"I can't live without music, because music is life." - Yvonne Lefébure

Kontrapunctus

I'm a jazz newbie, so can someone recommend some contemporary artists similar to Miles Davis both in style and instrumentation--also recorded in audiophile sound? Thanks.

George

Quote from: Toccata&Fugue on June 15, 2016, 03:27:22 PM
I'm a jazz newbie, so can someone recommend some contemporary artists similar to Miles Davis both in style and instrumentation--also recorded in audiophile sound? Thanks.

Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby - analogue productions - gold CD

Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard - XRCD

Any of the Coltrane albums on DCC
"I can't live without music, because music is life." - Yvonne Lefébure

Kontrapunctus

Quote from: George on June 15, 2016, 04:12:30 PM
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby - analogue productions - gold CD

Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard - XRCD

Any of the Coltrane albums on DCC

Thanks, but aren't they rather old recordings, too? I meant recent recordings, preferably SACD.

George

Quote from: Toccata&Fugue on June 15, 2016, 04:42:12 PM
Thanks, but aren't they rather old recordings, too? I meant recent recordings, preferably SACD.

Sorry, I am not into new stuff and I don't have a SACD player.
"I can't live without music, because music is life." - Yvonne Lefébure

Kontrapunctus

Quote from: George on June 15, 2016, 04:50:03 PM
Sorry, I am not into new stuff and I don't have a SACD player.

ECM would do in a pinch!  ;)

Artem

I'd add Chet Baker, but I'm not sure there're many audiophile CDs of his music out there, although there're plenty or regular CDs.

Spineur

Quote from: George on June 15, 2016, 04:12:30 PM

Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard - XRCD
I have this one.  Lots of multiple takes.  Not my favorite Bill Evans, but still a nice listen.

king ubu

Quote from: Spineur on June 15, 2016, 08:43:36 PM
I have this one.  Lots of multiple takes.  Not my favorite Bill Evans, but still a nice listen.
You need the 3CD box (K2 remaster) in session/recording order ... best edition there is (and there's vinyl of it, too):
https://www.discogs.com/de/Bill-Evans-The-Complete-Village-Vanguard-Recordings-1961/release/5144833
The programming of the old CDs is annoying indeed!


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Rounding out the afternoon with one of my favorite piano solos ever.

http://www.youtube.com/v/O7D3TGk2rhw

SimonNZ



Conte Candoli - Conte Candoli Quartet (1957)

George

Quote from: king ubu on June 16, 2016, 11:07:17 AM
You need the 3CD box (K2 remaster) in session/recording order ... best edition there is (and there's vinyl of it, too):
https://www.discogs.com/de/Bill-Evans-The-Complete-Village-Vanguard-Recordings-1961/release/5144833
The programming of the old CDs is annoying indeed!

Best programming of the sessions perhaps, but it is not the best sounding mastering for this special music. Not by a long shot. The Complete set you cited was mastered using some (unnecessary) dynamic compression. Even the original OJC CDs sound better than the Complete set.
"I can't live without music, because music is life." - Yvonne Lefébure

SimonNZ

#1077


Chris Connor - The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song (rec.1957)
Jane Ira Bloom - The Nearness (1995)

Brian

First listen to this one:



Featuring the amazing song title "Stanley's Stiff Chickens"

SimonNZ

#1079


Noah Howard - The Black Ark (1973)
Lee Konitz / Martial Solal - Star Eyes: Hamburg 1983