Roswell Rudd "Free America #10" CD

[slide_advantage_redoux]

I bought this CD recently..."Roswell Rudd" (#10 in the 'Free America' series)

I have this one on vinyl already. Loved it then; love it now!

The NYAQ horns, but with a European rhythm section. (Rudd, J. Tchicai, Finn Von Eyben - bass, and L. Moholo - drums. Has the original liner notes as well as updated observations by Philippe Carles. Nice production, with lots of attention and respect towards the original project.

I need to sit down and listen to both - one right after the other to compare. Has anyone done so? This release sounds very clean, but it has been awhile since I dropped needle on the vinyl.

Recommended highly!

Edited April 12, 2005 by slide_advantage_redoux

[Guest akanalog]

i thought the sound quality blew when i heard this disc.

[king ubu]

I love this one! I think I posted some mumblings in the Free America thread in the reissues section. Always good to hear Rudd, in my opinion!

Moholo, btw, is from South Africa. He's one of the exiles, deciding to stay in Europe, together with a bunch of fine South African jazz musicians (Dollar Brand, Dudu Pukwana, Chris McGregor...)

[Clunky]

I've just got this one and the Braxton Donna Lee. Only listened so far on the car stereo. Sound certainly is below par but quite listenable (not unlike the better parts of Holy Ghost)

[AllenLowe]

how does the sound compare to the original LP?

[Claude]

I have only heard the CD, the sound is very poor.

[clifford_thornton]

I think that the LP sounds good, though a bit muddy - still, it's a bootlegged radio tape source, so far above par when you think about it. CD can't be any worse, right?

Funny, Universal reissuing a bootleg concert LP. Great record, though!

[JohnS]

Had the vinyl from the start - fine music, sound acceptable.