Chuck Nessa Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Topic says it all. Any "must haves"? Don't bother mentioning Monk's Music, I've pimped that for a couple of years (and if you don't have it you are an idiot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Well I am partial to the Montgomery stuff ... simply because my lousy ears don't capture his tone as well as I'd like ... I notice an improvement with the K2s ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesman Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 They all sound great. I even like the amp buzz on Wes's Trio CD. Probably the biggest improvement I noticed was for Dolphy's Five Spot Vol 1. I hear that Chet is also a revelation but haven't got that yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 The Bags and Wes K2 is outstanding--a nice big soundstage. Same with the MJQ's Django. I don't really understand why they're closing out many of the K2s. Are we going to get yet another remastered version of these classics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 After hearing Sonny's Worktime as a K2 I upgraded all of my Sonnys, and I'm not an automatic upgrader. Glad I did. Also glad I forgot to upgrade one, so I could do so for just $2.98! I'm pretty sure Claude has a post somewhere on the one or 2 K2s that failed to impress him. Hopefully he'll pop in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Chuck, don't do this to me (I already had my wallet put away). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street singer Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) The Bags and Wes K2 is outstanding--a nice big soundstage. Same with the MJQ's Django. I don't really understand why they're closing out many of the K2s. Are we going to get yet another remastered version of these classics? Another for the Bags and Wes K2 - an outstanding sounding disc, indeed. Don't miss the Mulligan and Monk, either. One of my favorites! Edited July 15, 2006 by street singer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 The Bags and Wes K2 is outstanding--a nice big soundstage. Same with the MJQ's Django. I don't really understand why they're closing out many of the K2s. Are we going to get yet another remastered version of these classics? Another for the Bags and Wes K2 - an outstanding sounding disc, indeed. Don't miss the Mulligan and Monk, either. One of my favorites! A third vote for the the Bags & Wes disc, beautiful music beautifully presented. Also, the Chets are wonderful, well worth the upgrade. But then, what do I know? I'm just an idiot who doesn't own Monk's Music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Chuck said: Quick checking a bunch of OJCs, to see if I really need those K2s ----------------------------------------- Does this mean you're re-listening to your old OJCs to see if they "do it" for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) Don't bother mentioning Monk's Music, I've pimped that for a couple of years (and if you don't have it you are an idiot). Dang it! Edited July 15, 2006 by Noj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) All the K2's I have heard sound very good, except one that sounds as if it was maximised, the bass (the instrument) sounds boomy. It's the recent Thelonious Monk "Plays Duke Ellington" K2 reissue. The ones I recommend most are the two Dolphy K2s (Far Cry and Five Spot 1), they sound much better balanced tonally than the overly bright and thin Dolphy Prestige box. I haven't heard the individual OJCs of these albums. Other K2s I have and can recommend: - Bill Evans - Explorations - Bill Evans - New Jazz conceptions - Art Pepper - Winter Moon - Cannonball Adderley - In New York - Chet Baker - Plays The Best of Lerner & Loewe - Jackie McLean - 4, 5 and 6 - John Coltrane - Coltrane - Kenny Burrell - Burrell & Coltrane - Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants - Miles Davis - Walkin' - Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness - Sonny Rollins - Worktime - Thelonious Monk - Misterioso - Thelonious Monk - Monk himself Difficult to say if these are "must haves". There is definitively an improvement over the OJCs, but it's not that spectacular. (no "Monk's Music" effect ) Where a DCC reissue exists, it is usually the best sounding digital version, beats also the Analogue Productions, MFSL or Fantasy SACDs (played in hi-rez). Edited July 15, 2006 by Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 All of the Bill Evans. Monks Plays Ellington is great. I guess I'm not an idiot, I have Monk's Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherbored Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 just as an fyi, K2 is being replaced in japan by K2HD (and perhaps another mastering technology that's still being branded). hence, the discounted prices on the victor catalog (who licenses the OJC material)... -e- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 just as an fyi, K2 is being replaced in japan by K2HD (and perhaps another mastering technology that's still being branded). hence, the discounted prices on the victor catalog (who licenses the OJC material)... -e- That license has terminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherbored Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 (edited) to be renegotiated with concord? nonetheless, the mastering technology is being put out to pasture... -e- Edited July 16, 2006 by etherbored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 (edited) Can anyone explain that graph? Edited July 16, 2006 by Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherbored Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 it basically says that the technology takes standard cd audio coding and extends it into properties heretofore occupied by dvd-a... -e- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allblues Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 The K2 of Saxophone Colossus is wonderful, but I don't think it's part of the clearance sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 The K2 of Saxophone Colossus is wonderful, but I don't think it's part of the clearance sale. NOW I get what this thread's about. What clearance sale please? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 (edited) NOW I get what this thread's about. What clearance sale please? MG Concord Music Group Summer Blowout Sale (United States residents only) Edited July 16, 2006 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 (edited) NOW I get what this thread's about. What clearance sale please? MG Concord Music Group Summer Blowout Sale (United States residents only) US residents only! Downright effin' cheek! (Well, at least I didn't waste any money by ordering a couple from CD Uni this morning.) MG (Always look on the effin' bright side!) Edit - Sorry - Thanks Hans MG Edited July 16, 2006 by The Magnificent Goldberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Probably the biggest improvement I noticed was for Dolphy's Five Spot Vol 1. This was a big improvement over the original issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 I don't really understand why they're closing out many of the K2s. Are we going to get yet another remastered version of these classics? I bet they all will be redone by RVG - even though he didn't engineer the Riversides, and since Jack Hioggins' and Ray Fowler's sound concepts were totally different from Rudy's I'd rather not want to see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 I really really really doubt these are all going to be represented as RVGs. I think the RVGs WILL be RVG recorded material, OR disc-recorded early sessions of Prestige that he puts his touch to (and I hope so, as he does fabulously remastering these earliest sides). Just my guts telling me that this is what RVG and Concord intend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 If their business plan is to assume RVG will be around for another 20 years to remaster these puppies, we're in deep doo-doo. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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