neveronfriday Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 So, I've been told, by some pretty heavy cats in the industry. Are you sure that's not a rug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 So how about it? What are some of the best sounding discs in your collection? My best sounding jazz cd's (out of about 2000) are: For jazz vocal, the new remastered issue of Dinah Shore "Dinah sings, Previn plays" Recorded in 1959 to me it is the best recording of a female voice and the music is wonderful. For piano trio Antoine Herve "Summertime" on the French label " Nocturne" The Japanese label Venus remastered Bill Charlap "I'ts wonderful" maybe a little too resonant but still spectacular. AS mentioned lot's of ECM cds are excellent, it is consistently good and the new Tomaz Stanko "Lontano" is no exception. On the more commercial stuff Verve and Blue Note are doing some good work. DK and PB. My disapointment of the year is the remastering 24 bits of June Christy "The Intimate June Christy" The cheap 1995 2 fer cd is streets ahead.and still one of my favorite sounding cd, very natural. How do they manage to mess it up is a mystery to me. jazz1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinger Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I feel really angry when I didn't buy those Shelly Manne Vol 1-5 about 4 years ago.Nowadays they are nearly impossible to find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I feel really angry when I didn't buy those Shelly Manne Vol 1-5 about 4 years ago.Nowadays they are nearly impossible to find The original U.S. OJCs are still available. CDUniverse is selling them for $9.49 each, and I've also seen them elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinger Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Excellent! Thanks for letting me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 As mentioned lot's of ECM cds are excellent, it is consistently good and the new Tomaz Stanko "Lontano" is no exception. Haven't heard the Stanko, but I know that the sound on every ECM jazz recording is heavily doctored i.e. equalized - e.g. there is no cymbal sounding like on those CDs. As you mentioned Verve: the two drummerless trio sessions with Christian McBride - one with Bird tunes and Stephen Scott and Roy Hargrove, the other with Hancock tunes and Mark Whitfield and Nicholas Payton - are exvellently recorded: they even recorded the slient room to fill the pauses between tracks with natural silence and not digital deafness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 As mentioned lot's of ECM cds are excellent, it is consistently good and the new Tomaz Stanko "Lontano" is no exception. Haven't heard the Stanko, but I know that the sound on every ECM jazz recording is heavily doctored i.e. equalized - e.g. there is no cymbal sounding like on those CDs. ??? The Tord Gustavsen CDs I have from ECM are about the best CDs in my collection ... in regard to those two CDs, I can't follow your argument at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 As mentioned lot's of ECM cds are excellent, it is consistently good and the new Tomaz Stanko "Lontano" is no exception. Haven't heard the Stanko, but I know that the sound on every ECM jazz recording is heavily doctored i.e. equalized - e.g. there is no cymbal sounding like on those CDs. ??? The Tord Gustavsen CDs I have from ECM are about the best CDs in my collection ... in regard to those two CDs, I can't follow your argument at all. To my ears there's something "artificial" about the sound on the ECM CDs I have, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I really think Wayne Shorter's: Footprints Live is recorded exceptionally well. Plus, the nature of the music with all it's unexpected twists and turns really puts a system through it's paces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 As mentioned lot's of ECM cds are excellent, it is consistently good and the new Tomaz Stanko "Lontano" is no exception. Haven't heard the Stanko, but I know that the sound on every ECM jazz recording is heavily doctored i.e. equalized - e.g. there is no cymbal sounding like on those CDs. ??? The Tord Gustavsen CDs I have from ECM are about the best CDs in my collection ... in regard to those two CDs, I can't follow your argument at all. I've been away a while from the board suffering from an acute bout of audiophilia; the prognosis isn't good Anyhow, having got some nice new headphones and still on a quest for a decent amp, I've been scouring my collection and constantly being amazed at the sound of some of my discs. As mentioned above, the Blackhawk sides are fantastic. Also, the Gustavsen albums sound like nothing else -- audio heaven, if you like the band that is --- luckily I was smitten with the music long before the upgrades came. Check out Marcin Wasileswki's Trio on ECM too. He's the pianist with Stanko's quartet and the rest of the trio appear here. Bjork fans will love the rendition of Hyperballad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Check out Marcin Wasileswki's Trio on ECM too. He's the pianist with Stanko's quartet and the rest of the trio appear here. Bjork fans will love the rendition of Hyperballad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 I actually love Stanko's trio, they have "a sound" and if the recording is as good than the Guvtasen cd's then it must be a winner. Thanks for the tip, I am placing my order now. The recording hasn't as much reverb as the Gustavsen (imagine being recorded in a normal studio rather than a chapel ) but it's still top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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