shaft Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 Hi, The CD of Mancini's Combo also sounds great. Must be thanks to a good recording. The Pink Panther re-issue on Buddha (CD) also sound spectacular. Big big sound.... My favourite CD Mancini is however the Film Music from Breakfast at Tiffany's on XRCD (Japan CD). Buy with confidence! /Shaft Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 (edited) No contest in my collection. Cal Tjader's "Huracan" on Crystal Clear; a 45RPM Direct Disc from 1978. It absolutely LEAPS off the turntable! MG PS engineer - Pat Maloney at Heider's studio Edited May 28, 2007 by The Magnificent Goldberg Quote
sidewinder Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 Yep, those direct cuts can be pretty amazing. My favourite sounding ones are East Wind pressings - Cedar Walton's 'The Pentagon' and the LA 4 'Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte'. Quote
ASNL77 Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 (edited) The Contemporary Shelly Manne Blackhawk and Manne-Hole LPs are hard to beat. As is the Contemporary Lasha/Simmons 'Firebirds'. I have to agree with this. I do not own a massive LP collection (yet! ) but these four records are in a different league. Don Cherry and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis sets Mosaic are also contenders. Edited May 28, 2007 by ASNL77 Quote
brownie Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 Roy DuNann was the man who engineered the most natural sounding albums. He remains unequalled. When you listen to any of his Contemporary dates, you have that unique feeling of being right there with the musicians when they were recording. Some favorites (in addition to the Art Pepper, Rollins and others already mentioned): The Poll Winners Curtis Counce 'You Get More Bounce' Teddy Edwards 'Teddy's Ready' Teddy Edwards and Howard McGhee 'Together Again' Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 Roy DuNann was the man who engineered the most natural sounding albums. I think you're right. They're so natural sounding that you don't think about what they sound like (well, I don't). But thinking about it now, my favourite, from a warm, live, sound point of view, is Teddy Edwards' "Heart and soul"; I think the only time Contemporary put out an organ album. MG Quote
jazz1 Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Posted May 28, 2007 Hi, The CD of Mancini's Combo also sounds great. Must be thanks to a good recording. The Pink Panther re-issue on Buddha (CD) also sound spectacular. Big big sound.... My favourite CD Mancini is however the Film Music from Breakfast at Tiffany's on XRCD (Japan CD). Buy with confidence! /Shaft I use to have a lp (direct cut) issued by RealTime of Spanish Flamenco music, it was stunning, one of the most realistic recording I ever heard. Is Real Time out of business?? Quote
Allan Songer Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 Add me to the Roy DuNann fan club. For me those Contemporarys represent the best group of work from one engineer I can think of. RVG did some nice stuff, but not at the same level as DuNann and not NEARLY as consistantly. ALL of the DuNann recordings for Contemporary sound fantastic and he understood Stereo long before most jazz engineers-apart from some of the really early efforts, DuNann's stereo mixes are excellent. I too would go with the original Poll Winners LP on Stereo--or maybe Leroy Walks! or perhaps Way Out West, or maybe Teddy's Ready!--see what I mean!! Hard to pick one "best" from Roy DuNann! Quote
K1969 Posted May 28, 2007 Report Posted May 28, 2007 (edited) Any one remember the track called "Teo" of MD's Someday My Prince will come? The sounds seems better than the rest of the LP, , epsecially on the drums. I often wondered if this was because it was a hommage to the producer Teo Macero? Edited May 28, 2007 by K1969 Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 29, 2007 Report Posted May 29, 2007 Actually, I was just listening to "Guitar seche" by Djessou Mory Kante (Popular African Music AG701) and it occurred to me that this is very fine, too. It's an album of accoustic guitar quartets (one trio), with each player placed so neatly in the mix that you can pick out each one's contribution. It was recorded by Gunther Gretz in the Club Gbassikolo of l'Hotel de l'Unite in Conakry in 1998 (not a live performance, though). Gretz is an excellent guy for making good recordings under the MUCH less than perfect circumstances that you get in Africa. MG Quote
Peter Friedman Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 I am especially partial to the JVC XRCD remasterings. Among my XRCD favorites are: The Poll Winners Sarah Vaughan - Crazy and Mixed Up Miles Davis All-Stars - Walkin' Miles Davis - Bag's Groove Quote
jazz1 Posted June 2, 2007 Author Report Posted June 2, 2007 Just bought the latest Carol Sloane "Dearest Duke" cd, not only it is great musically but the recording is astounding, this is real demo quality stuff. Boston based Peter Kontrimas is the recording engineer. I always admired his work but on this one he excelled himself. Coming back to the music which is mostly ballads written by Ellington, the instrumentation is lovely, just voice, piano, and sax or cl. Carol Sloane is one of the few true great jazz singer around these day. It is on Arbor records. Really worth seeking. Quote
mmilovan Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 (edited) Attached here is cover of my favourite one: recordings from 1950-53. made for Decca, reissued on "Tommy Dorsey & Artie Shaw", Swingsation, 059 953-2 GRD-9953, 1999. GRP Records. After the first initial listening I was, to put it short, scared to death. Now, that's the way big band should sound!!! Edited June 2, 2007 by mmilovan Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 I'm listening right now to this one on Nemu: And it sounds unbelievable... Quote
4XB Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 Not my favorite album but it sounds really great! Quote
jazzbo Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 Just bought the latest Carol Sloane "Dearest Duke" cd, not only it is great musically but the recording is astounding, this is real demo quality stuff. Boston based Peter Kontrimas is the recording engineer. I always admired his work but on this one he excelled himself. Coming back to the music which is mostly ballads written by Ellington, the instrumentation is lovely, just voice, piano, and sax or cl. Carol Sloane is one of the few true great jazz singer around these day. It is on Arbor records. Really worth seeking. You're quite right. Beautiful recording, beautiful music. Quote
mikeweil Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Is Real Time out of business?? That's what I would like to know, too - one of the best sounding CDs I have is a Jack Sheldon on RealTime. I'm a comitted member of the Roy DuNann fan club, of course - he was the most consistent. Of the more recent, I would mention Capri - I have Jimmy Rowles and Kenny Barron Trio CDs of that label that sound excellent. Quote
jostber Posted June 7, 2007 Report Posted June 7, 2007 What about the 45 RPM vinyls from Acoustic Sounds? Are they worth the higher price for the sound quality? http://store.acousticsounds.com/category.c...vinyl&id=21 Quote
porcy62 Posted June 7, 2007 Report Posted June 7, 2007 What about the 45 RPM vinyls from Acoustic Sounds? Are they worth the higher price for the sound quality? http://store.acousticsounds.com/category.c...vinyl&id=21 You'll find some opinion on the first page of this thread. Quote
RDK Posted June 7, 2007 Report Posted June 7, 2007 What about the 45 RPM vinyls from Acoustic Sounds? Are they worth the higher price for the sound quality? http://store.acousticsounds.com/category.c...vinyl&id=21 I've heard a few of them and they sound fabulous (I was even in the room when Hoffman and Kevin Grey cut one of them!). But they're too expensive for my taste. Still, I've been meaning to pick up a few of the more "offbeat" titles (like the ones that aren't rereleased every other month). Quote
mikeweil Posted June 10, 2007 Report Posted June 10, 2007 Is Real Time out of business?? That's what I would like to know, too - one of the best sounding CDs I have is a Jack Sheldon on RealTime. Found some RealTime CDs here. The main page is http://www.cnamusic.com. Quote
mikeweil Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 Dug out this nice Gerry Wiggins Contemporary LP yesterday - another excellent Roy DuNann effort: Quote
mikeweil Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 Hi, The CD of Mancini's Combo also sounds great. Must be thanks to a good recording. Jim Anderson reported in his thread here that none of the CD issues of the Pink Panther album do it justice, but that it was one of Tommy LiPuma's greatest jobs. Quote
brownie Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 Another Roy DuNann stupendous recording for Contemporary is the Jack Marshall-Shelly Manne collboration 'Sounds Unheard Of' The title does not lie! Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 As a single example, I've always liked the Vic Dickenson Septet on Vanguard (December 29, 1953). Two 10" LPs became a 12" LP, became a CD and has always sounded wonderful. Monaural, with three horns and four rhythm balancing themselves around a single microphone. The Contemporary catalogue shows many examples of how jazz is supposed to sound. Quote
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