So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[optatio]

9 hours ago, dougcrates said:

👍 - as LP on my shelf!

[John Tapscott]

8 hours ago, BillF said:

👍 Mel Lewis is wonderful on this recording.

Now:

I see a lot of people at various sites have given this 5 stars. I don't hear it like that at all. I like Sonny, but 3 stars maybe. 

4 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Gil Evans “Out of the Cool” Acoustic Sounds Verve Series Verve Impulse LP.

Got this for “free” and shipping. Sounds great.

 

👍

Edited November 28, 2023 by John Tapscott

[Chuck Nessa]

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

 

[soulpope]

[jazzbo]

Miles Davis "Sorcerer" Sony Blu-Spec CD2 Japan 2023

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by jazzbo

[HutchFan]

17 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

A fantastic record!

 

[jazzbo]

Followed by a disc just out of a DHL package from Japan. . . .

“Duke Ellington and John Coltrane” Verve Acoustic Sounds SHM-SACD

[mjazzg]

3 hours ago, soulpope said:

Alternate takes album on the way

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

34 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Miles Davis "Sorcerer" Sony Blu-Spec CD2 Japan 2023

 

Likely the same transfer as the 2013 Blu-Spec CD2 release ....

[HutchFan]

Tommy Flanagan - Beyond the Blue Bird (Timeless, 1991)
with Kenny Burrell, George Mraz, and Lewis Nash

[jazzbo]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Likely the same transfer as the 2013 Blu-Spec CD2 release ....

Yes it may be, so far to me it appears to be a reissue of the Wilder mastering on this release (contains the two bonus tracks as well) linked below, as well as the Quintet box set, doesn't sound like a DSD mastering to me, but I need to do more research and comparisons.

https://www.discogs.com/release/7335121-Miles-Davis-Sorcerer

A number of the Miles releases from this "We Love Jazz" batch seem to be reissues of Wilder US cds.

This big batch contains Miles titles that have never been Blu-Spec CD2 before and many that were never Blu-Spec CD either, and those that were given the Blu-Spec treatment before that I have been able to compare are actually different masterings used than before. Which leads me to believe this may not be the same mastering as the 2013 Blu-Spec CD2 which I don't think I have handy to compare.

Edited November 28, 2023 by jazzbo

[optatio]

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

👍

[Rabshakeh]

Rodney Whitaker – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Farid Barron on piano is an interesting player. I don't know him at all...

Edited November 28, 2023 by Rabshakeh

[jazzbo]

My system has never sounded better, and I just keep wanting to spin disc after disc!

Right now
Miles Davis “Directions” Blu-Spec CD2 Sony Japan 2023, disc 1

 

[Chuck Nessa]

Revisiting this after a few years - we attended the concert and rehearsals.

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Yes it may be, so far to me it appears to be a reissue of the Wilder mastering on this release (contains the two bonus tracks as well) linked below, as well as the Quintet box set, doesn't sound like a DSD mastering to me, but I need to do more research and comparisons.

https://www.discogs.com/release/7335121-Miles-Davis-Sorcerer

A number of the Miles releases from this "We Love Jazz" batch seem to be reissues of Wilder US cds.

This big batch contains Miles titles that have never been Blu-Spec CD2 before and many that were never Blu-Spec CD either, and those that were given the Blu-Spec treatment before that I have been able to compare are actually different masterings used than before. Which leads me to believe this may not be the same mastering as the 2013 Blu-Spec CD2 which I don't think I have handy to compare.

Thnx for your thoughts ....

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Alternate takes album on the way

Listened to the Roberta Flack CD edition from 2020 .... one of the rare(r) releases  where the bonus material grants substantial enhancement to the original version .....

[BillF]

11 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

👍

[optatio]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Revisiting this after a few years - we attended the concert and rehearsals.

👍

[jazzbo]

Miles Davis “Water Babies” Sony Blu-Spec CD2 Japan 2023

Music that has been with me since 1976. I keep finding bits to discover and enjoy in these selections. One bonus cut on this disc, indicating it is a reissue of the US cd release mastering.

I love this Corky McCoy cover. When I was a kid in Philadelphia one of our neighborhood Dads would open up the fire hydrant every few weeks in the summer and we would frolic in the street until the City would come and turn it off. Sometimes I was the kid in clothes watching the fun unhappily as I was not allowed to participate. . . depended which parent was home. 

[EKE BBB]

[jazzbo]

Miles Davis “Porgy and Bess” Sony Blu-Spec CD2Japan 2023, disc 2 (mono version)

This release sounds really really good in mono!