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Jazz for aficionados
Jazz for aficionados
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
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frogman I use all solid state gear. Yamaha high end AVR, Emotiva XPA 2 amp for the front R and L. and JBL Studio series speakers front, center surrounds and dual JBL Studio L 8400P subwoofers. at minus 20 db the walls shake. Regular 14 gauge speaker wire from Monoprice :(( My power strip is from Monster Cable. The subs have a dedicated wall outlet as does the amplifier. When your amp cost 1,000 its hard to swallow buying cables for the same price. XPA-2 Gen3 2 Channel Audiophile Power Amplifier – Emotiva Audio Corporation I use an Oppo UDP 203 universal disc player. |
Nice gear, pjw; I’m sure it sounds good. I hear you about spending as much for the cables as for the speakers. You don’t have to, if you’re willing to buy used. Actually, you don’t have to at all as I’m sure the sound you have now is good; but ........ Notice Keegiam’s experience buying used. If you decide to experiment, I would encourage you to try upgrading your interconnects first. My experience has been that with cable upgrades it is usually best to start closer to the source and then move downstream . You may decide that the improvement is not worth it. Tell you what, I have a couple of pairs of unused IC’s. Not for sale, but if you want to try them and see what decent interconnect cables can do between CD player and amp, PM me and I’ll send them to you. Try them and see, then send them back to me. Let me know. Edit: as I think about it, since you have a surround setup it probably means that you use multiple IC’s. Can’t help with that , but I can tell you that I bought a set of lower end Siltech cables for my 5.1 Video surround for only a couple of hundred bucks and they were a very nice upgrade from the cheapies that come in the box. |
Another seriously under appreciated tenor player (and interesting composer): https://youtu.be/jTCFRUdNMEs https://youtu.be/8L09vcsZImg ————— https://youtu.be/BQ4yf2wUWvA
https://youtu.be/b7Eq4YPjq1Q |
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