@whart , great article. Great record. Thanks.
Kind of Blue
This was the first Jazz CD I ever owned. I currently have over 200 Jazz CDs and Kind of Blue is still #1 on my list.
What are your favs?
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@rdschicago "I find the jazz recordings of the late ‘50’s and ‘60’s sound SO much better than the rock albums in later years, eg, Led Zeppelin, the Stones, etc. Wonder why that is? Better recording engineers in the jazz genre? " A lot of popular music was mixed to sound good on car stereos with stock audio. It all about the audience. |
The 4-channel version of "Bitches Brew" is astounding. Multichannel sound is the perfect medium for a studio recording that is so dense with musical ideas. I'd lived with (and loved) the stereo Columbia release all my life but the surround version (avaialable only as import only at this point, I believe) gave me one of those goosebumpy, uber-thrilling musical experiences that keep us in this hobby. |
@frogman -thanks very much, nice to see you. I'd be interested in looking at how a music librarian catalogs stuff. Oh, I'm getting on the phone with one in a minute or ten. I'll ask her. I tend to like material that bends the genre a little- whatever it is. Not for novelty's sake, but to make something new and different. |
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