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Best Source For Quality Jazz CDs?

Since I will be assembling a serious audio system in the near future, it's time to abandon the iTunes downloads & start rebuilding my CD collection. Is there a particularly good source for high-quality jazz & other CDs? In the past I have purchased CDs from BMG admittedly because they were relatively inexpensive. But now I am primarily concerned with quality. Thank you.
kitjv
scousepasty
106 posts
 
Acoustic Sounds stock a good range, especially XRCD's.
IMO, their Jazz on 45 reissues have been superb and they are starting to release the Blue Note back catalogue on 45 vinyl next year but then you are only interested in c.d.'s ?
gsm18439
895 posts
 
mapleshade
teajay
1,655 posts
 
The Jazz Record Mart in Chicago has the largest catalog of Jazz and Blues cds/records in the world. Give them a call for their store catalog.
kitjv OP
69 posts
 
Excellent! Thank you for the info. I'm curious...are there any particular labels or CD distributors that I should avoid because of inferior recordings?
foster_9
1,638 posts
 
Have to mention Amazon. You can get some very nice prices from re-sellers on quite a few different artists.
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