msbel
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| Share some under appreciated jazz album titles @stuartk Thanks. I do have both on CD from a while back. @jliffiton - stellar recs from @stuartk Listen to this Grant Green track and have your mind blown as it builds - it's groove is deep and Green's soloing keeps going into the stratosphe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim - me too. I was only one year old, but still, my father was hip to this, so not sure what he was thinking not taking his one year old to Bremen to see the Almighty. Monk was my gateway later. I was actually listening to an original... | |
| Share some under appreciated jazz album titles @stuartk Thanks! Good to know. It should be out there as you know :) Wonder if Clifford Jordan's Glass Beads is in print these days. I also never knew that Art Ensemble of Chicago's soundtrack to Les Stances a Sophie had been reissued on viny... | |
| Share some under appreciated jazz album titles A lot of good titles mentioned, though I beg to differ that some of those mentioned are certainly very popular and sold a A LOT. Not the below. ---- Second for Booker Little "Out Front" on Candid - masterpiece and should be heard by anyone inte... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Charlie Mingus "East Coasting" original Bethlehem pressing.This is one of my favorite Mingus albums of all time, and I have run his body of work. It does not fit into any bucket -- none. It is a masterpiece of late night swing and noir voicings ... | |
| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... @hallock01 Classic. | |
| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... Being present for the music. I find this most influence (for me) is to be able to chill out and not listen with the "looking for imperfection" mindset I cannot seem to escape at times, and instead just turn the lights low, lower the needle (or wh... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Hard wired RCA cables from tonearms that will not reach inputs Dismissing the golden era of CD's, where some of these box sets and jackets are intricate works of art, and WILL be in museum exhibits at MOMA one day (if they have not already) - e... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Anything out in the world that may rob me of the joy I find in music ... there is a time and place to head down the spiral of despair, whatever the cause, however, not when I am locked into a groove - that is my sacred space - and that will not be... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Cannot be bothered by no tolerance for pops here and there on an original vinyl pressing of Mingus' "The Clown" that sounds infinitely better than any $50 reissue ,,, and I just listened to both. | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore @curiousjim Excellent - and then of course there is "punches above its weight" - what weight? And this ties into the infamous loophole in all YT reviews, "best in its price class" - seems sort of limiting in that other products "punch above ... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Appreciating and experiencing incredible sound without the manic need to own it right then and there ... not easy Approaching demos with the mindset of "what is weak here" before even firing it up, then leaning into a listening positing looking ... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore @ozzy62 #3 - tremendous - stress release does not start leaving my body until 80db or so ... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore @dweller Just drop one nugget on us | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Amps that have more than one letter in their CLASS rating |