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[No Regrets]

Here we have the Branford Marsalis Trio having a really great time playing together. I love this album!
These guys are so talented playing jazz, it seems to come so naturally to them.
I'll probably upload a few charts from this recording.
As a friendly reminder, listening thru a decent set of headphones or speakers is really worth it vs listening thru cell phone/laptop speakers
I hope you all enjoy it...

Best wishes,
Don

 

[hopkins]

Here’s an exciting track:

Decisions (George Adams and Don Pullen album) - Wikipedia

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The LP version (recorded above) sounds great:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2258976-George-AdamsDon-Pullen-Quartet-Decisions

The CD version available on Qobuz does not sound as good, IMO, the sound being a little more "dull" (but it will still sound better than my video!):

Open Qobuz

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I have not heard other CD versions.

My turntable is hooked up to an ADC, feeding my beloved powerDAC with an optical signal. The more “vivid” sound quality of the LP is preserved…

 

[MRubey]

 

[hopkins]

Not my video, but one I came across as I was searching for info on guitarist Alan Reuss - it made me smile. Here is jazz critic/musician Loren Schoenberg sharing his enthusiasm:

His comments in the video's description: "Played on my home record player, recorded right into a microphone, the beautiful sound of guitarist Allan Reuss is a lovely thing to have morning coffee with!There are overtones and things that come only from a 78, even with the surface noise."

He's got bookshelf speakers, a sub, a Technics turntable. Sounds good!

 

[hopkins]

Coleman Hawkins recorded in a club, in 1958, with a pickup band and an out of tune piano! He does not mind, he just « does his thing » and blows away for 9 minutes... He could play all this unaccompanied - he did record an unaccompanied track in the 1940s…

If he were to listen to himself in my living room, would he approve? At least he would be pleased to know that 70 years later people are still listening.

Jamestown N.Y. 1958

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Jamestown, New York - Wikipedia

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Recorded while I was preparing dinner (I got a cheap tripod to hold the phone), so with some additional noise from my kitchen, mixed in to the noise from the club itself, no disrespect intend to the maestro.

 

[hopkins]

As a follow up to my previous post, there are two additional Coleman Hawkins solo tracks that were released - Hawk's Variations Part 1 and 2:

Jazz archeologist Jan Evensmo's comments in his Coleman Hawkins "solography":

"These recordings represent a most proper introduction to the Hawk of the late forties. A better proof of the statement that a new era has begun cannot be given. While his roots always will be with the old tradition, Hawk shows a unique ability and willingness to test new concepts. Even today, solitary tenorsax is not common and rarely successful, however Hawk takes his self-chosen challenge and creates almost eight minutes of exciting music. One might expect one of the young upcoming beboppers to try a thing like this, but maybe they never got the chance? Hawk, however, could obviously do anything around 1945, his second prime, and the results are memorable to this very day."

And here is an article (first in a series of 4) by music critic Lewis Porter on Hawk's solo recordings:

Coleman Hawkins Unaccompanied, 1 of 4: Finally, The Date and Place for "Hawk's Variations" 1 & 2 (+ Bonus Chaloff)

(For Paying Subscribers, in this essay I mention home recordings of Serge Chaloff and Gene Sedric.

lewisporter.substack.com

Interestingly, he mentions that Hawkins got the idea of a solo performance from Pablo Casals' recordings of the Bach Cello suites. He was a great admirer of Bach (and Casals).

All of Lewis' articles on Hawkins can be found here:

Playback with Lewis Porter! | Substack

New insights into jazz and its history. Click to read "Playback with Lewis Porter!", a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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[Sule22]

Aqua Marine in album Blow Up by Isao Suzuki Trio/Quartet

 

[MarkusBarkus]

...one of my go-to jazz tracks, and an excellent recording. Very interesting. Your recording presents the high-frequencies as very forward, the bass a bit less full than I hear at my place. Not criticizing! But very interesting to hear the very different sonic picture.. Thank you for the post.

 

[hopkins]

I visited a nice record store in Paris today: https://www.parisjazzcorner.com/

I purchased a few albums, including this one, which I already had on CD: https://www.discogs.com/master/486034-Wild-Bill-Davis-Johnny-Hodges-Con-Soul-And-Sax. Truth be told, there is not that much that remains unavailable on CD, and those that are are not usually found in record stores (IMO).

The LP sounds good (though the video may not demonstrate that, and there is cooking in the background):

The LP has an amusing note about the "Dynagroove" recording system used, which introduced for the first time 'highly ingenious computers -"electronic brains"'! So is it truly analog? At the time it probably did not bother anyone



The Wikipedia page provides more detail on the process, and the controversy surrounding the results:

Dynagroove - Wikipedia

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I was also tempted to purchase a few 10" LPs. They usually have nice cover art. Perhaps some other time. Here are samples from their website:

 

[andromedaaudio]

 

[bonzo75]

Clark Terry is great

 

[hopkins]

Here is another nice LP from 1960: https://www.discogs.com/master/444660-Claude-Hopkins-With-Buddy-Tate-Emmett-Berry-Yes-Indeed

• Claude Hopkins – piano
• Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone
• Emmett Berry – trumpet
• Wendell Marshall – bass
• Osie Johnson – drums

 

[andromedaaudio]

FM acoustics Hifi deluxe 2025

 

[No Regrets]

Somethin' ELSE - Autumn Leaves - on vinyl - 1977 King Records Pressing on Blue Note label

I've probably listened to this record nearly 100 times over the years....and it simply blows my mind every time!
This record was pressed back in 1977, which as of today is 48 years old!

The dynamics, the spaciousness of the soundstage, the rich tonality of all the instruments, all of the details, the quietness - despite the dragging of a diamond thru the grooves of this vinyl record spinning at 33 1/3 rpms. How is this possible???

How does this ancient technology manage to continuously still touch my soul, every time I listen to it??? I feel blessed to be able to have this music in my home.

Recording using my iPhone, held horizontally without any external mic's. You may enjoy listening more so if using a decent set of headphones vs just cellphone or laptop speakers

Best wishes,
Don

 

[Sule22]

From John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme

 

[hopkins]

Flight Path (album) - Wikipedia

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[No Regrets]

More Sax n Bass - "All Blues"

Best wishes,
Don

 

[hopkins]

I mentioned this recording here: https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/most-beautiful-jazz-ballad-ever-played.30669/post-1092707

...and then decided to record it to illustrate the difference in sound between this LP version and the digital versions available:

It's not a "mint" copy. Those are hard to find...

 

[hopkins]

Here is a video of that same track ripped with my M2Tech Joplin plugged in to Audacity:

I wished I had a better copy, but this is already pretty good. Here is the file if anyone wants to have a go at cleaning it up:

https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudplayer/Buddy%20Tate%20East%20of%20the%20Sun%20-%20Rip.wav

In another thread the distinction between information and detail was being discussed - I get a headache thinking about this. I am certainly glad to have this LP and a system to extract as much content as possible! This is why I (we?) spend time and money on sound systems...to get the best out of the music that we cherish - let's keep that in mind!

Arthur Salvatore has an article about this - ARE THERE ANY "DOWNSIDES" TO "SUPER-FIDELITY?"

Audio Philosophy

I don't know what is the story behind this recording and why the digital versions sound so muffled, or even why the various LP releases sound so different. It is very sad to think that there may have been a good quality tape of this session that got damaged/lost. Unfortunately this is the case for so many jazz recordings.

 

[No Regrets]

I mentioned this recording here: https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/most-beautiful-jazz-ballad-ever-played.30669/post-1092707

...and then decided to record it to illustrate the difference in sound between this LP version and the digital versions available:

It's not a "mint" copy. Those are hard to find...

Hello,

What are you using to record your videos... it looks like some kind of special recorder, at least for the sound portion of it?

I've just been using my iPhone with it's own built-in mic's.... no external mic's being used with my videos.
I wonder if I could get a better representation of my videos if I bought some kind of special external mic/recorder?

Best wishes,
Don