? What Jazz Music Selection are you Listening to in the Now? | Analog, Digital ??????
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It’s the 44.1/16 FLAC file on Qobuz. Release date was 22 January 2002. It was recorded in 1957.
I’m a fan of Art Blakey. His drums delight me, and the musicians who cut their teeth with him during the 35 year run of The Jazz Messengers is a veritable Who’s Who of the best.
At this point I’ve moved on to this. She gave a concert at Axpona this year. This particular album seems to have more gimmicky interpretations than I like. It’s recorded well as far as sound is concerned. But the mastering goes along with the interpretations. Maybe that makes sense.
FWIW, I’m listening to this file (flac 44.1/16) from Amazon, via a Marantz ND8006 on my network via WiFi. HEOS controls and the DAC is the one in the Marantz Ruby SA-KI. It violates so many best practices it’s embarrassing, but it sounds great.
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This afternoon I remembered Bobby McFerrin’s”Simple Pleasures.
This was a very unusual bit of work because the whole 33 minute performance is vocal tracks from Bobby. There are no instruments. It is all done by his voice.
I haven’t listened to this in a long time. It starts with his hit “Don’t Worry. Be Happy.”
If you’ve got a high end system, this album is fascinating. He does Trios and Quartets with himsel, as well as providing all of the augmentation by voice. The better your system, the more clear the many layers become.
While this never caught on as an audiophile reference recording, it is worth a listen, and you may discover new things about your system’s resolving power. There is no right image (this is true of many multitrack recordings). But it is good fun. And the first cut is great advice!
This was a very unusual bit of work because the whole 33 minute performance is vocal tracks from Bobby. There are no instruments. It is all done by his voice.
I haven’t listened to this in a long time. It starts with his hit “Don’t Worry. Be Happy.”
If you’ve got a high end system, this album is fascinating. He does Trios and Quartets with himsel, as well as providing all of the augmentation by voice. The better your system, the more clear the many layers become.
While this never caught on as an audiophile reference recording, it is worth a listen, and you may discover new things about your system’s resolving power. There is no right image (this is true of many multitrack recordings). But it is good fun. And the first cut is great advice!
I’m on to this now. Love those Jazz Messengers. This is the 192/24 FLAC file from Qobuz. Very nice.
I often play gentle Jazz at bedtime to lull me off to sleep, here's one that works well:
For starting that perfect day, bookended by Gateway and Wes.
Bill Evans
“Waltz For Debby”
Craft / OJC Series
“Waltz For Debby”
Craft / OJC Series
Horatio "Chiva' Barraro, "Blues Para Un Cosmonauta".
Dorothy Ashby, "The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby, the re-release on 'Verve By Request'.
Dorothy Ashby, "The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby, the re-release on 'Verve By Request'.
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