Higher resolution Jazz

Look for the Concord recordings made at Penny Lane studios in NYC with Ed Trabanco as engineer.There was a run of a few years that Concord did most of their NYC based recordings with this studio and this engineer. Sensational,organic,living,breathing recordings that capture the music in all it's acoustic splendor.A good one to start with is the Gerry Mulligan/Scott Hamilton-"soft lights and sweet music",great music and a recording that captures it perfectly.
Stepping back into the time machine...Most of the Japanese produced albums,notably Eastwind and Atlas from the 70's and 80's were carefully miked in the studio and the musicians played what they wanted to and it was a notable combination.
How will the ECM recordings stand up to time? They are like sonic icebergs to me and steer my boat clear of them,and I do own some but the music sounds frozen,they had a good long run,now those lp's seem to find their way into the bargain bins.Time has a way of sorting things out.

I've grown keen on 50s mono releases, esp the Miles Davis mono box set. Sounds fantastic, check that out. Working through Coltrane mono box now called Side Steps. I agree with the above that simple = better.

I'm listening to more and more mono, although that's perhaps worthy of a separate thread.

Miles Davis milestones recording from mid late 50s comes to mind as a really good older monophonic jazz recording.

I also grab any audio fidelity recordings from that era whenever I come across one in good shape. Al Hirt anyone?

10-12 years ago, I posted several lengthy articles about jazz
which were pretty well received by the A-gon membership. You
can probably find them listed under my "Sdcampbell"
name. That said, I'll try to add a few ideas to those above. I
have a large collection of jazz LP's, and some of the best for
both quality of music and sound include:
1. Contemporary Records recordings from the latter 1950's
through the 1970's. In particular, the sessions done by
recording engineer Roy DuNann are excellent. A number of these
lp's have subsequently been remastered and released on high
quality vinyl.
2. "88" Records, a small Japanese label, has
released some lp's with superior sound quality, featuring
"elder statesmen" of jazz. Great attention was paid
to sound quality, and if this appeals to you go to the
website for "441records.com".
3. Verve Records, owned and operated at one time by Norman
Granz, has some first-rate lp's, many of which have been
remastered and issued on heavy virgin vinyl. You can find
these lp's for sale at Analog Sounds; Elusive Disc; and
MusicDirect.
4. Pablo Records, also owned by Norman Granz, did some superb
small group jazz recordings by some of the world's best
musicians. Check out the lp's by Art Tatum, Zoot Sims, Oscar
Peterson, Sarah Vaughn, Joe Pass, Count Basie, and other
greats.
5. Concord Records has already been mentioned, but let me
close by mentioning some of the labels that released generally
superior jazz lp's: Muse; Constellation; Palo Alto Jazz
(short-lived label owned by Dr. Herb Wong); Pacific Jazz;
Riverside; Prestige; and the following European-based labels:
Black Lion; Soul Note; and SteepleChase.
6. Although already mentioned above, it bears repeating: the
Blue Note recordings made by Rudy van Gelder. The current
reissue program has some great stuff.