It happened again tonight

Frank,

There have been so many times that I have suggested to audiophile friends that an audio system is a time machine. We can be transported back to our teen years in an instant, and have those artists we loved so much, perform right there in front of us.  

Yes, but it's a "time machine" also in a different way.
Spinning the Rush vinyl re-issues (stunning) on my high end systems transforms the experience beyond what it was even in my teens.  It brings the moment "alive" in a way it never quite was listening in my teens.  The scale, soundstaging, clarity, the sense of peering in to the real space, the dynamics and clarity of the musicians playing, it's closer to being transported to the live event itself, vs to my teenage memories of listening to the record.

rodman99999 ...

I finally got around to opening and watching that video link you posted. I'm still laughing., I'm sending it to my roommate who has been giving me the silent treatment for the past few days. *lol* 

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prof ... 

Agreed. Even though I attended a ton of live jazz clubs back in the '50s, the memory has faded. With the way the system is now, I can put on those old, well-recorded mono recordings of those events and be transported back to those clubs and relive it all over again. 

Here is a group from one of my favorite haunts in high school. The address was One Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, California, about twenty minutes from where I lived at the time... Take a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmMYadmrMJw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFRDj0z784

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su5oljCO30k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrjNr6fFZw

West Coast jazz at it's finest.

Frank

Frank,
That's wonderful stuff, thanks for the links!

I like west coast Jazz....It seems I dont know it like I tought I was...Thanks for this Howard Rumsey, unknown to me, new band.... My best....

^^^ Thanks, guys.

I started going to the Lighthouse and listening to these musicians in 1955 when I was a Junior in High School. I had a Buddy who also liked jazz and the two of us would close the place up maybe twice a week, then try to stay awake in school the next day. And then back again on weekends.

The club owner recognized us as real enthusiasts so he allowed us to sit in a rear booth and drink coffee all evening ... at twenty-five cents a cup. That was expensive. Twenty-five cents would buy you a gallon of gas at the time.

All of the musicians were terrific, but I was especially enamored with the drummer, Stan Levey. If it was a slow night, I would sit right by the stage, looking up at Stan play the drums. In my opinion, Stan Levey was THE best jazz drummer of all time, even better than Shelly Manne. Some think they were close, but for me, Stan takes the cake.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=stan+levey+drummer&fr=chr-yo_gc&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moderndrummer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2FStan_Levy_No_Credit-720x925.png#id=1&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moderndrummer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2FStan_Levy_No_Credit-720x925.png&action=click

I have all of their albums, and they are real treasures in my collection. They are still available on eBay for not a lot of money. They are on the Contemporary label, which was consistently a producer of good sound and great performances.

Here's some cool pictures of what it was like:

https://www.thelighthousecafe.net/history

Ah, the memories. It was a great time to be a kid.

Frank