Jazz for aficionados
pjw, thanks for the focus on Hiromi. I had heard a couple of things by her in the past and for no particular reason I didn’t follow up Very impressive very high energy playing. A melting pot of many styles and piano playing with the technical precision of a player with a strong Classical background. Pretty impressive stuff: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oOCniYVLlXs |
orpheus10 Your reference to Albert King is appropriate . Th e guitarist on "Albert's Shuffle", MiKe Bloomfield, was a well respected & popular blues guitarist .He w as born in Chicago , played with many oF the popular blues artists who resided there. He made his reputation playing in clubs "BigvJohns" and "Magoos". He helped to popularize blues in the 60's but unfortunately died of a drug overdose in 1981.Agreed "Harvey's Tune" was way too short. Would have liked to have seen it stretched out with some solos. It was just an added tun e at the end of the session where leader Al Kooper graciously gave bass player Harvey Brooks time for a tune he had written. |
pjw Thanks for the specific Hiromi titles it gives me something to work with. She must b e great to see live very dynamic lots of energy. Regarding her sacd hybrids i should have been more specific. Was curious if you had compared the sacd layer with the cd layer on the same disc. In other words switched from sacd to cd using the hybrid if your system plays both cd and sacd. |
Maybe I should have asked if you think Ellington anticipated, or was he surprised, at the crowds reaction to Gonsalves' Interval. They say it was a near riot. That's 'Riot' in the context of Newport, not Riot as in Chicago. I understand a few deck chairs were knocked over due to the crowds exuberance. *****But, that’s just me.***** Agreed. Cheers |
nsp I listened to all her discs years ago on my SACD compatible player. Since then I have ripped my whole collection to my laptop via Windows Media Player in FLAC format (lossless). I connect my Laptop to my AVR via HDMI to listen to music so I don't have to load and unload discs constantly. I have all my discs (approaching 500)stored in boxes. I would have to physically play the disc to get the SACD format. If I have time this weekend I will try an A-B analysis. I have listened to plenty of her music via my laptop/AVR and it sounds fantastic. The engineers did a great job. Wide soundstage/imaging with subtle nuances all shining through. |
