Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz.

@oregonpapa I knew they were mono. And I can hear that immediately. I thought I was supposed to look for other differences. I misunderstood.
However, I still felt like there was some sound stage. As impossible as that may be.
In terms of mono vs stereo, in the recordings you linked to, it did not make much difference to me.
However, I have some 60's rock album that are mono and they just sound flat to me.

^^^ Well, believe it or not, on good mono recordings there actually is a sound stage. Maybe not as wide as stereo, but the venue is certainaly there. I wish you were close by ... I’d give you a demo.

By the way, just as a side note, I’m a harmonica player. I’ve been following this woman for years on her Youtube videos. In the beginning, she was a good player. Now? Holy crapola! I keep thinking ... maybe there’s hope for me yet. :-)

Welcome to your introduction to Christelle Berthon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FzBLdmMAk4

Here's another great player. Try to keep your eyes on the harmonica. *lol*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv5w--YW850

Wow, that chick can wail on the harp!

I have dabbled with harmonica. Can’t play much of anything because I never stuck with it. Still have a few of them.

Have drums now. Same scenario but I can play through a few songs now. Went from small, quiet and portable to large, loud and stuck in the basement. My kit is electric and I’m really feeling limited by it. May get real drums before too long.........but the current pandemic is putting a real dent in the paycheck......so maybe later.

Well, take heart. The brilliant essayist H.L.Mencken said in an essay about true music lovers ... 

"When you go to the opera on opening night and see the gentlemen in their top hats and tails and the ladies in their flowing evening gowns, they are not the true music lovers. They are there to be seen in society." He continued ... "You can always tell true music lovers by the fact that they always try to make their own music. They may be atrocious at it, but they continue to try anyway." 

See ... it is, after all, all about the music. *lol*

Frank

@oregonpapa Frank, great quote. And it reminded me of something off topic. I am not an opera lover but I can enjoy some of them. I have also not traveled much but in 2009 went to Italy for the first time. Driven mostly by interest in Italian cooking. Went to Parma. Lovely little city. Great opera house. Thought we might go to the opera while we were there. Wrong. Tickets impossible to get. The door of the opera house was covered with ’need ticket’ requests taped and pinned to it.

Came to find out that it sells out quickly. Yes, with the tux and tails crowd but also throngs of young people. And many of them can’t afford seats but they can afford the top row tickets where they stand and watch the opera. And these things go on for hours.

We went back in 2018. This time with tickets bought well in advance. Tosca. Sure enough, teens standing on the upper gallery for the whole show.

Those are true music lovers too!

At this point I am atrocious on the drums........but surprise myself fairly often that I can do anything at all.
And then there is jazz drumming............so hard.