Jazz for aficionados

Hi Frogman,
I`m glad you enjoyed it.I play it fairly regularly. I love "Chan`s Song" with that beautiful con arco bass introduction by Mcbride.The duet "Kiss" just catches my ears every time.Herbie could write some beautiful music.
Regards,

Rok, as good as your reviews have been, this is the best yet. Although it's almost impossible to know who's playing what, it's all good. Ray has not played jazz this good before, nor since; he had so much soul, and he was young then.

The blues, jazz comment is right on. This music mixes them so well, that bluesjazz is the only appropriate word for it. In regard to who's playing what, I just found out that Skeeter Best is the guitar soloist on "Blue Funk".

Enjoy the music.

Assorted Swedes -- Jazz at the Pawnshop 2CD set SACD

After listening to both CDs, I have two questions.
1. what was all the brouhaha about?
2. WTF was I thinking when I bought it?

I have owned this forever. Listened once and put it back on the rack. I Fell for all the 'audiophile' hype.

I never even stopped to see who was playing and where.
For years I just assumed that the Pawnshop was a club in NYC. Well it turns out its in Stockholm Sweden. And the players are locals (I assume).

This is much ado about not much. Even the vaunted sound quality is not that special given the current state of the art. This is an example of Sound over Substance

I thought the sound was great. As I listened it occurred to me that seldom does great performance and great sound come together at the same time. That seems to be true across all genres.

I thought that this recording expertise could have been put to better use on other performers and performances.

I checked the reaction on Amazon, and one reviewer said the same thing. I guess we both wished we could get Charlie Parker recordings of this quality. It feels great to have similar thoughts with other Jazzers.

And not content to inflict this one outrage on the Jazz public, there are vols two and three!!! Due no doubt to the 'audiophile' element amongst us. They even assaulted Brubeck's 'Take Five'!!! Where there no Jazz police there???

I am sure the players are nice guys, and they play well. They are just missing that certain Something. Hard to define, but I know when it's not there.

Ain't got it? You don't need it, BUT, if you absoultely, positively have to have it, 'these sellers' will have it in your hands next week for a measley $90. $122 for the HD version! Good Luck!

Cheers

For a number of years I've felt that "Jazz at the Pawn Shop" was representative of the quintessential audiophile Creed, the sound means more than the music being performed.

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Dexter Gordon's 'One Flight Up' album is a must-have in your jazz collection. The cut 'Tanya' is a monster jam.
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