Synergistic Red Fuse ...

^^^

Okay, hard as it will be, I'll try to keep quiet out of respect to the other posters. Hopefully, my last post made sense to "WCE."

Some music not to overlook is the small group trio stuff done by Harry Connick Jr.  He's an excellent jazz piano player and he really cares about the quality of the recordings he puts out. I listened to two of his CD's early this morning and the group was right there in the room. Very accurate piano recordings. 

OP

Hello Frank,
For clarification I was not suggesting that you need to be muzzled.  I was just expressing my own observation that what more can be said in terms of rebuttal from either side. 

Harry Connick sure was a big name during the 1990s primarily as a vocalist.  I'll check into his piano recordings, thanks. 

This weekend  my wife, her cousin and I attended the Detroit Jazz Festival downtown on the riverfront. Beautiful sunny,80 degrees and no humidity,  perfect weather and large, happy enthusiastic crowds.

We got to hear Rod Carter, Russell Malone,Roy Hargrove,  Marcus Roberts and other terrific jazz musicians.  Wonderful live jazz the entire weekend! What a treat.
Charles, 

^^^   No problem, Charles ... 

Your post made a lot of sense to me. There's been way too much energy spent hoping that somehow through osmosis some logic might seep into the brains of those who should already get it. They don't. They won't. No matter how one tries, their stubbornness prevails. So what's the use of even trying?

With the improvement of resolution and musicallity in the system, I'm discovering some really good artists. I had a couple of Harry Connick's CD's and one of his LP's for a  number of years. Like a lot of music in my collection, they just sat dormant on the shelf. Well, I got out the LP of Connick's "When Harry Met Sally" sound track and played it. VERY enjoyable indeed. That led me to discover Connick's recordings of his jazz group. No singing, just good piano jazz accompanied by other accomplished musicians. Good stuff ... and it swings. When I  hear Connick sing I'm reminded of a combination of Sinatra, Torme' and Jack Jones. I guess you could call the guy a song stylist.  

OP

Frank,
Due to your efforts this thread has made many music lovers aware of a very good tweak, myself included. You should be justifiably proud. 

Different topic,  
Frank do you have any recordings of Hampton Hawes? He was a first rate West Coast style pianist.  I really enjoy him, as they used to say, this cat can play! He did some wonderful collaborations  with Harold Land and Jim Hall in the 1950s.
Charles, 

Hi, Charles ...

Hampton Hawes? Yes, I have a number of his recordings. One of my favorites is his playing of "The Champ" on the "Lighthouse at Laguna"recording on Contemporary. On one side you have Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse Allstars, and on side two is the Hampton Hawes trio. Its only available in mono, but its a Contemporary, so its one of those recordings that  has you asking ... "who needs stereo?"

Here's what to look for:  

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lighthouse-Allstars-At-Laguna-CD-Mint-/391526192694?hash=item5b28c79636:g:OY...

I have a lot of recordings featuring Harold Land too. I've always considered him to be an underrated player. He's one of my favorites. He did a lot of work on Contemporary Records and they did an outstanding job of giving us great sounding recordings. The folks at Contemporary turned out a superior product. I have a ton of Contemporary recordings and I don't think there's a bad sounding one among them. 

Here's some of the Harold Land albums I own:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAROLD-LAND-The-Fox-Elmo-Hope-Dupree-Bolton-Frank-Butler-Herbie-Lewis-LP-/25...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/West-Coast-Blues-Harold-Land-Vinyl-LP-/282151675630?hash=item41b18ce6ee:g:-~...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harold-Land-Eastward-Ho-61-Jazzland-LP-/370524519238?hash=item5644fb7b46:m:m...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLIFFORD-BROWN-MAX-ROACH-IN-CONCERT-JAPAN-KING-LP-Teddy-Edwards-Harold-Land-...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RED-MITCHELL-HAROLD-LAND-5ET-Hear-Ye-Hear-Ye-Hear-Ye-Hear-Ye-LP-sm-wobc-/301...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harold-in-the-Land-of-Jazz-New-CD-/291802879128?hash=item43f0ce9498:g:~ygAAO...

Right now I'm listening to "A Portrait of Love;" early 18th century music for the French court, consisting of violin, harpsichord and gamba ... plus Nancy Argenta - soprano on Harmonia Mundi. Amazing!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VARIOUS-A-Portrait-Of-Love-CD-Like-New-Mint-/182222450066?hash=item2a6d4ded9...

I have to say, since the big strides in resolution and musicality have been made over the past year in the system, as good as the Harmonia Mundi recordings were in the past, they really have come to life. What a great label. 

Its fun discovering "new" recordings among the "old" collection. 

OP