@nycjlee Rather than listing numerous discs, the one that will get the job done in every way of appreciating break-in and is just great, fun jazz is Clark Terry's "Portraits" on Chesky. It may be the best overall recording I own as the music is revelatory and the recording flawless. Images occupy a huge soundstage. Clark's trumpet images to the right of the right speaker on some cuts. He engages in fun scatting on some songs. The cymbals....you can hear Lewis Nash work his way around the kit and detect the different diameters of the various cymbals. The smaller the cymbal the more numerous are the higher frequency overtones and vice versa. The big deal is the "brassiness" of the cymbals. It sounds as close to hearing live as I've experienced in a recording. The dynamic swell of the music breathes life into it. You will not lose on this disc. I will promise that. You will notice that it's almost impossible not to react physically to the sway of the music as it grows from cut to cut.
Warning - A couple of times Terry taps the mike and you'll hear(feel) a thump. Your system is fine you are just hearing what's on the disc. Leaving artifacts like that in the final production enhances the sense of being in the room live with the performers.
I have had the CD for some time and it is great. If you want all this extraordinary recording can offer, get the SACD. It Will be your demo. disc as well as something you pop in the player when you don't know what you want to listen to ... a true treasure!
Uh oh! Forget buying the SACD from Chesky or Amazon. Import CDs has it on eBay for $17.59 shipping included.
Warning - A couple of times Terry taps the mike and you'll hear(feel) a thump. Your system is fine you are just hearing what's on the disc. Leaving artifacts like that in the final production enhances the sense of being in the room live with the performers.
I have had the CD for some time and it is great. If you want all this extraordinary recording can offer, get the SACD. It Will be your demo. disc as well as something you pop in the player when you don't know what you want to listen to ... a true treasure!
Uh oh! Forget buying the SACD from Chesky or Amazon. Import CDs has it on eBay for $17.59 shipping included.