Jazz for aficionados

Pjw, West Coast is not quite in the normal lineage of modern jazz, it was developed in LA utilizing elements of modern jazz. The music developed around the California culture, which was cool and laid back.

For me, it is an alternative that requires a different "mind set". Just before you posted I was writing a post for Rok to get his evaluation of "West Coast". Now that this is included, we'll see what he has to say.

For me personally, I'm doing some serious shopping. My opinion is not to compare it to "East Coast", but to enjoy it for what it is. Rather than compare a Kiwi fruit to an apple, just enjoy whatever it is you're eating at the time.

Now that we have "You tube" I can be very selective.

Here's another one Pjw, even on "you tube" this sounds so much better. I'm going to pass on the 4 discs and just get the individual albums.


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WxpHeuBo2s

O-10,
We should all be wary of fabricated genres.   Esp in Jazz and Blues.

Some people found they could give the locals what they wanted to hear and make a lot of money doing it.  That's the American way.  Even Miles did it. 

But, the creative heart and soul of Jazz remains NYC.   The rest are just, as our OP might say, "earning a Living".

Which begs the question, what the heck was Gene Harris doing in Idaho??

Cheers

Rok, "West Coast" came and went; what we are discussing is in the past.  When I go back to that time,  (in my mental time machine) I can relate to it.

orpheus10,

So you are sticking to just vinyl LP’s if I am understanding you correctly. Just about all digital music is compressed. The amount of compression can vary depending on the engineer/mixer. Most of the time, if the engineer is a good one, it does not affect the finished product.

I suggest you google compression in audio. Most of the articles will say the difference in sound is negligible unless it was just a crappy engineer doing the final mix. It also depends on what genre of music is being mixed in the recording.

Does your collection consist of only analog LP’s? Do you have any compact discs?

Getting back to the Shelly Manne live at the Blackhawk:
Individual CD’s of all 5 volumes will cost you 5x the cost of the boxset if they are even available. And the individual discs may also be compressed. The ONLY WAY to go in your case would be vinyl so you could be sure of no compression.

So basically you turned down a chance to get the whole shebang on 4 discs for free and listen to them and decide for yourself. or waiting a long time and spending way more on individual LP’s. I can’t see how getting something free is a "critical choice"


I am not a vinyl guy and have a 5k system with Sennheiser 650 headphones for "critical listening" through a DAC. I have close to 1000,00 compact discs and have only made a "frisbee" out of about 20 or so because of "compression/recording/mixing issues. When I say it is not compressed what I really mean is its not compressed enough for the human ears to make a clear distinction. This has all been done with systems way more expensive then mine with blind testing of "audiophiles".

RE Audiophile: A person or persons that spend 10k for speaker cables and RCA interconnects and swear they can hear a difference. LOL