Jazz for aficionados

Today’s Listen:

John Coltrane -- AFRO BLUE IMPRESSIONS

2CD set. Total of 9 tunes. Recorded in Sweden and during a European tour in 1963. Before you say you have heard these before, trust me, only the titles have remained the same. Sort of like albums by Monk.

Notes: Some of the more interesting I have ever read.
".....Historians will certainly see Coltrane as a musician who, having inherited the vast new harmonic territories bequeathed by Charlie Parker, sought to consolidate those gains and build on them. The problem was to know how to build upon them, for Parker, in opening the way for the incorporation into Jazz of an all-embracing harmonic system, had, like a westering pioneer too successful for his own eventual good, reached the sea; after Parker, where else could an experimenter wander without without violating the bounds of formal logic altogether?" --- Benny Green

Goes on to say that in this album, that is the question Coltrane is constantly asking himself.   Coltrane died shortly after these recordings were made.

I think he was trying to break out of Jazz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8NP9-52ZyY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u10gOGu9jbk

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmqUon9ofSs

Cheers

"reached the Sea" I Love that. This guy knows Jazz and can write also.

***** Rok, for a tube preamp, I recommend a CJ PV-10;*****

After thinking about things, I realized that my stuff is not as old as it seems.  The amps have only been played 1/3 of the time.  However, my 14 year old Marantz SACD player is making loud grinding noises when turned on.   Then displays the message "Cannot play".  It eventually does, but these are red flags.

Questions to the OP:
What, if any, is the down side of replacing the Marantz with a Yamaha Blu-Ray (Yamaha Aventage BD-A1060)  player for half the money.   It plays SACDs also.

Cheers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37RF5xKNq8

Rok, honest question:  what exactly are you trying to accomplish with a possible foray into audiophilia; or, at least, some new gear?  Functionality or sound concerns, or curiosity?  
Btw, I bought the current $500 model Oppo everything-player for a HT setup and I must say it sounds amazingly good for the money...for a cd (everything) player ☺️

Rok, it's time you upped the quality of your sound; that CJ-PV 10 is known the world over, and has been for some time.

That Blue Ray sounds like a winner; there have been advances in chips that allow you to have better quality digital at a cheaper price.

Amps and preamps are slightly different; the preamp especially. The amp produces whatever sound the Pre feeds it. If the Pre feeds it a high quality "Tube" sound, that's what it will try to send to your speakers.

Differences in SS amps are subtle, but each positive upgrade is quite expensive because it comes at the cost of more expensive parts which the manufacture has to pass on. Like it or not, electrolytic capacitors go downhill in such a way that you don't realize it until the quality of audio is really bad. In other words, if you compared your amps with identical amps that had new capacitors, you would hear a big difference.

The most unfortunate thing about this time, is the fact that high end salons no longer exist. (good thing)  If they did, I might sell the baby's high chair to get new speakers, after hearing how much better theirs sounded.

You bought your stuff when we were in the "Lo-Fi" game, it's time to move up a notch. I gave you the cheapest option available for that move.