Jazz for aficionados
For all the incognito Audiophiles on Aficionados. I like this guy. He makes sense and is obviously well grounded in the science of it all. He has many vlogs on many audiophile subjects. Check him out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNLeVxv6y-c Cheers |
I checked out a couple of his videos. I like the guy too. Seems like a very nice guy with a calm and very measured way of explaining hi-fi basics (!). Perhaps a little TOO diplomatic with his “conclusions”, but does a nice job. Well, “Lawdy, lawdy”, the cat is out of the bag. I believe you are a closet audiophile, Rok! A couple of takeaways from his “Hi-fi myths” video: *** “Different cables do sound different” *** (Duh!) *** “Every manufacturer of amps, turntables, etc., will tell you that changing internal cables and other parts will result in changes in the sound even if the changes can’t be measured. Moreover, it would be arrogant to assume that just because it can’t be measured there is no difference in sound” *** (slight paraphrase) Yup, you are turning into an audiophile! Reminds me of a comedian’s routine that I heard years ago re the way John Boehner (remember him?) chose to pronounce his name instead of the way that it should be pronounced: “Dude, just embrace it!“ |
Today is the great (!) Hank Mobley’s birthday. To say that he was underrated is an understatement. I suppose it is to be expected when a tenor player lives in the shadow of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Not exactly an innovator like Rollins and Coltrane, but always very distinctive and I love the beautiful logic of his story telling. Very prolific with twenty six (!) Blue Note records as a leader. Someone here 😄 likes to proclaim “No blues, no Jazz”. Never a problem with Mobley. It could be said that he was a Jazz conservative. During the 60s’ big move in the music toward the kind of “progressivism” that would see Trane’s intergallactic travels and Miles’ fusion, Mobley stuck to his Hard-bop roots. Sadly, in spite of his huge talent he was a bit of a social misfit who couldn’t manage money and suffered from bad health. At the end of his life he was living at the Amtrak station in Philadelphia. Probably his most highly regarded record: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSxK-_xeRIaaa2pVu1eBD3GGmRmTASsq Another great one: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSxK-_xeRIbM-BIcbbe7Q59QztHpCTJf One of my favorites and one with one of the best album titles in Jazz: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFBADE21A3C6C7A53 |
