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Jazz for aficionados

Jazz for aficionados

I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.

Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".

"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.

While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10
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rok2id
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Btw, Rok will disagree, but Peter Aczel was a hack who obviously had no ears. Denier of anything that could not be “proven” with measurements instead of using one’s ears. Personally, I wouldn’t think twice about anything he had to say.

This is a disgraceful thing to say about Peter. The guys at Stereo Review and the other early magazines created this"hobby." Back in the day it was for music lovers. They made their systems themselves. Including the speaker.

Then they were destroyed professionally by people with more money than brains. I remember Julian being ’forced’ to ’admit’ that each amp had it’s own distinct sound. That was the beginning. Then the flood gates burst, as charlatans realized that all you have to do is establish the principle, that "if I say I can hear it, it’s true, and if you can’t, you just can’t hear." Remember the Emperor and his clothes?

The whole thing was shameful, and will stain this ’hobby’ forever.

Cheers
frogman
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Another Chick Corea live clip. What a huge loss Bob Berg was! 

https://youtu.be/UhF179iXLyM
frogman
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“Disgraceful” ? Give me break. Anyone claiming to be an authority who says that all amplifiers sound the same is, yes, a hack.

Good night all 😌
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rok2id
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In order to judge any amp we have to have a standard. A holy grail, so to speak. Any half ass good engineer can screw around with the Freq response and make an amp sound a certain way. But what is the Goal? The objective? The standard?

I think it’s, "the perfect amp is a straight piece of wire with gain." That statement itself says that the wire adds or takes away NOTHING.

Perfect amps don’t exist. So we get as close as possible. Which SHOULD show up in the measurements.

I’m sure the very wealthy boy geniuses in their garage workshops, would beg to disagree.

Ever notice how none of the charlatans ever claim any performance characteristics for their wire? What is it suppose to do? Describe the "improvement" you are suppose to hear. Do you have to try all 6 billion brands and models until you hit pay dirt? Just asking.

Cheers


keegiam
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Rok, you don't get it.

We're human, and we hear live music with the hearing we're stuck with.  All we want of our audio systems is to present performances with the most true-to-life recreation possible.

It doesn't matter how a dog hears or how a tiger hears.  The point is to bring what we would hear if we were at the performance into our homes.  Just deliver, through audio gear and the recording, the same experience as if we were present at the performance.  That is, in my view, an audiophile's ultimate goal.
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