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I must second both Shadorne & Dcstep... Homage To Duke is still one of the best recordings ever to my ears, and long-term reference...

It has slightly more bass then it should, IMHO, but it is the realistic dynamics that make this such a gem. To me it is this lack of compression which is what makes this so enjoyable and realistic. Piano sounds real. Drums sound real. Sadly 99.99% of music is squashed to suit the inferior playback systems in most homes and never has the dynamics that one expects of real instruments or anything remotely close to what CD's are capable of dynamically.

Harry James and his big band on Sheffield labs is another recording that has realistic dynamics. Tower of Power albums are generally all good too. Occasionally on pop music a rare piece will slip out...such as "Murder by Numbers" off the Police Synchronicity album...

There you go. The absolute first disk I pulled out after I brought my Pro-ject RM10 turntable home was Sheffield's "King James Version". That's the most realistic big band sound I've heard on recording, from the perspective of the conductor. Harry smokes.

Later in the same day, "Squibcakes" from the TOP D2D LP took center stage. Wow!

Dave

Harry smokes.

Indeed he had great "sizzle"...a very nice sound and yes he did smoke (cigarettes) too...

"Sizzle" is a trumpeting term and you used it exactly right. Are you a player? I am.

Dave

My father played trombone in a big band that used to play during the old dance hall days. I used to play clarinet and I'm currently working on drums as you will see in my system here.