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| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? @mijostyn: Webb’s bass drum may have been 28" in diameter, which was typical at the time. Or it may have been even 32", a common size of marching band bass drums. The drummers of the 1920’s put together their own sets, not buying them already a... | |
| Tune of the Day Excellent Steve! Mine is also an Esoteric, but an old multi-format player (DV-50s), which I bought from Arthur Salvatore. 46 lbs! It replaced a Marantz CD-80 (itself a very heavy beast), the only other digital player I’ve owned. | |
| Tune of the Day Damn Steve, your first? | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? One drummer whom all the other musician’s in the Jazz and Big bands of the 1930’s and 40’s really liked playing with was Dave Tough. While his technical chops were not as well developed as some of the other drummers, and he therefore couldn’t s... | |
| Gold Lion AX7 in tube preamp For lower gain you can substitute a 5751 for the 12ax7 in many circuits. | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? @lewm: Oh man Lew, I was playing with a guitarist who wanted include "Take Five" in his live shows. I can’t tell you how hard Morello’s part in that song is to play convincingly. He asked me if I could do it, and I replied "Sort of". Not even c... | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? In the 1990’s Earl Palmer’s jazz trio (piano, bass, drums) was performing in the bar at Chadney’s Restaurant in Burbank, located directly across the street from the NBC studio where the Tonight Show is taped. I lived two blocks away, and would ... | |
| New In 2024 On August 12th Real Gone Music is releasing the never-before issued recordings Dusty Springfield made in 1971 with Jeff Barry (famous for his Pop songwriting with partner Ellie Greenwich) producing, entitled Faithful. It is a pressing of 1500 L... | |
| VPI to What The only other table I'm lusting for is a Garrard 401 or Thorens TD-124 Mk.2. I had a TD-125 back in the mid-70's (with an SME 3009 mounted on it), and had nothing but trouble with it. | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? My Audiogon handle is a reference to my preference when it comes to bass drum diameter (and drum covering finish). Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa (and most all other big band drummers in the 1930’s and 40’s) played 26" bass drums early on, downsizin... | |
| Tune of the Day The Notorious Cherry Bombs, great album Steve! I wish Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Tony Brown, Richard Bennett, Hank Devito, and Eddie Bayers (now THAT is a supergroup!) would make a second album. The song "Wait A Minute" has an infectious hook,... | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? I joined a Jump Blues/Swing band in 1973, and had to learn to play in the style heard on the 1940’s-50’s recordings of that music. Those drummers played "4 on the floor", a term meaning playing the bass drum with 4 quarter notes per bar (on the... | |
| A great Otis Gibbs interview with guitarist Kenny Vaughan. Another current unique guitarist is Buddy Miller, who has a style and sound all his own. He leads Emmylou Harris’ band on the road and sings harmony with her. He is also a great producer, singer, and recording engineer (the sound of his recordi... | |
| VPI to What @ozzy62: I too have an Aries (the original version, bone stock) in addition to a highly modified HW-19. They’re both available (no, not mine 😉) at very modest cost. And I agree, the Aries is indeed sexy looking. My other table is a Townshend A... | |
| The joys of mid-fi A great topic! Art Dudley included the subject of the ability of superior hi-fi components to afford the listener deeper access into the musical performances contained in recordings, irrespective of the "sound" of the recordings and/or compone... |