? What Jazz Music Selection are you Listening to in the Now? | Analog, Digital ??????

[Rexp]

16/44.1

 

[Rexp]

This girl can swing!

Track is on this album, I'd recommend the WAV download from Bandcamp:

 

[godofwealth]

Listening to this lovely live recording made 60 years ago in NYC. Wish I could have been there in person.

 

[Rexp]

Bandcamp is where it's at! (also sounds better than Tidal/Qobuz)

cook/swing/work/relax, by New Jazz Underground

4 track album

newjazzunderground.bandcamp.com

 

[hopkins]

Bandcamp is where it's at! (also sounds better than Tidal/Qobuz

How do you know that ("sound better") since generally the albums available on Bandcamp are not available on other streaming services? Have you compared those that are? Which ones?

P.S. Here's one I bought on Bandcamp which is also available on Qobuz. I don't hear any differences between the two:

Open Qobuz

open.qobuz.com

Live at Slukefter Vol. 2, by Hank Jones Trio

9 track album

storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com

Do you?

 

[godofwealth]

Listening to the lovely series of live recordings that Paul Desmond made 50 years ago in Toronto on Mosaic records. Desmond’s playing was once famously described as smooth as a dry Martini. That’s exactly what this lovely limited edition CD box set sounds like.

 

[Rexp]

Listening to the lovely series of live recordings that Paul Desmond made 50 years ago in Toronto on Mosaic records. Desmond’s playing was once famously described as smooth as a dry Martini. That’s exactly what this lovely limited edition CD box set sounds like.

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Wait, what! You're recommending digital??

 

[godofwealth]

Hey, I have over 5000 CDs and SACDs in my house bought over a 40-year period! Even though vinyl still sounds superior to my ears (and live music blows away any recording I have ever heard on any system), that doesn’t imply I can’t enjoy digital. I do. Heck, I grew up listening to music on a shortwave radio! If you can enjoy music on a shortwave radio with all that AM radio interference, you can tolerate anything! In my life, I’ve listened to cassette tape, 8-track tape, open reel, VCR tape, and a gazillion other formats. As always, music comes first. In this case, I don’t have the vinyl release. A lot of Mosaic vinyl is unobtanium.

 

[Rexp]

Hey, I have over 5000 CDs and SACDs in my house bought over a 40-year period! Even though vinyl still sounds superior to my ears (and live music blows away any recording I have ever heard on any system), that doesn’t imply I can’t enjoy digital. I do. Heck, I grew up listening to music on a shortwave radio! If you can enjoy music on a shortwave radio with all that AM radio interference, you can tolerate anything! In my life, I’ve listened to cassette tape, 8-track tape, open reel, VCR tape, and a gazillion other formats. As always, music comes first. In this case, I don’t have the vinyl release. A lot of Mosaic vinyl is unobtanium.

Sure, I'm only pulling your leg.

 

[hopkins]

Hey, I have over 5000 CDs and SACDs in my house bought over a 40-year period! Even though vinyl still sounds superior to my ears (and live music blows away any recording I have ever heard on any system), that doesn’t imply I can’t enjoy digital. I do. Heck, I grew up listening to music on a shortwave radio! If you can enjoy music on a shortwave radio with all that AM radio interference, you can tolerate anything! In my life, I’ve listened to cassette tape, 8-track tape, open reel, VCR tape, and a gazillion other formats. As always, music comes first. In this case, I don’t have the vinyl release. A lot of Mosaic vinyl is unobtanium.

Mosaic record's CD releases usually sound very good (given the source material they have to work with). Quality liner notes and photography, alternate takes, unissued tracks - what's not to like?

Here's a nice piece by Whitney Balliett on Paul Desmond, in case you have not read it:

https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudplayer/samples/Paul%20Desmond%20Sep%2016%2C%201991.pdf

 

[hopkins]

If you are interested in Jazz, and eager to get recommendations, Marc Myers had a daily newsletter you can subscribe to.

Yesterday's was on Ben Webster - can't go wrong here - but he sometimes writes about lesser known artists that are worth listening to.

https://www.jazzwax.com/2024/06/backgrounder-ben-webster-king-of-the-tenors.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=FeedBlitzRss&utm_content=Backgrounder%3a+Ben+Webster+-+%27King+of+the+Tenors%27

A nice feature is that he always includes links to the music (on YouTube) so you can easily listen to what he writes about.

 

[Rexp]

16/44.1

 

[Rexp]

16/44.1

This swings!

 

[Rexp]

Anyone got this album? Sounds so much better than the version released by Capitol Records on streaming:

 

[Republicoftexas69]

Streaming WWOZ New Orleans as I do every day in my office, when I am in the office.

 

[hopkins]

Anyone got this album? Sounds so much better than the version released by Capitol Records on streaming:

Thanks for the heads up.
Here is a topic on the Steve Hoffman forum about this release: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/nat-king-cole-at-the-sands-the-complete-lost-concert.324332/

Listening to the two versions (complete vs original release) on my headphones, the sound is good, but very different, and I am not sure I prefer this "complete" version. The sound is a little warmer in the Capitol Records version but probably has more resolution in this version. The voice is more forward in the mix of this "complete" version (and it seems there is more reverb in the Capitol version). Difficult to pinpoint the differences. I'll check on my speakers at some point. Regardless, the two versions are enjoyable. The addition of the rehearsal tracks on that CD are interesting. The album is available on Qobuz, for those interested: https://open.qobuz.com/album/jfgw0xuoqrayc

 

[Republicoftexas69]

One of my favs.