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

[facten]

Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill

 

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Skinny Hightower - Mind Over Matter

 

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Joe McBride - Lookin' For A Change

 

[hopkins]

I'm listening this afternoon to the Octave Records "Erroll Garner - Liberation in Swing" box set, which contains the 3 LPs of his 1959 Symphony Hall concert, plus other goodies:

Erroll Garner Liberation In Swing: The Octave Records Story & Complete Symphony Hall Concert 180g 4LP

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There's also a deluxe version of the set, twice as expensive.

The sound quality is really good. The set contains essays and liner notes, some of Garner's artwork, and pictures, like this one, for example (Meade Lux Lewis, Art Tatum, Pete Johnson, Garner):



The music is great. If you are a Garner fan, it's a nice purchase.

And here it is playing in my living room (on a single speaker, I'm in the process of rewiring the other):

Sound quality through a phone is not optimal - you can find a shorter version of the concert on streaming services.

The recording is in mono, but I'm using my stereo cartridge, as mono records stopped being made with mono cutting heads around 1968...

 

[hopkins]

Just received the latest Mosaic compilation box set of Bobby Hutcherson’s Blue Note recordings. As always from Mosaic, the digital remastering of these analog recordings is top notch. Of equal importance is the beautiful full size booklet of liner notes with classic black and white photographs of the performers. Brilliant package over all that will be on my playlist for years to come.

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Just got my shipment notification

Mosaic records states: "The sonic clarity is thrilling. Mastered from hi-res files of the original analog masters by Andreas Meyer. Thanks to current 24 bit/192 hKz technology and dramatic improvement in analog to digital converters, the sound on this set is far superior to any previous CD issues and is astonishingly close to that of audiophile vinyl."

Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963 - 1970 Limited Edition Box Set (#278 - 7 CDs) -

An exceptional writer, Hutcherson had a wonderful approach and there is never an doubt when you are hearing Hutcherson, his style is that distinctive.

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