What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)

Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2014

On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread...

Anyway, links:

Volume X: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x

Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by Kevin-W

Another double album from the 15-LP Atlantic Jazz box set, this one concentrates on the more "soulful" side of the music. Utterly superb:

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by dave4jazz

Originally Posted by Quad 33:

This fits the bill perfectly after an excellent three course Sunday lunch.

From the Music Matters 33 series

CD rip of the 2008 RVG remaster. Great music but very dissappointing sound due to high background noise level.

Dave

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by DenisA

Steve, this is what got me started with Bleu

Redhead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...EqmAywDLU6eTJivc0nOA

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by DenisA

Bleu - Ursula Major, Ursula Minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61zCl4Zd8I8

Bleu - 3's A Charm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h4l9 9bpHhc

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by Dave J

Originally Posted by Gary Shaw:

Originally Posted by DenisA:

Originally Posted by Gary Shaw:

Fingers crossed then. Denis will back me up

Hi Gary,

I didn't know about the Jellyfish Deluxe editions, but did buy the vinyl releases 3 years ago

-> https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...ly=13252151295556719

The original "If you like Jellyfish..." thread was a Powerpop voyage of discovery and I haven't looked back since.

Powerpop Blog - http://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.co.uk/

I've been following :-

Bleu - http://www.bleutopia.com/home.html

Jason Falkner - http://www.jasonfalkner.net/

The Grays - http://indyrocklive.com/featur...he-grays-ro-sham-bo/

The Feeling (Twelve Stops From Home) etc. ever since

Hope this helps Steve.

Denis

Hah! That thread led me to the Riders visiting Seagull's system (where I played the Jellyfish that Kuma commented on). That was great fun, though we did kill his 250 . Sadly my photos didn't survive the transition to the new forum software - there are some much missed old chums there (seagull, AlexG, AlexS, Mr Hobbs-Mallyon, who did the 250 killing, Malcolm Davey, plus one or two who still lurk here).

I remember that session. I think it was AlexG who killed off Seagull's 250. But, yeah, David H-B was inclined to destroy amps; who was it that caused mine to retire for the evening? Probably David.

I'll be buying the Jellyfish, thought I'd done so after you'd introduced me to it all those years ago, but apparently not.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by Steve J

Originally Posted by dave4jazz:

Originally Posted by Quad 33:

This fits the bill perfectly after an excellent three course Sunday lunch.

From the Music Matters 33 series

CD rip of the 2008 RVG remaster. Great music but very dissappointing sound due to high background noise level.

Dave

The Ron McMaster CD from the '80s sounds excellent. I picked one up for a couple of quid last week on Amazon other sellers.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by kuma

Surprising discovery: The best Partita No.2 in C Minor I have heard.

A great dynamic contrast and expressions under his deadpan style. Slower movements are beatuifully articulated yet entirely aoviding becoming mechanical or dull. Rondo right after a serene Sarabande cuts in like a clean blade. A high key sumie with bold strokes on a stark white background yet he adds flesh and blood.

I am still not convinced with his Chopin work, but goodness, I am very much moved with his Shibui (渋い) Bach work.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by DenisA

Home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...cPEAijek&index=1

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by Nick Lees

Originally Posted by Dave J:

I remember that session. I think it was AlexG who killed off Seagull's 250. But, yeah, David H-B was inclined to destroy amps; who was it that caused mine to retire for the evening? Probably David.

I'll be buying the Jellyfish, thought I'd done so after you'd introduced me to it all those years ago, but apparently not.

Ummm... I think I raised the temperature with the OTT, then David H-M played the George Crumb and whacked it up in an attempt to get the room filled with agonising sound from those poor KEF Q5s.

I definitely killed your 250 with Amon Duul 2 (Archangels Thunderbird).

I'm a better person now though. Honest.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by Haim Ronen

Hancock performing in Tokyo in 1978.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by matt podniesinski

On vinyl.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by matt podniesinski

Vinyl-Japanese reissue.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by bishopla

Vinyl

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by kuma

Guilty pleasure disc from the 80s.

I've got this album after liking Quincy Jone's 'Dude' which contained the block buster 'One Hundred Ways' and 'Just Once'.

...and Miss Janet on a 45 single.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by ewemon

Originally Posted by Steve J:

Originally Posted by dave4jazz:

Originally Posted by Quad 33:

This fits the bill perfectly after an excellent three course Sunday lunch.

From the Music Matters 33 series

CD rip of the 2008 RVG remaster. Great music but very dissappointing sound due to high background noise level.

Dave

The Ron McMaster CD from the '80s sounds excellent. I picked one up for a couple of quid last week on Amazon other sellers.

In the main the RVG remasters from 2008 are not the go to for sq as most have goosed trebles. My Blue Note collection is made up of mainly original cd's, Japanese TOCJ and CP32 series discs.

Posted on: 08 March 2015 by ewemon