Superb Live Recordings, post your favorites.
Posted by: Peet on 21 March 2015
"There is a special magic, an intimate vibrancy in a live performance which is impossible to recreate in the studio. I have often been asked to record live - a prospect which I have aspired to and dreaded at the same time - and I am delighted to finally have had the chance to do so. Here is some food for thought without any additives, sugar or preservatives. Enjoy." 
The room was filled to the brim with audio enthusiasts, the closest listener being just a few feet from the musicians and the microphones.
When the audience is so close to the musicians, a synergy occurs. The audience becomes part of the music making and help spur the musicians on to great heights.
The musicians feeling the empathy from the audience dare to take chances that one rarely hears in a studio recording.
Tony and Bert had not performed together as a duo before, and no rehearsal had taken place prior to the Rhapsody concert, but the music these two masters of improvisation created that sunny afternoon in Rhapsody, is simply breathtaking.
This trio is still widely regarded as his finest, largely because of the symbiotic interplay between its members. Tragically, LaFaro was killed in an automobile accident ten days after this session was recorded, and Evans assembled the two packages a few months afterward. While "Waltz for Debby" -- in retrospect -- is seemingly a showcase for Evans' brilliant, subtle, and wide-ranging pianism, this volume becomes an homage, largely, to the genius and contribution of LaFaro. That said, however, this were never the point. According to Motian, when Evans built this trio based on live gigs at the Basin Street East, the intention was always to develop a complete interactive trio experience.
In the Classical vein. I just spent a couple of hours dipping in and out of movements and even shorter sections of movements of 4 different recordings of Elgar Symphony #1. Solti, Mackerras, Andrew Davis and Sir Colin Davis. Winner by a knockout on every aspect; Sir Colin and the LSO Live recording. The continuity and flow perhaps the most decisive factor. The better the system gets, the more obvious become the cuts and patches in most Classical recordings.
Here is a rare live recording of Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" band, who were using multiple synths along with horns, etc. in the early 70s. It was recorded for radio broadcast in 1974 at the Jazz Workshop in Boston, but only released recently. It includes an extended version of "Hornets," from the Sextant album of 1973. His next album was Headhunters, which of course was hugely successful but not as interesting as the Mwandishi stuff, in my humble opinion.
Peet posted:Originally Posted by migo:Originally Posted by migo:Originally Posted by Peet:Originally Posted by christian u:Originally Posted by k:Originally Posted by Peet:Pure on SQ this album should be mentioned.
absolutely!
Sound Liaison, producing recordings available only in 24-bit/96kHz downloads that mirror the master recording. And man, are they ever sweet. I've seldom heard recordings that were so successful in both performance and sound aspects.......
...... Her style is bluesy and intimate with a sexy voice that's sweet as dark tupelo honey, and her interpretations are unerring. The musicians play to her and to each other, and the ensemble is so tight that the four musicians breathe and move as one.. . . Rad Bennett
''soundstage''
Yes it is a remarkable recording.
Those albums are part of a series of live in the studio albums they made, called the Studio Showcase series.
I believe there are 4 very diverse albums in the series but all with terrific SQ.
I count 5 downloads in the studio showcase series;
Carmen Gomes, Bach Reflections, Paul Berner Band, Batik, Tony Overwater & Bert van den Brink.
Sorry, but the'' Impromptu'' download is not in the studio showcase series. It's live but not live in the studio.
You are right...
all those S.L. albums are on sale with 33% off this week.
k posted:Peet posted:Originally Posted by migo:Originally Posted by migo:Originally Posted by Peet:Originally Posted by christian u:Originally Posted by k:Originally Posted by Peet:Pure on SQ this album should be mentioned.
absolutely!
Sound Liaison, producing recordings available only in 24-bit/96kHz downloads that mirror the master recording. And man, are they ever sweet. I've seldom heard recordings that were so successful in both performance and sound aspects.......
...... Her style is bluesy and intimate with a sexy voice that's sweet as dark tupelo honey, and her interpretations are unerring. The musicians play to her and to each other, and the ensemble is so tight that the four musicians breathe and move as one.. . . Rad Bennett
''soundstage''
Yes it is a remarkable recording.
Those albums are part of a series of live in the studio albums they made, called the Studio Showcase series.
I believe there are 4 very diverse albums in the series but all with terrific SQ.
I count 5 downloads in the studio showcase series;
Carmen Gomes, Bach Reflections, Paul Berner Band, Batik, Tony Overwater & Bert van den Brink.
Sorry, but the'' Impromptu'' download is not in the studio showcase series. It's live but not live in the studio.
You are right...
all those S.L. albums are on sale with 33% off this week.
I believe there is 24 hours left of that sale. Although it does not say on the site when it is ending. http://www.soundliaison.com/
2005 double CD/good recording quality.
migo posted:Originally Posted by migo:Originally Posted by Peet:Originally Posted by christian u:Originally Posted by k:Originally Posted by Peet:Pure on SQ this album should be mentioned.
absolutely!
Sound Liaison, producing recordings available only in 24-bit/96kHz downloads that mirror the master recording. And man, are they ever sweet. I've seldom heard recordings that were so successful in both performance and sound aspects.......
...... Her style is bluesy and intimate with a sexy voice that's sweet as dark tupelo honey, and her interpretations are unerring. The musicians play to her and to each other, and the ensemble is so tight that the four musicians breathe and move as one.. . . Rad Bennett
''soundstage''
Yes it is a remarkable recording.
Those albums are part of a series of live in the studio albums they made, called the Studio Showcase series.
I believe there are 4 very diverse albums in the series but all with terrific SQ.
I count 5 downloads in the studio showcase series;
Carmen Gomes, Bach Reflections, Paul Berner Band, Batik, Tony Overwater & Bert van den Brink.
Sorry, but the'' Impromptu'' download is not in the studio showcase series. It's live but not live in the studio.
It looks as if she is about to release a new live album. I found this on youtube but on the Sound Liaison site it still has to announced.
Peet posted:migo posted:Originally Posted by migo:Originally Posted by Peet:Originally Posted by christian u:Originally Posted by k:Originally Posted by Peet:Pure on SQ this album should be mentioned.
absolutely!
Sound Liaison, producing recordings available only in 24-bit/96kHz downloads that mirror the master recording. And man, are they ever sweet. I've seldom heard recordings that were so successful in both performance and sound aspects.......
...... Her style is bluesy and intimate with a sexy voice that's sweet as dark tupelo honey, and her interpretations are unerring. The musicians play to her and to each other, and the ensemble is so tight that the four musicians breathe and move as one.. . . Rad Bennett
''soundstage''
Yes it is a remarkable recording.
Those albums are part of a series of live in the studio albums they made, called the Studio Showcase series.
I believe there are 4 very diverse albums in the series but all with terrific SQ.
I count 5 downloads in the studio showcase series;
Carmen Gomes, Bach Reflections, Paul Berner Band, Batik, Tony Overwater & Bert van den Brink.
Sorry, but the'' Impromptu'' download is not in the studio showcase series. It's live but not live in the studio.
It looks as if she is about to release a new live album. I found this on youtube but on the Sound Liaison site it still has to announced.
That sounds very promising!
It has been recorded in DXD. I'm listening to the 96pcm; it is a fantastically well recorded album;
http://www.soundliaison.com/
Peet posted:It has been recorded in DXD. I'm listening to the 96pcm; it is a fantastically well recorded album;
+1
AND well played!
I have all her albums and maybe this is the best. It is so fresh and you feel the immediacy of a live recording.
According to the liner notes this is all 1th takes, so no ''cleaning up'' and ''repairing'' afterwards.
You can hear it at the end of the tour de force ''Cotton Fields'' where Carmen Gomes goes a little off at the very last note.
But that's it. I love the album, superb SQ and so very well played.
Shannon McNally, North American Ghost Stories.
This is well worth a try (Tidal?). She has a great voice. A cross between Emmylou, Lucinda and Stevie Nicks with a little bit of Elisabeth Fraser to her phrasing. Nicely recorded, capturing a vivid, but not perfect sound, typical of a real, amplified, small venue live event perhaps.
Skip track 1 and 2 I'd say and start from track 3. In fact, if you are sampling it on Tidal I'd recommend a 3 track taster of tracks 5,6 & 7.
kevin J Carden posted:Shannon McNally, North American Ghost Stories.
This is well worth a try (Tidal?). She has a great voice. A cross between Emmylou, Lucinda and Stevie Nicks with a little bit of Elisabeth Fraser to her phrasing. Nicely recorded, capturing a vivid, but not perfect sound, typical of a real, amplified, small venue live event perhaps.
Skip track 1 and 2 I'd say and start from track 3. In fact, if you are sampling it on Tidal I'd recommend a 3 track taster of tracks 5,6 & 7.
Very nice indeed. Thanks.
k posted:Peet posted:It has been recorded in DXD. I'm listening to the 96pcm; it is a fantastically well recorded album;
+1
AND well played!
I have all her albums and maybe this is the best. It is so fresh and you feel the immediacy of a live recording.
According to the liner notes this is all 1th takes, so no ''cleaning up'' and ''repairing'' afterwards.
You can hear it at the end of the tour de force ''Cotton Fields'' where Carmen Gomes goes a little off at the very last note.
But that's it. I love the album, superb SQ and so very well played.
Very impressive indeed. I wonder if the ´no repairs` approach accounts for the impressive sound quality. The bass sounds like a bass, the drums like drums and the guitar sounds like a guitar coming straight from a Fender amp. The voice of Carmen Gomes is captured perfectly but best of all is the way it all blends. It really is a band in front you. Not 4 separate musicians in each their own room.
I was checking the site and it seems to be the first in a series of DXD recordings they recorded in that studio:
"In our new DXD live in the studio series we have asked a select group of European top musicians to recreate one of their favorite albums in their own image." liner notes carmen-gomes-sings-the-blues
An exquisite duo performing at the Iridium Jazz Club in 1996:
This quality SQ double album.
I really don't understand why this classic has not been rereleased on vinyl ?
Outstanding SQ .
Haim Ronen posted:An exquisite duo performing at the Iridium Jazz Club in 1996:
That a beautiful album! AND well recorded.