What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol.VIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 29 December 2011
With 2012 almost upon us, it's time to start a fresh thread. I've gone back to an earlier thread title because often the "why" is the most interesting part of the post.
Anyway, links:
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
If you have this on CD, try it on vinyl, original , if possible. Trust me, you'll dump your cd copy!
I know...
KR
Tony
Boy is that right! The vinyl is sooo much more alive than the CD. Great album. Think I will pull it out now for a listen.
Anthony
Been working from 6.30am to 10.30am, time for a break - and what better way to relax than with the mighty Bobbie G? This great album on (slightly scratchy) vinyl:
Never for one minute did I think I would enjoy something like this, and it took a few listens to get into. Slightly 'Jazz' piano with electronic keyboard in various forms alongside it. While sat at my desk this is just brilliant. Ordered another two from their catalogue last night as a follow up.
Minimalistic music, but music all the same.
Never for one minute did I think I would enjoy something like this, and it took a few listens to get into. Slightly 'Jazz' piano with electronic keyboard in various forms alongside it. While sat at my desk this is just brilliant. Ordered another two from their catalogue last night as a follow up.
Minimalistic music, but music all the same.
I have been a Bugge Wesseltoft fan for years now. Great atmospheric new jazz. Try Filming and Moving....
Lo-Fi Resistance - Chalk Lines (single version) - http://lofiresistance.bandcamp...lines-single-version
credits
Kovacevich set down his second set of Brahms concerti for EMI in the early 90s. His first set, with Davis, is a classic and if anything the pianism on this new set is even finer, although Sawallisch has a distinctly more autumnal view on both works.
The sound of the original EMI recordings was mediocre, at best: strident and thin, with no bass to speak of. I've had the original issues since they came out, but got interested in this budget reissue when I heard EMI had remastered the original recordings. The difference is indeed pretty dramatic, largely for the better, but short of re-recording the whole thing, there was obviously only so much they could do: some of the brittleness remains, and dynamic range is not best in class.
Cheers,
EJ
Love this album.
Its about time they tried to top it with a new album?
IMO its going to be a very hard act to follow though.
Stu.
May 21st...
Thanks man.
Stu.
Good to see they are coming out with a new album soon!
Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny
Really enjoy his playing.
Now: Xue Fei Yan - Romance de Amor
Been working from 6.30am to 10.30am, time for a break - and what better way to relax than with the mighty Bobbie G? This great album on (slightly scratchy) vinyl:
Thing is she really did look that good!
Jono
On CD:-
On CD
The best modern folk singer around? Probably. I can't think of anybody better, but there are some excellent singers around at the moment, Jackie is great on the Fiddle too.
She was a member of the Winterset who backed Rachel Unthank, before they became The Unthanks, but has now made four excellent records in her own right.
So if you like folk music of the more traditional variety then this is one artist you definitely should try.
What a great album this is.
Followed Jackie Oates with this
Released in 1970, it is like Jethro Tull met the Incredible String Band on the way home from a Dr Strangely Strange concert, but somehow oddly normal.
Coming from Leeds, Jan Dukes De Grey were
Michael Bairstow
clarinet, flute, percussion, bongos, cymbals, saxophone (Tenor), tabla, vocals, bells
Derek Noy
organ, percussion, piano, trumpet, bongos, celeste, conga, drums, guitar (bass), tabla, vocals, guitar (12 String)
David Hitchcock
celeste, vocals
Mice And Rats In The Loft is their better known album, but their debut Sorcerers has its moments
Antidotes - Foals
I feel better now!
It's like being a fly on the wall while these three greats sit there jamming just for themselves.
Cheers
Flettster