What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Originally posted by sjust:
OK, here's my judgement:
(1) Ilg's CD is a worth while recording
(2) I like many of Uri Caine's recordings, by far not all
(3) Not familiar with Caine's Otello, but suspect it is on his Winter & Winter catalog. Much of THAT (from Caine) is not my taste (although one of my all time favorites is Caine's Trio Live at the Village Vanguard. On Winter & Winter…)
(4) Caine has the tendency to very brain-oriented approaches when he leans towards classical origins. I like more his pure Jazz rooted work
(5) Ilg (though being a classical Bass Player from education) delivers this as pure Jazz combo work. I am by far not fluent enough with the opera to even recognize many citations. Some people would think this bad. I don't. I just respect that he took ideas from the opera. Good to know. Not more. Not less.
(6) If you want to try something REALLY challenging with respect to Jazz players tap opera, try the wonderful, yet disturbing

Stefan, some interesting choices to take a look at - thanks.

Here is my first choice jazz meets opera album by Rava and Co.

Interesting lien up of artists. Placed the order at JPC, subito. Label Blue being a good source of Jazz, normally.

cheers
Stefan

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Originally posted by Lontano:

quote:

Originally posted by sjust:
OK, here's my judgement:
(1) Ilg's CD is a worth while recording
(2) I like many of Uri Caine's recordings, by far not all
(3) Not familiar with Caine's Otello, but suspect it is on his Winter & Winter catalog. Much of THAT (from Caine) is not my taste (although one of my all time favorites is Caine's Trio Live at the Village Vanguard. On Winter & Winter…)
(4) Caine has the tendency to very brain-oriented approaches when he leans towards classical origins. I like more his pure Jazz rooted work
(5) Ilg (though being a classical Bass Player from education) delivers this as pure Jazz combo work. I am by far not fluent enough with the opera to even recognize many citations. Some people would think this bad. I don't. I just respect that he took ideas from the opera. Good to know. Not more. Not less.
(6) If you want to try something REALLY challenging with respect to Jazz players tap opera, try the wonderful, yet disturbing

Stefan, some interesting choices to take a look at - thanks.

Here is my first choice jazz meets opera album by Rava and Co.

First time I play this one:



Regards.
Michel

quote:

Originally posted by Timmie Boy:


yeah yeah yeahs

Nice one, I'll give it a go later on this evening!

Regards,
Michel

On CD:-



Tried and tested ,and found to be good.

DCC

Fairport Convention

Maidstone 1970 [VINYL] [Live]

side 1:
Introduction with Various Jigs & Reels
Sir Patrick Spens
Now Be Thankful
My Front Pages - Matthews Southern Comfort, Ian Matthews

side 2:
Southern Comfort - Matthews Southern Comfort, Ian Matthews
Flatback Caper
Jenny's Chickens & the Mason's Apron

Vinyl Lovers LP @ 2009

Sounds reassuringly like John Peel’s voice (but I’m not absolutely sure) introducing the band on the first track but the first sounds of the band are distant, compressed, edgy, harsh and I think in mono (although this is not a mono grooved LP). Needed to turn the volume down because of the harshness on compression...
On the following tracks the sound quality of replay only improves too slight if at all, like a transistor radio in a bucket the reproduction has no depth or clarity, just a thin veneer of harsh noise. Why did they waste this well made vinyl record on this shockingly poor quality soundtrack?
One can hear the band (albeit from a distance) performing well on top of their game, but the reproduction here does them a tragic injustice, and it is in total frustration (as my ears bled profusely).
As the tracks played I needed to keep lowering the volume knob further which ended up around the 7 ’o’ clock position because (the wall of noise) was just far too thin and harsh.

I needed to take a couple of Paracetamols after.

Music Quality 10/10 …should have been there when it happened live!

Audiophile replay Quality 0/10 …be warned!

Not Recommended

Debs

Thanks for the warning Debs.

Now on CD:-



Well 11 tracks on my copy, someone only left the 2nd CD in the hire car.

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Originally posted by BigH47:
Thanks for the warning Debs.

Now on CD:-



Well 11 tracks on my copy.

Shortchanged there Howard?

Very nice!

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
Very nice!

Bought it a while back. Now out of print. Cheapest I can find it is $100 at amazon.com. It is from 1976 released on JAPO/ECM and then released on limited CD in japan.

Great line up - Wheeler and Darling

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Originally posted by DIB:

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Originally posted by ewemon:

Respect is due.

One of THE great voices.

.

Been a great fan since I saw him in concert on his tour to promote The River all those years ago.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Johannespassion BWV 245

Felicity Palmer soprano
Birgt Finnila alto
Kurt Equiluz tenor
Werner Krenn tenor
Ruud van der Meer bass
Philippe Huttenlocher bass

Pierre Wavre flute
Jean-Paul Goy hautbois
Markus Haeberling hautbois, cor anglais
Matthias Sapeter luth
Marcel Gross viole d'amour
Bela Banyak viole d'amour
Johannes Fink viole de gambe
Pablo Loerkens violoncelle
Fritze Widmer contrebass
Philippe Corboz orgue positif Fuglister

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Ensemble vocal de Lausanne

Direction Michel Corboz

~<>~

Erato 3 x LP box-set @ 1978

ending a Sunday evening with the recently purchased 1990 remaster of this excellent album.

SJB

quote:

OK, here's my judgement:
(1) Ilg's CD is a worth while recording
(2) I like many of Uri Caine's recordings, by far not all
(3) Not familiar with Caine's Otello, but suspect it is on his Winter & Winter catalog. Much of THAT (from Caine) is not my taste (although one of my all time favorites is Caine's Trio Live at the Village Vanguard. On Winter & Winter…)
(4) Caine has the tendency to very brain-oriented approaches when he leans towards classical origins. I like more his pure Jazz rooted work
(5) Ilg (though being a classical Bass Player from education) delivers this as pure Jazz combo work. I am by far not fluent enough with the opera to even recognize many citations. Some people would think this bad. I don't. I just respect that he took ideas from the opera. Good to know. Not more. Not less.
(6) If you want to try something REALLY challenging with respect to Jazz players tap opera, try the wonderful, yet disturbing

Hi Stefan, thanks for the detailed reply. You're right about Caine's Othello - it's on Winter * Winter, and it's far too clever for it's own good. I gave it a few listens, enjoyed bits of it, but found the whole less than the sum of its parts, and eventually traded it in. I also have Caine's Goldberg Variation CDs, and enjoy its playfulness, but it does not inspire me to try any more of Caine's classical experiments. Like you, I enjoy his more "mainstream" jazz efforts, and I'm sure I'd enjoy Ilg's Verdi album, as it's a straightforward piano trio. I will look into your jazz/opera "challenge"

Regards
Nigel

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Great line up - Wheeler and Darling

Looks very tasty: Favre = Interesting Percussionist

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Originally posted by droodzilla:

quote:

Originally posted by Lontano:
Great line up - Wheeler and Darling

Looks very tasty: Favre = Interesting Percussionist

This has been my most enjoyable album of the weekend. And to think I have not played it for 10 years or so - a big mistake.

Ralph Towner
Old Friends, New Friends

Ralph Towner 12-string and classical guitars, piano, French horn
Kenny Wheeler trumpet, fluegelhorn
Eddie Gomez bass
Michael DiPasqua drums, percussion
David Darling cello

New Moon
Yesterday And Long Ago
Celeste
Special Delivery
Kupala
Beneath An Evening Sky

Recorded July 1979
ECM 1153