What are you listening to? (VOL VI)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 30 December 2009
On the cusp of a new year, it's time to start a new thread, I think...
VOL V - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/9962941917/p/1
VOL IV - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/1832985817
VOL III - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/6192934617/p/1
VOL II - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/3112927317
VOL I - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/6532968996
AND - this might be of interest:
http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...962920617#1962920617
VOL V - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/9962941917/p/1
VOL IV - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/1832985817
VOL III - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/6192934617/p/1
VOL II - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/3112927317
VOL I - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/6532968996
AND - this might be of interest:
http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...962920617#1962920617
quote:Originally posted by sjust:
Thank you, Voltaire, for this comment !!!
I feel the same. Being a PM "fan" and concert goer, I just fail ti understand what this is about. Other than a nice experiment. If you see the video, it looks and sounds appealing. Listening to the CD is - uhm - like a wax museum ? Or like thee recordings where they play old paper rolls that move The piano keys ? Whatever… This whole Orchestrion thing Is nothing compared to real musicians that understand their job.
Adrian ?
Comments ?quote:Originally posted by Voltaire:
I have to be honest and say that I am struggling a bit with this album. I fully appreciate the technical boundries that PM is exploring and I like the resulting music but the sound just seems so dead to me, dynamically flatlined. Having read a few interviews with PM I suspect that is the sound he was going for or have I missed the point?
There is a nice piece on Stereophile that seems to reach the same conclusions as sjust and I here though the reviewer stills gives the album 'album .of the month'
Listening to this (Sapporo concert) in a hotel lobby, must be disturbing. Listening to it with some level of concentration, it is a real pleasure (including the Sapporo encore).
cheers
Stefan
cheers
Stefan
Norris Turney Quartet -
On the Mapleshade Records label. Small label in Maryland. Mostly jazz recordings.
On the Mapleshade Records label. Small label in Maryland. Mostly jazz recordings.
just finishing:
James McMurtry
top of the pile:
Michael Stanley
James McMurtry
top of the pile:
Michael Stanley
He played down the road yesterday, nice treat for my parents who are visiting this week.
Another brilliant recent release...(2009)
Excerts from Bill Layman. Full review here.
quote:And now Christian McBride, the finest bassist of his generation, is on track. It’s his best record, and it puts a little jump in your step. It’s hot.
quote:...With his new band, “Inside Straight”, and its new disc Kind of Brown, McBride finally feels focused and serious. This music is unself-consciously traditional: it’s fun; it swings its ass off. It’s not experimental, but it gives superb voice to several brilliant players and one new discovery.
Excerts from Bill Layman. Full review here.
quote:Originally posted by Dustysox:
Not sure, who/where...maybe Miles or Lontano (top people anyways).
Just wanted say thank you for heads up on Eden Atwood "Waves" CD...top album...non stop ere!
If anyone likes this try...Julianna Raye "Dominoes".
Pure bliss/rose wine...chilled...Naim ears only!!
Dusty - I played it last week. It is pretty good I have to say. There is this one as well - slowish though and I prefer the other.
Her version of Hushabye Mountain is perfect.
quote:Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
C'mon Miles...take the praise!!
quote:Originally posted by Lontano:quote:Originally posted by Dustysox:
Not sure, who/where...maybe Miles or Lontano (top people anyways).
Just wanted say thank you for heads up on Eden Atwood "Waves" CD...top album...non stop ere!
If anyone likes this try...Julianna Raye "Dominoes".
Pure bliss/rose wine...chilled...Naim ears only!!
Dusty - I played it last week. It is pretty good I have to say. There is this one as well - slowish though and I prefer the other.
I have the two XRCDs but don't play them that often.
quote:Originally posted by Dustysox:
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C'mon Miles...take the praise!!
Done.
quote:Originally posted by MilesSmiles:quote:Originally posted by Dustysox:
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C'mon Miles...take the praise!!
Done.
Bless ya heart U2.
Certainly brought new music to my attention.
Merci!!
On CD earlier, I didn't buy it today, I posted in the wrong thread. :-
quote:This early-'70s meeting between two giants of the tenor sax (both of whom by this time were living in Europe on a permanent basis) is full of memorable moments. The styles of Ben Webster and Don Byas provide a distinct contrast (though Byas was also a swing-influenced saxophonist, he was heavily into bop as well), yet they mesh very well together
It's almost impossible to have favorites in the jazz sax genre as there are so many superb contenders but I don't think anyone phrases quite like Ben Webster to my ear.
quote:Originally posted by BigH47:
On CD earlier, I didn't buy it today, I posted in the wrong thread. :-
I was wondering.
quote:Originally posted by Voltaire:
quote:This early-'70s meeting between two giants of the tenor sax (both of whom by this time were living in Europe on a permanent basis) is full of memorable moments. The styles of Ben Webster and Don Byas provide a distinct contrast (though Byas was also a swing-influenced saxophonist, he was heavily into bop as well), yet they mesh very well together
A Ben Webster I don't have.
