Its the "Vibe", Jazz is unique, its rigid yet very free at the same time and the players are usually master of their instrument. In Bebop they are basically Improving over old show tunes but man do they turn those songs around. I can name a several songs but its more following the artist and the record, i cant name all the songs on Art Blakey's "Moanin" but its not a record you will ever forget.
I find listening to acoustic instruments most exciting on a hifi rig, its also more difficult to reproduce these instruments convincingly. I think acoustic Bass is one of the hardest for a system to get right, When a trumpet sounds life like it i will make your hair stand. On the other hand, even an apple homepod can make an overdriven electric guitar and smashed rock drums sound good but its the nuance that hifi brings to our listening and Jazz recordings are generally all about this.
Most of those old bebop records were recorded with a stereo pair of mics in a beautiful sounding large room not multi tracked in isolation like modern music and this is where that Vibe comes from IMO.
I find listening to acoustic instruments most exciting on a hifi rig, its also more difficult to reproduce these instruments convincingly. I think acoustic Bass is one of the hardest for a system to get right, When a trumpet sounds life like it i will make your hair stand. On the other hand, even an apple homepod can make an overdriven electric guitar and smashed rock drums sound good but its the nuance that hifi brings to our listening and Jazz recordings are generally all about this.
Most of those old bebop records were recorded with a stereo pair of mics in a beautiful sounding large room not multi tracked in isolation like modern music and this is where that Vibe comes from IMO.