https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/927877
Wait a minute there chazro; if Jazz at the Pawnshop (I can't call it "JATP" because of the Norman Granz JATP) is a hokey "audiophile" record, I won't disagree, but don't blame it on the musicians. Arne Domnerus was a master saxophonist and he and his sidemen all had international reputations. Blame it on the producer or engineer for trying to capture the audience experience in a Swedish nightclub. Listen to "Pawnshop" for Domnerus and don't be distracted the clinking glasses and audience noise. The music is mainstream jazz and better than good for 1976. According to Billboard, Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs" was the best selling record that year and that sounds a bit hackneyed today, but that doesn't make Sir Paul a C-lister.