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Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs?

I don't hear the bass drums during playback of a number of jazz LPs (Webster, Hawkins, Ellington, etc). I have Thiel 3.6 speakers powdered by Mark Levinson 23.5 amp. I can isolate the sound of bass drums on rock/pop LPs but not on jazz LPs unless drummer play solo in the middle parts.

 

I read somewhere this has to do with size of the bass drums used in 40s, 50s and another explanation was the way drummer play bass drums. I can clearly isolate the double bass, snare drums, and cymbals on jazz LPs, but hardly the bass drum. Let me know your experience with this issue. 

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petaluman
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@bdp24 

Not sure how I stumbled across this long nascent thread, but I enjoyed reading your contributions.  Since I know we share a common obsession, I wanted to add one thing.  I believe this is from Levon - he said that Richard Manuel played rhythm on piano and melody on drums.

Garth on piano, Levon on mandolin, Richard on drums was equally as great as Garth on organ (heck, on anything), Levon on drums & Manuel on piano.  After 50+ years, it's still a 3-way tie for favorite vocalist, too.

 

 

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