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| Your favorite Jazz album - w/in last 5 years Wynton Marsalis Septet - Live at the Village VanguardI predict this will stand the test of time. It is a definitive performance of the neo-traditional voice of Jazz at the turn of the century. | |
| Who are the Jazz Cats on Audiogon? "You Don't Know What Love Is" until Miles, Trane, Louis, Ella, Shirley, Sarah, Bill, Keith, Wynton, Wes, Clifford, Duke, Billy, Gil, Bird ... | |
| Has anybody else tried LITZ wire for speakers? Zoya and RCprince... Agreed, TRANSPARENCY must be included in any description of performance of these cables.Happy listening! | |
| Has anybody else tried LITZ wire for speakers? About 3 months ago, I had a conversation with a dealer about the difficulty in getting a set of speaker cables that were neutral in my set up (room, equipment, and foremost, my musical taste - acoustic jazz). Well, he suggested that I audition the... | |
| Jazz suggestions please Very nice list Timwat. I'll add some of my Wynton Marsalis recommendations...The Marsalis family, A Jazz CelebrationJoe Cool BluesThe Resolution of Romance, Standard Time Vol.3The Midnight Blues, Standard time Vol.5Happy listening! | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Bill Charlap trio "Stardust", playing the music of Hoagy Carmichael. The CD also features special guests Tony Bennett, Shirley Horn, Jim Hall, and Frank Wess. Tracks 1, 2 (Bennett), and 10 (Horn), have now made this a test CD for me. An aside... h... | |
| If you like Jazz you've go to hear "Up in Smoke " Thanks for the tip. Who are the others in the quartet? Just this morning, I listened to another Sharp Nine issue - Class of 2001 "On The Loose". Great music! | |
| Best CD with a muted horn? Try Wynton Marsalis... Hot House Flowers, esp. Track #6 Melancholia. His muted playing with full orchestra in the background is hauntingly beautiful. | |
| dac or new cd player A blanket dismissal of all 5 disc players may be unfair. I plan on adding a single disc player to my system in the very near future, and have had the opportunity to audition about a dozen or so in my system at home. From those auditions I have con... | |
| Good sources for oddball recordings Sorry for the markup tag error, here is the corrected link...Smithsonian Folkways Recordings | |
| Good sources for oddball recordings Over 3000 historic recordings...Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsI was able to locate some Calypso Jazz there. | |
| Keith Jarrett recommendation How does it compare to "La Scala"? which just happens to be my favourite of Jarrett's solo works. | |
| Live Jazz Trio Recordings Thanks Kana. Another very enjoyable one to pick up is Dave Brubeck Quartet "Park Avenue South", on the Telarc label. Dave is accompanied by Bobby Militello - alto sax & flute, Michael moore - bass, Randy Jones - drums. | |
| Classical, Jazz, or Rock? Jazz - 80%Classical - 5%Other - 15% (broad mix including some calypso, reggae, & steelband) | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers I mostly listen to jazz, hence my bias:- Jack Dejohnette- Paul Motian- Jeff "Tain" Watts |