crazy4blues
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| artists who most deeply touch you Trane, Monk, Miles, Mingus, Frank Foster, Billy Higgins, Buddy Guy, Ray Brown, Benny Green, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Samuel Barber, Bach, Tower of Power, Albert Collins, SRV, The Isley Brothers . . . well, you get the idea . . . | |
| Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone CD Would like to second the Ray Brown Super Bass and Bennie Green CDs. | |
| Passive intergrated Amps The Mistral Integrateds feature passive preamps. They sound very nice, too, and can be had for a good price on Agon. Yes, and they're made in the good ol' UK! | |
| good speakers matches for jolida 302b The Soliloquy line is pretty nice and affordable. I am using 5.3s. I once barrowed a Jolida 102b, and I enjoyed the result. At 90db, these floor standers don't need a lot of power. In fact, I am currently playing around with an ASL MG-S115 DT, whi... | |
| Good speakers for Pass Aleph 3? I liked the set up with Soliloquy 5.3s. NOTE: I was using the Aleph 30, which is basically the same thing. | |
| Cones, Points, Tweaks...??? Like you, I want to protect my hardwood floors. I am using cutting boards (with felt feet under them) to anchor my Soliloquy 5.3s. Investment is about $30.00. Works fine for me . . .I also used to have a Billy Bags rack with the spikes, and I used... | |
| Suggestions on $1k used preamp w/ phono Jeff:What is your amp? Also, do you want to get into tubes? The Cary SP-74 would be a fun way to get going into tubes. I'm using a VTL 2.5 w/ the phono stage, but they go for about 2 or 3 hundred north of a grand. The MF, I would have to second th... | |
| My brain hurts, tube integrated with RC and phono? I've seen a couple of VAC Avatars in the 1.6-1.8k range. They have remotes and phono stages. I'd consider one myself, but I'm into separates right now. Just out of curiosity, is there any any reason that you want to go to a tube system if you prim... | |
| Best Live Recordings:Performance and recording Bill Evans: Sunday at the Village Vangard. Yes, I know that this is probably a cliche, but, to me, this is a benchmark for excellence in performance. The reocrding ain't bad either. I just can't get over the fact that Scott LaFaro would be dead tw... | |
| Best Blues Comp for 4th party... Lots of blues labels have some good samplers: Evidence has a couple or three of them, focusing on guitar, harmonica, and, I think, keyboards. Also, Blues Revue mag. has been putting out some samplers. They contain a pretty ecclectic mix, some of w... | |
| An Aaron Copland Question No. As other users have pointed out, there would be too many PC concerns. Perhaps the title would something like "Diurnal Musical Discursive Praxis: The Community Gets Its Tunes On!" | |
| john coltrane digital?????? There's a couple of 20 bit recordings out: Living Space and Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. But I've been disappointed with some of the other stuff. For instance, Transitions is not a good transfer. Be careful. I think that there was some rushin... | |
| New Buddy Guy - "Blues Singer" Hdm: I have to appreciate your honesty. You make a good argument, and I sorta agree. But Buddy has been through it all and has come out shining. Yes, Blues Singer is a B- at best, but wudda ya gonna do? He's a earned a chance to ride his rep' for ... | |
| I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah Sarah Vaughan. Case closed. Make sure that you have a 300b amp--you wanna hear EVERY nuance. | |
| I need more Funk Why not some James Brown? Probably the tightest rhythm section in popular music! |