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Favorite Collaborations
Just a few:Aaron Copland/Leonard BernsteinMcCoy Tyner/John ColtraneStephen Sondheim/Leonard BernsteinStan Getz/Kenny BarronNeville Marriner/Academy of St Martin in the FieldsCount Basie/Neil HeftiDuke Ellington/Billy StrayhornThad Jones/Mel LewisJ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Classic “borrow”, pjw.  Both great tunes. 
Jazz for aficionados
Funny, acman3!   
Jazz for aficionados
Great stuff, all! Thank you!!If forced to choose my favorite jazz pianist I am afraid that the spot would have to be shared by two players: Bill Evans and Red Garland (deliberately in alphabetical order). In many ways extremely different players. ... 
Hear my Cartridges....🎶
Edit:*** component moved the recorded music closer of farther away *** “of” should read “or”*** lower “miss” *** should read “lower mids”Haste makes waste.  Sorry. 
Hear my Cartridges....🎶
Yeah, some do; and those are just one of the different types of knuckleheads in our hobby ☺️. All music benefits from a great sound system. I may be mistaken, but if I interpret what you are saying correctly, and if the reference to HP means to su... 
Cartridges that get strings right?
I agree that “everything matters”. HOWEVER, in my experience the sound of recorded strings, massed strings and violins in particular, pose unique challenges for phono cartridges. The sound of the violin is unusually rich in harmonic content. When ... 
Hear my Cartridges....🎶
Apology for the incorrect use of it’s/its.  Twice I overrode the spellchecker; apparently it still won ☹️. 
Hear my Cartridges....🎶
Good to see new activity here. As halcro knows I have never been a big fan of Shure cartridges. While I have admired the things that they do well like the great tracking and sense of composure, in my systems they have always sounded dynamically po... 
Jazz for aficionados
Great record from one of my favorite quintets. Pepper is great as always. This was not, in fact, Herbie’s recording debut. The record “Out Of This World” by the same group was recorded earlier the same year. It was released the same year while “Ch... 
The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity!
I don’t get it.  I don’t get all this theorizing and debate about what to call and how to characterize our hobby.  One of the things that my years as a hobbyist has shown me is that some hobbyists seem uncomfortable with the simple fact that this ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Thanks, acman3 
Jazz for aficionados
They are both outstanding indeed.  Being that it is a trio, probably the bassist. 
Jazz for aficionados
Have a great time!  Jazz can use more devoted fans like you.   
Jazz for aficionados
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