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| Coleman Hawkins In a more modern vein. From probably the greatest of the post-Coltrane tenor players: | |
| Coleman Hawkins And, of course, the classic: | |
| Coleman Hawkins You’re welcome. Don’t know if you know these “with strings” recordings. Alto instead of tenor, one of my favorite saxophone with strings recordings: | |
| Coleman Hawkins ….but, there’s always 😊: Btw, if the “Hawk in Hifi” is the one that your friend refers to, I don’t agree that it is not very good. Billy Byers was one of the great orchestrators of the time. That alone makes it an interesting record. Enjoy. | |
| Coleman Hawkins Here you go: | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @whart You make some great points and I agree with all you wrote. @hilde45 try the music of Richard Strauss for some great music featuring the French Horn. Fritz Reiner/Vienna Philharmonic “Till Eulenspiegel” on RCA Living Stereo is a classic wit... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? IMO, too much is made of the idea that piano is the most difficult instrument to record. EVERY instrument, including the human voice, has unique tonal and other characteristics that make it uniquely difficult to record/reproduce. The more familiar... | |
| How low is a piano? About 40” 😉. The lowest note on a Bosendorfer Imperial is (CCC) 16.5 hz. | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing By this “logic” it could be said that there has been no significant improvement in what audio gear is capable of since Victrola days. **** In order to make gear which has details never before heard the gear must exaggerate some sounds to the d... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time **** I can live with tonal aberrations, whereas the groove or the flow is the heart and soul of music, and that tiny nuances in this metric are what separate ‘great’ musicians from the also rans..**** Agree 100%. | |
| Review - Don Grusin Out of Thin Air - PS Audio First, take it as a compliment. Then, contact them and demand credit for the review. If none is forthcoming, inform them that you will post on every music site, blog, etc. that is available to you alerting all that they plagiarized your writings... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados It is common to think that the soloist always has the last word. This is not always the case at all. First of all, “Das Lied” is a symphonic poem; the orchestral writing is much more than simply accompaniment for the soloist. Whether the soloist (... | |
| What are some of your favorite "COLD" songs? | |
| What are some of your favorite "COLD" songs? | |
| What are some of your favorite "COLD" songs? |