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| Share thoughts on Keith Jarrett Just to keep the conversation going, I wonder if those of us who are fans could try to list some of the things about Jarrett's playing, writing, and bandleading that are distinctive. Or make references to essays, links, books, that do this especia... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night I enjoyed these lps late at night in basement listening centreBen Webster, THE WARM MOODS OF..., lovely with strings; short and sweet; just a delight all around; an old lp from ebayRolling Stones, EXILE ON MAIN STREET, an old pressing c... | |
| LP care I'm curious what's the next step beyond wet-vacuuming and beyond steam-cleaning/vacuuming, and beyond enzymatic cleaners, and beyond fine fibers, and so forth among the 'out, damn'd snap, crackle, pop' crowd of half-mad Lady MacBeth vinyl clarity ... | |
| LP care And of course steam-cleaning the dirtier records. I couldn't find the highly recommended steamer noted in threads here, so I bought a Rowenta hand steamer at Target (a bad company to workers, unfortunately), albeit with a heavy heart.Again the ste... | |
| Who was the best jazz guitarist ever? I'm too hard on jazz guitar, in general. I've always heard jazz guitar as a second-string jazz instrument (so to speak) after the major brass (cornet, trumpet) and winds (alto and tenor sax), and of course piano, bass, and drums. In other words, t... | |
| LP care I started with Disc Doctor Extra Strength Cleaner, and Distilled Water, Disc Doctor brushes, and clean baby clothes (super soft cotton) for small wiping of drips.I found this method helped, but too often the rinsing and brushing didn't remove the ... | |
| White Substance on Aja 30th Anniversary strange white powdery substances making squiggly lines on steely dan albums. why is it that steely dan albums so often show residue of strange white powdery substances? well, don, walter? or should i ask rudy in the corner? | |
| Help with stylus cleaning Terrific tip. I LOVE these cheap tweakz. I get so overwhelmed by markup and minor differences btwn exotic cleaning ingredients and tools. So far this week, I'm turning to Aqufina and giving up on chemist-grade "super pure water" and also to magic ... | |
| Best format for SteelyDan... okay, so after the orig abc recordings, where does one hear the best Steely Dan on vinyl, or Donald Fagen, for that matter? What about that greatest hit twofer? Boy, I sure played mine to death. How great is Cisco AJA at its price-point, for examp... | |
| Need help with Jazz Some further suggestions:Betty Carter. Always underappreciated. Massively musical, a "dark" voice but lots of fast tempos. Her nickname was Betty "be-bop" Carter. She also kills, KILLS on ballads.My favorite for upbeat Betty Carter isLIVE WITH THE... | |
| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? I should that I think that Hancock record sounds pretty stunning on cd, already This was a first-class recording of a great set of musicians. Hancock and Shorter are really smoothing into interestingly different late styles, with Hancock moving to... | |
| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? Thanks, and I was further wondering what blogs or chat sites jazz-listening audiogoners give four or five stars to. I've found this community very well-informed about gear and used jazz vinyl, though rockers seem to dominate the music discussions.... | |
| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? Robob queried what cartridge and stylus I'm using for used jazz vinyl. It's a newish Elys 2 cartridge and stylus attached to Rega 301 on a p3-24 turntable. I was under impression this was a good entry-level midfi cartridge. | |
| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? Are there any internet sellers y'all can recommend who do "play ratings" of used jazz vinyl (without going into budget-buster territory, which for me is a mere $50)? Meanwhile, I guess everything depends on satisfaction guaranteed policies and the... | |
| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? Well I guess now I will be writing to any potential internet seller for clarification on cosmetic condition versus playback condition. This is ridiculous: what's the point of staring at an lp to see if it provides the nicest reflection, as in a bl... |