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Gene Ammons' All Stars THE BIG SOUND Prestige / OJC   1958 / 1991 Notes : John Coltrane's only known recorded solos on Alto Saxophone.   Blue Hymn : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuH9Q3BxRuM That's All : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSv... 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff PIANO CONCERTO No.2  Van Cliburn (piano) Chicago Symphony -- Fritz Reiner RCA  1961, 1962 / 1994 Notes : Informative booklet which includes, 'The History of Living Stereo.'   Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 Moderato; Al... 
What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral?
@The frogman  closet audiophile We do have libel laws in this country. Cheers    
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Aaron Neville WARM YOUR HEART A&M Records  1991   Louisiana 1927 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEqiKpQte4c It feels like rain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHByl-E0QsA That's the way she Loves : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ... 
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The Tina Brooks Quintet THE WAITING GAME Blue note  recorded / released  1961 / 2002 Wiki : The Waiting Game is an album recorded by hard-bop tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks, recorded on March 2, 1961 for Blue Note, but not released as a single a... 
What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral?
We know that no system sounds 'live', and since we have no idea what the live event sounded like while being recorded, and we were not in the control room during the 'messing with'......??? As Les McCann might say, "compared to what?"   Cheers  
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Kenny Barron Trio BOOK OF INTUITION Impulse   2016   Magic Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBW4OIFbbMY Bud Like : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGtnn0FCTvE Shuffle Boil : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG8CNh11G10 Light Blue : ht... 
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Billy Bang PRAYER FOR PEACE TUM Records    2008 Nice booklet with pictures.   Chan Chan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJMOpIHBgc Jupiter's Future : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad0tTXFKhQM   Cheers  
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Billy Bang Sextet THE FIRE FROM WITHIN Soul Note  1985   The Nagual Julian : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZIXEE4DcM The New Seers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAjMUlY5Nz8 The Glow of awareness : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--WS... 
Blu Ray player versus CD/SACD player.
My Oppo 103 takes umbrage with being called 'long in the tooth'. Cheers  
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers FIRST FLIGHT TO TOKYO Recorded / Released by Blue Note   1961 / 2021   2CD set Excellent packaging and absolutely Outstanding Booklet. This set is a previously unissued gig by one of the greatest lineups in t... 
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Coleman Hawkins THE HAWK FLIES HIGH Riverside / OJCCD    1957 / 1987 Notes : Hawkins literally invented Jazz saxophone, starred in the first Jazz big band, and played with unfailing strength and invention into the sixties.   Sanctity : https:... 
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Herbie Hancock GERSHWIN'S WORLD Verve 1998 with / Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Battle, Stevie Wonder, James Carter, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Orpheus Chamber Orch, Wayne Shorter, and Eddie Henderson.   The man I Love : https://www.youtube.com/wa... 
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George Gershwin RHAPSODY IN BLUE RCA   1959-61 / 2005    SACD   Rhapsody in Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5muXFPEMow An American in Paris : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQGaAbKshvs Variations: I got Rhythm : https://www.youtube.... 
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Joe Turner THE BOSS OF THE BLUES Atlantic / Collectables   1956 / 2002   How Long Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJRjcyZ2UWs Cherry Red : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMnWLkpFkc Roll 'em Pete : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM...