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| Donald Byrd I watched about half of "A Joyful Noise" I will finish it tomorrow. It's very compelling. Hard to look away. I have gained a new respect for Sun Ra and his music. I think he is sorta like Monk in costume. :) But I am not sure I would like it on CD... | |
| Donald Byrd Getting back to the OP's original comments, I do have a habit of going off on tangents.I did listen to all the youtube clips you mentioned. My not so 'expert' review is as follows:Cristo Redentor: Excellent playing. Byrd has outstanding tone on th... | |
| Donald Byrd I have five CDs by McRae. Two singing Billie Holiday and one singing Sarah and one with duets with Betty Carter. I also have her singing Monk. I don't think that worked very well. It could just be that Monk does not translate to vocals very well, ... | |
| Donald Byrd I have Vaughan and Clifford Brown. Brown is another great player that left us too soon.I also have a great Sarah Vaughan CD entitled -- Sassy Swings Again -- A lot of great players in the band. Including Jay Jay Johnson and Clark Terry. I will rec... | |
| Donald Byrd Orpheus10:I watched the youtube clip on O'Day. She is very good, and after a little research I discovered she had a very good career. She even recorded with The Three Sounds / Gene Harris, and Oscar Peterson. She is absolutely one of the great Jaz... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... Kzhtoo: "Believe it or not, some of us don't know better so we turn to hifi magazines for advice,"This is one of the most insightful posts concerning this problem. It explains why the reviewers have so much power. They, the reviewers, all sound ve... | |
| Donald Byrd Charles1dad:Thanks for the kind words. Thinking about all those 'vintage' guys has me listening to 'Jazz at Massey Hall' and 'JATP' tonight.I don't mind the sound quality as much as I did at one time.Cheers | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... The quandary the OP finds himself in is this: You live by the gurus, you die by the gurus, just like a lot of people in high-end audio. They can't pick and chose. When he said Their $50,000 speakers where great, they belived him. They use his revi... | |
| Donald Byrd My list would not be a list of who is the best, as O-10 has said that's a silly and impossible question to answer. My list, is a list of the difference makers. The seminal figures in Jazz. Just for fun, so put those daggers away!1. The Creators - ... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Jennifer Nettles singing 'hello' with Lionel Ritchie. I have the CD 'Tuskegee'. After hearing her I had to SEE her, so I followed O-10's advice went to youtube. WOW! The way she took the stage, just great, and she is a stone Fox also. | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes I can AFFORD to buy Wilson and Pass, simply because I ACTUALLY buy Polk and Marantz. I was always taught, Live below your means. | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes Mapman:you are a bright light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel. Hang in there. | |
| How big of a difference do amps make? We are now into 'spacetime'. Can Quantum Mechanics be far behind. In quantun mechanics, an amp can be good, bad, bright, dull, have a wide sound stage, narrow sound stage, low noise, high noise, even be in everyone's system, all at the same time!!... | |
| How big of a difference do amps make? Tubegroover:"Rok2id, I wish things were as simple as you seem to wish or believe them to be, thanks for keeping it real :)"Be careful what you wish for. Things are really dull on my side of the fence. Nothing to upgrade to, keeping the same wire f... | |
| How big of a difference do amps make? Jdoris:"Historic moment: the first time Rok has said *any* equipment change is audible! :)"Not so fast my friend. I will admit that my current POLKs sound better than my previous POLKS. :) |