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| Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster long Great post! My entry is a recording by Ella Fitzgerald commemorating her 40th birthday at a concert in Rome. While there are several moments of sublime beauty captured on this disc (an LP), the moment that comes to mind is several bars in "Stompin... | |
| 'they blew'em off the stage' John Legend thoroughly outperformed Alicia Keys at a performance at the Kodak Theater in LA several years back. | |
| Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 5.1 or.. The Sophias are easier to drive, a little less difficult to place and feature a more recent manifestation of the Wilson sound (i.e. greater vibrancy of tone with, perhaps, a bit less leading edge impact). They would be my preference. | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Albertporter,I took the shrinkwrap off this one two weeks ago but I can't be sure when I got it. It probably entered my collection as one of hundreds of LPs I bought when the Tower Records at 4th and Broadway (RIP) in Manhattan unloaded all of the... | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Sal Mosca Music, an LP from 1980 featuring the pianist, Sal Mosca, a protege of Lennie Tristano's really has me transfixed. He explores the rhythmic and harmonic underpinnings of familiar standards in a way that transforms them but strangely compl... | |
| Best tube amp for Wilson Watt/Puppy My Music Reference RM200 performs beautifully with my WP7s. It is approximately $4,200 new, depending on the tubes you choose and was bettered, in my opinion, in only a few respects by only a few amps that cost a lot more. | |
| Mapleshade recordings I disagree with the notion that Mapleshade is a purveyor of unknowns. There are some indisputably stellar artists on Mapleshade. For instance, Hamiett Bluiett may be the finest baritone saxophonist to ever play the instrument. Even if you dispute ... | |
| Vandersteen 1c, and an integrated There are two pairs of 1Cs in my home. One is part of a modest home theater system in the bedroom and is powered by an old 60wpc AV receiver. The other is part of my son's system and is connected to a 35wpc NAD integrated. The receiver has more wa... | |
| Who likes LATIN JAZZ? Dizzy Gillespie just twitched in his grave. Chazro's right. Ritmo caliente is the heart and soul of Latin Jazz. You might be better off with another idiom. 8?} | |
| Music Reference RM-200 Several years ago, I opted for the RM-200 after listening to almost two dozen amps of various types (tube, transistor, hybrid) and a wide range of prices. My search was inspired by my purchase of a pair of Wilson WP7 speakers that sounded wonderfu... | |
| Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy System 8 Amir,You may be correct about the relative amount of play-time on the drivers being a factor in this comparison, although the pair of WP8s I listened to had many hundreds of hours on them. Interestingly, it didn't seem to me that any difference in... | |
| Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy System 8 Amir,Your sonic comparison between the WP7s and WP8s is difficult to dispute. I recently listened to both, side-by-side, on the same system, with the same program material, in one of the great listening rooms in the country. I acknowledge all of t... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2: grills on or off ? I actually prefer the sound of my WP7s with the grills on. I do hear a slight, but noticeable increase in high frequency "sparkle" and definition with the grills off, but I feel that this comes at the expense of a slight degree of smoothness that ... | |
| Can anyone recomend any great bono/conga albums Giovanni Hidalgo's "Worldwide" is an excellent recording by one of the greatest congueros to emerge in the past two decades. While not a "sound-effects" album, the advanced arrangements and great playing in a modern latin idiom are certainly worth... | |
| Best jazz or blues female vocalist ever Sarah Vaughan had one of the great vocal instruments of the last century. That high bari to mezzo range of hers was peerless. She also had a bop saxophonist's understanding of harmony, phrasing and rhythmic development that so many emulate but non... |