Is Your HiFi Up To It?

[busb]

No, my stereo is definitely NOT up to it - I prefer to listen to music, not "demonstration" discs. Almost as bad as those classical samplers. As for some of the Jazz albums mentioned - no probs!

 

[davedotco]

Many thanks chebby, I already have all except the Ornette Coleman.

Along with Ben Webster / 'Sweets' Edison / Arne Domnerus etc.

Excellent recordings all and all on vinyl.

Best of the lot for me......... :rockout:

Some time ago when I dismished many modern recordings as trash, these are the sort of things I was encouraging people to listen to.

Fwiw, the Legacy Edition of 'Time out' includes some live recordings for comparison, give them a go, I find them far better than the studio cuts.

 

[marou]

It has been a very, very long time but iirc the Peterson track was awful, can't really remember why, might have been the idiocy of youth.

When I was 15 a few of us from school went to see him and his trio (with drummer Louie Bellson) perform at the local Mecca (in Portsmouth). It was incredible. None of us were into jazz (it was the late 1970s and our group even included a couple of punks) but everyone came away suprised at how much we all enjoyed it.

I've been a bit of a jazz fan ever since. (And I have the CD of the recording taken from the same tour a couple of nights earlier in London.)

As I said, the idiocy of youth...... :doh:

A few years back I saw an interview with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, they were talking about their time in Cream and how they effectively play jazz rhythms and allowed Eric to 'solo' over the top, "he could play whatever he liked", they said, "just like Ornette Coleman". We were playing jazz, we just disn't tell Eric!

This of course got me into the great sax players and be-bop, which I love. Been playing some John Coltrane of late, I find the endless noodling around 'Blue train' and 'Favourite things' not to my taste, but some of the later stuff, 'Sun Ship' for example is something else.

Listening to that album now, not the sort of thing I usually listen to and not doing that much for me know but sometimes it requires something special, like a live show, to really give you an idea what it is all about.

Dear Ginger, always banging on about being a jazzman but never finding a jazz band to play with.

 

[Freddy58]

Hello chums

Yes, I too have Star Tracks and Star Tracks2. I've just ordered Time Warp. I had Time Warp on tape, recorded from a friend of mines CD. Yes, cassette tape! Mind you, it was a 'Thats MRX Pro', the only tape that could handle the dynamic range. Here's another good one. Obviously, if you don't like the music content, think twice before buying.

 

[Al ears]

Many thanks chebby, I already have all except the Ornette Coleman.

Along with Ben Webster / 'Sweets' Edison / Arne Domnerus etc.

Excellent recordings all and all on vinyl.

Best of the lot for me......... :rockout:

Some time ago when I dismished many modern recordings as trash, these are the sort of things I was encouraging people to listen to.

Fwiw, the Legacy Edition of 'Time out' includes some live recordings for comparison, give them a go, I find them far better than the studio cuts.

I'll be sure to look out for a copy of that one then.

 

[Helmut80]

Well I've searched for that Wharfedale album on spotity. All I got was a band called wharfedale riddim. :dance: :dance: :dance:

 

[Freddy58]

Well I just bought a copy , I will let you know how it sounds when it arrives

Any news?

 

[Electro]

Well I just bought a copy , I will let you know how it sounds when it arrives

Any news?

Unfortunately not I am still waiting for the Amazon delivery , it might arrive tomorrow , when it does I will post my thoughts