What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

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Re: What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?
« Reply #20440 on: 30 May 2020, 05:14 am »
Best version I have heard is the version on HDTracks. That version was remastered using the Plangent Processes system, which uses a special tape deck with a wide bandwidth head capable of detecting the bias signal on the master tape. That signal was generated by a very stable oscillator on the recording deck. Any wow or flutter on the tape shows up as a fluctuation in the frequency of that signal. By digitizing at a very high sample rate, the Plangent process can detect and 'tune out' the wow and flutter based on the fluctuations in the captured bias signal. It's impressive.

Bottom line, just buy the HDTracks version; it's the best out there. IMHO there is no reason to shell out for the 192 version; the tape machines of the era could barely make it to 15kHz at 15ips and were lucky to get 55dB S/N so this master coud have easily been captured transparently at 16/44.

More info on Plangent


very interesting,  I wasn't familiar with that so thanks


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« Reply #20441 on: 30 May 2020, 10:54 pm »
             

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« Reply #20445 on: 4 Jun 2020, 09:16 pm »


Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth

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Re: What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?
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rockadanny

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« Reply #20452 on: 11 Jun 2020, 06:00 pm »
John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound
Such a terrific musical experience. JC and McCoy were really on top of their game with this release. Equinox and Central Park West are my fav tracks.



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« Reply #20453 on: 11 Jun 2020, 06:04 pm »
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions
Herbie is really good on this release, but IMO the percussion section (Willie Bobo and Osvaldo Martinez) take this music to an incredibly higher level.



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« Reply #20454 on: 12 Jun 2020, 12:55 am »
A couple from Tadd Dameron:

Fontainebleau (1956)



Mating Call (1956), with John Coltrane




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The Buddy De Franco Quintet - Cooking the Blues + Sweet & Lovely

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Re: What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?
« Reply #20459 on: 15 Jun 2020, 09:08 pm »
What a great thread.  Some of you people have an enormous base of jazz knowledge, and I suspect that a good number of you are musicians, DJ’s, historians and the like.

Thanks for the countless albums and artists that I’ve either discovered or revisited thanks to your great suggestions!