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The room was filled to the brim with audio enthusiasts, the closest listener being just a few feet from the musicians and the microphones.When the audience is so close to the musicians, a synergy occurs. The audience becomes part of the music making and help spur the musicians on to great heights.The musicians feeling the empathy from the audience dare to take chances that one rarely hears in a studio recording.Tony and Bert had not performed together as a duo before, and no rehearsal had taken place prior to the Rhapsody concert, but the music these two masters of improvisation created that sunny afternoon in Rhapsody, is simply breathtaking.The recording conditions were not ideal. The doors in the back of the room were opened several times by people trying to squeeze in, making the sound from the espresso machine in the hall and the DJ playing ambient music in the garden faintly audible at the beginning of each set. Later halfway through the concert the windows of the room had to be opened for air. The DJ turned off his music but he was immediately replaced by the sound of birds singing.If listening closely one can hear them, chime in, in the quiet parts.These outside factors contributed to the unique atmosphere of this recording and that is yet another reason why; Impromptu (a musical composition prompted by the spirit of the moment) is such an apt title.
Norman Granz was on hand to record music from Cannonball Adderley's first European tour in 1960, but he and the Adderley estate have been parsimonious in dealing out the goods. It took 24 years for Part One, What Is This Thing Called Soul to emerge, and another 13 years passed before this follow-up album came out. But better late than never, as they say, and the reward is hearing Cannonball's alto in full ecstatic flight, lots of fighting work from brother Nat on cornet and the prized rhythm section of Victor Feldman (piano), Sam Jones (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums) in a state of complete rapport. Only "The Chant" is duplicated from the earlier album, and Cannonball's solo is a model of Parker-derived hard bop laced with his own highly rhythmic personality. Other than an overlong drum solo on "Bohemia After Dark," this is a most enjoyable slice of what, alas, is now history. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
good selection.Hugh Masekela's Hope is a classic good sq audiophile 44.1 !
Here are 5 live albums, and to get off the beaten path of albums we all know only too well, I put these 3 albums from the small but highly acclaimed Sound Liaison label on top, but also because I really do think they are superior in sound quality, even when compared to ECM's Keith Jarrett.Bobby Timmons ''in Person'' is an old favorite with a prominent Ron Carter right in the middle of the sound stage, and no I don't think that my LP's sounds better than these hi-res downloads. I wish they did but ....that is life. On the plus side I would probably not have discovered these wonderful ''young'' musicians if I had been stuck with only listening to my vast collection of L.P's1. Batik; the old Man and the Sea. http://www.soundliaison.com/2. Paul Berner; Road to Memphis. http://www.soundliaison.com/3. Carmen Gomes Inc.; Thousand Shades of Blue http://www.soundliaison.com/
Those first 3 downloads on KF´s list are on sale at the moment $11 regardless of format, that is a 50% reduction on the DSD files.
Does anyone know what file sounds best, the DSD or 24/96 PCM original??
Here is one!!!;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOixoY6k0I4
PA,Do you (or does anyone else) know where I can download a high res file of this album? I found one site that claimed to have it, but when I started to download my computer started making noise and I got a big warning from my provider that it was a malicious site. The other sites only seem to have MP3?Thanks!AC
Here are 5 live albums, and to get off the beaten path of albums we all know only too well, I put these 3 albums from the small but highly acclaimed Sound Liaison label on top, but also because I really do think they are superior in sound quality, even when compared to ECM's Keith Jarrett.Bobby Timmons ''in Person'' is an old favorite with a prominent Ron Carter right in the middle of the sound stage, and no I don't think that my LP's sounds better than these hi-res downloads. I wish they did but ....that is life. On the plus side I would probably not have discovered these wonderful ''young'' musicians if I had been stuck with only listening to my vast collection of L.P's1. Batik; the old Man and the Sea. http://www.soundliaison.com/2. Paul Berner; Road to Memphis. http://www.soundliaison.com/3. Carmen Gomes Inc.; Thousand Shades of Blue http://www.soundliaison.com/ 4. Keith Jarrett; Somewhere http://www.hdtracks.com/somewhere-live-in-lucerne-20095. Bobby Timmons Trio ( LP)
