Chris do you know the other Avishai Cohen who is one the best contemporary trumpeters Around and is based in New York ? Definately check him out if not. He has a load of great albums on ECM
....I'm dictating so FYI!! I've probably watched 50 to 100+ of videos over the many years. By the way I love when that Brandon cat is on. So I'm curious, as a person that's bought most every jazz AAA reissue since mid 2000s like old AP stuff, the Music Matters titles, BN TPs & CV stuff and of course the newer ojcs & certain Rhino HFs, etc., my QUESTION, do you guys not buy most of say the newer tone poet & CV & OJC, etc, stuff too over the last 5 to 10 years? I ask because (?)some or all you guys seem to chase early jazz reissues or originals or is my observation incorrect? Note I know the chase is part of it! I have some originals or early reissues but I don't seek them out like you guys do? QUESTION 2, I love & devour good or well justified Top 25 to Top 100 jazz list articles or magazine pieces like a Dan Mortgenstern (RIP) or Penguin's Crown / Core listings, etc, etc. Have you guys ever produced a group Top 25 or Top 75 Jazz titles list or few hour discussion?? If not, you guys can independently make your personal lists and group compare? The Best Of lists I'm talking about involve the actual album music & not the vinyl quality related specs.
Hey Daniel, I'll share with you my personal opinion and approach to what I get. Listening to Jazz can be a rabbit hole, in titles and options (which versions). Being small groups, usually records have a decent sound quality, so instruments can be heard well. I am also a true believer that people should invest on decent gear, just so it makes sense being critical about pressing quality. That being said, I built a decent system over the years, and I can very comfortably say that reissues like the ones done by Harley, Zev, Chad, are exceptional, surpass originals sonically and I buy most of the titles. I am a fan of blue note, so I double these titles with the originals, for historical and sentimental purposes. It is nice having and playing originals, but they are not that great sonically. They are "punchy" and "loud" because they are heavily compressed cuts. However, back to the hi-fi system issue, most people tend to like both or say that prefer originals for either "original bragging rights" or their systems will not play reissues at their best, so they don't see the benefit. I am also not stuck with vinyl, which I buy since I was 7 or 8. I keep a CD library with a few thousand titles and invested on a good digital front, CD and streaming, because most new or archival music can only be found in these formats. The best of lists sounds like a lot of fun, we'll try to work something out. Could be interesting, I like the group compare idea as well, cold be a nice video to end the year. Thanks for watching! F
@JazzBums We're essentially of the same ilk it sounds like re: vinyl, gear, CDs (like Mazzy, I'm a sucker for CD box sets, old & new, with their great 20-80+ pg booklets), even my digitized library managed by the "Audio Product of the 2000s", ROON. We're blessed to have these (reissue) vinyl times over the last 5, 10, 15 years!
Ray Brown live at Starbucks is a good listen, Chris. Go get it !
Wish you could do an interview with Charles Tolliver.
who knows.... strata east reissues coming next year... Thanks for watching! F
I got that Tolliver at one of my locals and they had at least six copies. Then again I live in Edmonton Alberta Canada. 😂
Chris do you know the other Avishai Cohen who is one the best contemporary trumpeters Around and is based in New York ? Definately check him out if not. He has a load of great albums on ECM
Yes and I got the two confused. The trumpeter is Anat's brother lol. Thanks for the comment.
....I'm dictating so FYI!!
I've probably watched 50 to 100+ of videos over the many years. By the way I love when that Brandon cat is on. So I'm curious, as a person that's bought most every jazz AAA reissue since mid 2000s like old AP stuff, the Music Matters titles, BN TPs & CV stuff and of course the newer ojcs & certain Rhino HFs, etc., my QUESTION, do you guys not buy most of say the newer tone poet & CV & OJC, etc, stuff too over the last 5 to 10 years? I ask because (?)some or all you guys seem to chase early jazz reissues or originals or is my observation incorrect?
Note I know the chase is part of it! I have some originals or early reissues but I don't seek them out like you guys do?
QUESTION 2, I love & devour good or well justified Top 25 to Top 100 jazz list articles or magazine pieces like a Dan Mortgenstern (RIP) or Penguin's Crown / Core listings, etc, etc. Have you guys ever produced a group Top 25 or Top 75 Jazz titles list or few hour discussion?? If not, you guys can independently make your personal lists and group compare? The Best Of lists I'm talking about involve the actual album music & not the vinyl quality related specs.
Hey Daniel,
I'll share with you my personal opinion and approach to what I get. Listening to Jazz can be a rabbit hole, in titles and options (which versions). Being small groups, usually records have a decent sound quality, so instruments can be heard well. I am also a true believer that people should invest on decent gear, just so it makes sense being critical about pressing quality. That being said, I built a decent system over the years, and I can very comfortably say that reissues like the ones done by Harley, Zev, Chad, are exceptional, surpass originals sonically and I buy most of the titles. I am a fan of blue note, so I double these titles with the originals, for historical and sentimental purposes. It is nice having and playing originals, but they are not that great sonically. They are "punchy" and "loud" because they are heavily compressed cuts. However, back to the hi-fi system issue, most people tend to like both or say that prefer originals for either "original bragging rights" or their systems will not play reissues at their best, so they don't see the benefit. I am also not stuck with vinyl, which I buy since I was 7 or 8. I keep a CD library with a few thousand titles and invested on a good digital front, CD and streaming, because most new or archival music can only be found in these formats.
The best of lists sounds like a lot of fun, we'll try to work something out. Could be interesting, I like the group compare idea as well, cold be a nice video to end the year.
Thanks for watching! F
@JazzBums We're essentially of the same ilk it sounds like re: vinyl, gear, CDs (like Mazzy, I'm a sucker for CD box sets, old & new, with their great 20-80+ pg booklets), even my digitized library managed by the "Audio Product of the 2000s", ROON.
We're blessed to have these (reissue) vinyl times over the last 5, 10, 15 years!