I believe that the 30th anniversary edition of Jazz and the Pawn Shop contains all 3 'discs' of the original recording so is probably the best edition to get.
Nice groove jazz funk soul albums: Everything from European Jazz Trio and Manhattan Jazz Quintet Simple Acoustic Trio - Kattorna Marialy Pacheco - Introducing Nnenna Freelon - Nenna Freelon Live Marcus Miller - Tutu revisited Bob James - Feel like making LIVE! MAssimo Farao - A drums come true Jeff Cascaro - Love & Blues in the City Bill Evans - Soul insider Joe Samle - old places old faces George Duke - After hours
While I think about it: Vital Tech Tones - Drums Stop, No Good The O Zone Percussion Group - Jazz Variants / High Life. Sarah Vaughn & Her Trio live at Mr Kelly's - Willow Weep for me Babatunde Olatunji - Idaji / Isise Redi Hasa - In Bloom / Come as you are. Some of those stray slightly from thr Genre but they sound wonderful
Nice choice of picture on this video 😉. It's really interesting to hear your view, especially on albums I am very familiar with. Some real belters in there! Remember Love by Houston Person / Ron Carter is quite nice for checking for a "black background" and also transients 🫡 (By the way, the name is Dutch, hence the odd spelling. Can't explain how many different ways I've heard it pronounced. Spell check usually spells it Martian 😂).
👽😉 I was a bit cheeky with the thumbnail choice for this one - if it gets a few extra clicks though... Definitely some great music in the list of suggestions, just a mixed bag of recording and mixing/mastering quality to my ears. 🙂
Loved that Miles Davis album! One album I’ve never been able to get the froth about is Jazz in the pawn shop . To much of a party trick for me. It is beautifully clean, but some (not all) of the instrument placement is all over the show! The glock is recorded like it’s 10m long lol Still a few more to listen too yet..
Ah, Jazz In The Pawn Shop. Read or listen to enough audiophiles and someone will eventually tell you "It sounds like you are really there!" My response: "So in a club, you sit on stage with your nose touching the vibraphones? Because the way they dance all over the stereo image, that's the only place in the room where they will sound like that!"
Haven't seen anyone do this kind of video before. Listening along with you during this video, was kind of fun! Lots of cool music recommendations! Thanks alot for this video!
Here's a good recording of good jazz - The Bad Plus "Blunt Object Live In Tokyo" - the track "Flim" in particular. Another is Medeski, Martin & Wood "End Of The World Party (Just In Case)" - the track "Mami Gato" is a favorite of mine.
Once again, wow,... I really love your music reviews, I've been so busy with finding these on cd's, yep, I'm a cd kind on guy, well... At least to me they are by far the best medium (at least for me). I so look forward to your reviews on music which keeps me busy tracking cd's down and listening to them to compare opinions and just enjoying the music. I totally love it. Thank you so much indeed. PS: it's a shame not all the music you've reviewed is available on CD. Can't have it all I suppose.
Yes. That does make it tricky as CD production has dropped in the world of streaming. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos though! I've got lots more planned. 🙂🙂
Hi Lachlan, Yeah, I think you've summed it up quite well. The reason I suggested this recording was because of the expansive way in which it was recorded. It's quite different from most of the other titles that have been suggested to you. It's a beautiful recording, and if you look at the cover, you see where they were playing. That was also where it was recorded as I understand it. It's a huge big space, and that's why the sound engineering was captured in the recording the way it was which was quite representative of the space. I was just hoping to give you something a little different from the usual tightly mic'd up jazz quartet. 🙂🎧👍
Some Other Time at 35:49 Thanks Shane. It's definitely nice to try something outside the regular recommendations. From a musical perspective I definitely like it.
Love your channel and hope you continue to see a rise in subscribers. Ever thought about doing a collab with A British Audiophile? You two guys have the most relaxing voices! :)
Ha! So cool to see the Nazarenko album was recorded in the same hall I gave my senior recital in at Skidmore College in NY! I recognized it from the photo, and it’s obviously an amazing and very recognizable performance hall. While I never knew John while I was there, I see he is faculty there now. What a small world!
Lots of goodies to try out. It might not have been what you were going for but I certainly appreciate the abundance of listening suggestions. Thanks again!
The Camille Thurman album is a recording out of Chesky Records bi-naural line (hence the distance) and her cover version of "Road song" is just awesome. Maybe my ears work differently (or maybe my gear is worse), but i found that especially the distance created by the placing of the bi-naural mic creates a very intimate vibe since it kinda feels like sitting somewhere front-ish in the audience.
I kind of liked it for the same reason, but it also left me feeling a bit disconnected for some reason. Some of the other Chesky recordings I own or have tried are really immersive and engaging, but no so much on this one.
Great to see reviews like this. I’d like to suggest some fine jazz albums I use myself for reviewing headphones. They are all excellent recordings which highlight sound stage, dynamics and timbre. 1. Avishai Cohen Trio - From Darkness. Particularly “Amethyst” 2. Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Live in Gothenburg. Particularly “The Wraith” 3. Stanley Clarke Trio - Jazz in the Garden. Particularly “Sicilian Blue”
All great selections. My favorite three from this list are Moanin, We Get Requests and Some Other Time. I also highly recommend adding these beauties to your list. 1. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba 2. Monty Alexander - D Day 3. Joe Sample - Old Places, Old Faces 4. Dave Brubeck - Indian Summer
Great List, but "Satchmo Plays King Oliver" really should be up there too, the opener "St. James Infirmary" is an Audiophile Classic! For music I love Max Roach, but maybe too hard left/right for headphones, but try "Deeds, not Words" or "We Insists!", again the opening track "Tears for Johannesburg" is amazing. Sonny "Rollins in Holland: 1967 studio and live recordings" - the Studio tracks from VARA Studio 5 are excellent, but the live recordings are not. I have the 3 LP set, worth getting just for the first LP only.
anenon ° moons melt milk light 2o23 terrace martin ° fine tune 2o23 svaneborg kardyb ° over tage 2o22 hauschka ° philantropy 2o23 chip wickham ° love&life 2o23 if this is just leading to one forehead less been sleepy/pounded on the table& or foot's getting shot I'll be happy. great channel btw really enjoying it.everybody have a great musical 2o24
Live in Theater Akzent Nenad Vasilic Any of his albums sounds amazing. Bass room. Beyond the double bass. Renaud Garcia Fons Grare: Paris - Istanbul - Shanghai Album by Joel Grare
The HD digital version of JATPS on Tidal is excellent sounding, but the early pressing vinyl pressing is outstanding. I would even say it's night and day difference on a good vinyl playback frontend. The most notable standout on the vinyl is its expansive soundstage, instrument separation and imaging.
Well actually, I was quite pleased to get suggestions for “the quality of the music” (as distinct from the recording). So thanks all! Recent “recording + music” standouts for me: “Companion” by Patricia Barber (Qobuz). Close-mic’d but nicely defined space for this group to apply a quirky but easily-heard sensibility to “covers” as you haven’t heard them before. Also, on Octave Records, the PS Audio label, there are DSD and hi-rez FLAC recordings that definitely test the system: two albums labeled “Art of Hi Fi,” one for Percussion another for Bass; and a delightfully subtle but impactful set by Carmen Sandim called Mini Brazilian Beasts. I bought it for the title but I keep going back to it because it brings smiles to my worry creases, easing them away.
I would definitely recommend the album ‘Rejoice’ by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela as a test for drum dynamics and palpability and for trumpet tone/dynamics. Great record.
The 1997 Sony Columbia Legacy CD release of “Kind Of Blue” is not only the best audiophile jazz album, I submit it is the best recording ever released! It is arguably the most accessible work of one of modern times' greatest musical geniuses. The music is excellently performed by every player. There is not one misplaced note. The recording, mixing, and mastering are also realized with near perfection. It is truly a timeless performance captured as well as humanly possible. However, there are some caveats here. If you shop for a recording, you will find many different reissues. I can’t say they are all equal. The pre-1992 releases had a problem with the timing of side A, altering the pitch. The 1997 Sony Columbia Legacy release on CD added an alternative take of "Flamenco Sketches", thus altering the original album by including the extra performance. While I can’t say which take is better, I think providing both, though they are equally excellent, changes the effect of the original recording.
Recently discovered the album "Dynamic Maximum Tension" by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. It's brilliant and very... dynamic as the title suggests.
Two proposals recorded in public to delight your ears: "Acoustic Shapes" by Wolfgang Haffner th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_mjM2E1bqRBK4sp32zvbXbkJs7IEC63TZs.html And especially the “Past Time” by Michel Jonasz th-cam.com/video/DGnfTWEdiRk/w-d-xo.html
some interesting offerings there to explore thanks ! a label that often displays the qualities associated with acoustic instruments and real spaces is the German label ECM which is a label that some will love - and some won’t gravitate to at all
Houston Person - "Something Personal" and "Remember Love" albums. The latter with Ron Carter - you KNOW the bass is killer with Ron...esp tracks (Blues For DP) (You Are My Sunshine)
Here are some of my recommendations (not all songs are 'Jazz' per se, some might be called 'Jazz-adjacent') : 'Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen' by Jennifer Keith 'Yarahya' by Alune Wade (feat. Harold Lopez-Nussa) 'Empire State of Mind' by Kim Waters 'Tougnafo' by Mama Keita 'Purple Memories' by Von Meyer 'So Here We Are' by Nightmares on Wax 'Bad News' by Melody Gardot (from 'The Artist's Cut' version of the album, not the regular album) Enjoy!!
This series of videos is very interesting. Here are some recommendations: Unsquare dance from Further out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Nature boy from Eldar by Eldar Marseille (feat. Abd Al Mailik) from Marseille by Ahmad Jamal 6/4 Jam from Jaco Pastorius by Jaco Pastorius Nature boy from Straight life by Art Pepper
Jasmine Myra's Horizons is well in my top 10 jazz albums. Danielle Gaha (or De Andrea) did an album "You Don't Know Me" which is a collection of wonderfully recorded covers done so tastefully.
Japanese jazz classic - Three Blind Mice or The TBM Sound compilation album by FIM. If you have heard this album, you aere really missing out on what was quite simply THE audiophile test album of yesteryear. Simply superb and definitely a must listen. The King James Version - Harry James and His Big Band by Sheffield Lab. The Sheffield Jazz Experience compilation album. Two of a Kind - Bob James and Earl Klugh.
I think the recent - Shade of Blue - Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio on Qobuz is really worth a listen - at least this one is instantly accessible. Great recording - mike placement doesn't make you feel like you're perching top of the symbols - so piano, double bass and drums have a good distance to the listener, no hard panning and plenty of room and space accoustics.
lol, I was wondering if you would include "Caught in the Act" by Royal Crown Revue. I do understand a lot of what you say. A lot of their studio albums (especially "Mugzy's Move" recorded by warner bros) are much better recordings from a clarity point of view. And it does push the boundaries of whether its jazz or swing. I call it swing jazz lol. As an audiophile, I actually love the raw liveness of the album, and it sounds awesome on big speakers LOUD! I've heard them live a few times when they came to Australia, so may be a little biased lol. I went with this over more traditional Jazz greats as a point of difference. The band members individually are acclaimed musicians, and a lot of there own recordings are very much traditional jazz. For example the Trumpet player Scott Steen covers a few Miles Davis songs brilliantly in his album " Playing Favorites". The drummer Daniel Glass was voted top 5 drummer of the year in Modern Drummer polls 2 years running a few years back, and I nearly recommended his album "Something colorful" with the Daniel Glass Trio.. I think you'd like that Lachlan. Thanks for including the album and also your own recommendations that i will have to listen to!
I agree that the streaming services are giving us so much access to try music out now. Lucky thing too with an these great recommendations I keep receiving!
The AYO "Royal" album is definitely close mic'd, and each instrument seems to be in its own space. The drums for example seem to be in a small room/booth with some natural reverb around the drums. The bass is close mic'd without (much) reverb/space around it. And the vocals and guitar (which may be played by AYO herself?) are each in their own acoustic spaces. Having said that, it seems like they are being played all together at the same time; but that is difficult to know. It is a full range recording and seems to be uncompressed; on my headphone system here at work, at least. I will try again at home on my speaker system. And I agree that it is probably not what is technically considered jazz. Acoustic instruments, yes, but at first listen, there doesn't seem to be improvisation happening.
I listened to the AYO album on my main stereo system the other night, and while it it is full range and clean - the lack of real space around anything other than the drums, was a let down in terms of music playback. I like her music a lot, and I will try other recordings she has done, if I can.
Hi man, sorry i havn’t been able to watch videos too much lately so i only watch tho ones that attract me the most and not all of them like i usually do, anyway i just watched your review of the holo may and spring 3, amazing review…. I was wondering if you heard the ferrum wandla recently and if so, do you plan on reviewing it ? Edit : i also think it could be amazing to do another interview with Zach and his wife talking about the bokeh and the homage !
I have tried to get the Ferrum gear a few times, but have had no luck so far. I've got a bunch of goodies coming from ZMF soon (including the Bokeh and maybe the Homage) so that might be on the cards...
Super interesting breakdown and as with your previous videos in this series lots of new insights & learnings. Very nicely done and thank you. I'd love to know what the magic sauce is because the variation in recorded outcomes is so great (noting modern techniques/technology vs old is way too reductionist given Jazz in the pawn shop was recorded almost 50 years ago). Ditto studio versus live recordings. And presumably at this level of musicianhip we can safely assume no questionable skill level issues with recording/mixing/mastering professionals involved? Different tastes/sensbilities/ different engineers hear things differently/pyschacoustics? So many questions!
You need to get on some Lady Blackbird....that is the jazz singer that alot of audiophile reviewers I also like have been raving about for the past year....
There were some good new ones in there for me. Thank you. I recommend Cubafrica by Cuarteto Patria and Manu Dibango. And not really Jazz but Amber Rubarth Sessions from the 17th ward is one of the best live recordings I have heard. Lastly Duke Ellington Money Jungle: ‘Fleurette Africaine’ is something else.
I think there were mono releases of Kind of Blue. Here is one: th-cam.com/video/M9tpfzTBeq0/w-d-xo.html I can hear the hiss in the first track (on both stereo and mono version) with just the KPH-30i and an Apple USB-C adapter
Excellent recs and video subject, especially for jazz lovers, like me. A few gems in this comments section too. Here is my contribution: Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Hey Lachlan and world, This is not jazz but - You need to listen to 3 songs by david maxim micic: 1. Crumbs 2. of grief 3. Fading memories Let me know what you think. I’m Listening on Hifiman Arya Organic. I get quite emotional listening to these. Chris
As im done with headphones cuz they r not as sensitive as an IEM.. The best miles davis song on IEM just Generique. Others not as clean as headphones Yet headphones sounded so clean as a matter it is not... I think it is better to go for a best songs 1st then the album... Diana Krall is good yup Stop this world.. Most of it(jazz) just simply Instrumentals.. Ops gtg.. I'll continue later.. Nice 1...Peace!
I recommend "Perfect . Music . Share" (TH-cam channel) for technical excellently recorded music. Pity for its Asian bias as I'd love more "western" music presented this well.
I believe that the 30th anniversary edition of Jazz and the Pawn Shop contains all 3 'discs' of the original recording so is probably the best edition to get.
Nice tip. Thank you!
I understand that there are numerous discs/versions out there. Is there one that is considered "best"?
Nice groove jazz funk soul albums:
Everything from European Jazz Trio and Manhattan Jazz Quintet
Simple Acoustic Trio - Kattorna
Marialy Pacheco - Introducing
Nnenna Freelon - Nenna Freelon Live
Marcus Miller - Tutu revisited
Bob James - Feel like making LIVE!
MAssimo Farao - A drums come true
Jeff Cascaro - Love & Blues in the City
Bill Evans - Soul insider
Joe Samle - old places old faces
George Duke - After hours
While I think about it:
Vital Tech Tones - Drums Stop, No Good
The O Zone Percussion Group - Jazz Variants / High Life.
Sarah Vaughn & Her Trio live at Mr Kelly's - Willow Weep for me
Babatunde Olatunji - Idaji / Isise
Redi Hasa - In Bloom / Come as you are.
Some of those stray slightly from thr Genre but they sound wonderful
Nice choice of picture on this video 😉. It's really interesting to hear your view, especially on albums I am very familiar with. Some real belters in there!
Remember Love by Houston Person / Ron Carter is quite nice for checking for a "black background" and also transients 🫡
(By the way, the name is Dutch, hence the odd spelling. Can't explain how many different ways I've heard it pronounced. Spell check usually spells it Martian 😂).
👽😉
I was a bit cheeky with the thumbnail choice for this one - if it gets a few extra clicks though...
Definitely some great music in the list of suggestions, just a mixed bag of recording and mixing/mastering quality to my ears. 🙂
Houston Person and his deep blowing (most other sax players are squawky) make this former sax player pick him as best overall......
Loved that Miles Davis album!
One album I’ve never been able to get the froth about is Jazz in the pawn shop . To much of a party trick for me. It is beautifully clean, but some (not all) of the instrument placement is all over the show! The glock is recorded like it’s 10m long lol
Still a few more to listen too yet..
That's a good point about Jazz at the Pawnshop. It's actually not an album that I ever listen to for pure enjoyment.
Ah, Jazz In The Pawn Shop. Read or listen to enough audiophiles and someone will eventually tell you "It sounds like you are really there!" My response: "So in a club, you sit on stage with your nose touching the vibraphones? Because the way they dance all over the stereo image, that's the only place in the room where they will sound like that!"
The point is that the sense of the room and ambience was captured and the imaging is excellent. I do agree that the vibraphone can be a bit much.
@@uktommiboy PMSL LOL
I’m honored you listened to my recommendation and great video! Thanks 🙏
Thank you for the suggestion!
Duke Ellington-Jazz Party. Sounds amazing on my system.
Haven't seen anyone do this kind of video before. Listening along with you during this video, was kind of fun! Lots of cool music recommendations! Thanks alot for this video!
So glad you enjoyed the approach. I plan to continue exploring all kinds of genres and then might circle back and start again to see what else is new.
Here's a good recording of good jazz - The Bad Plus "Blunt Object Live In Tokyo" - the track "Flim" in particular.
Another is Medeski, Martin & Wood "End Of The World Party (Just In Case)" - the track "Mami Gato" is a favorite of mine.
Great idea, I love it!
Glad you liked it! I've got at least 3-4 more planned. Hope you can throw some suggestions in when the surveys come up on the community tab.
Once again, wow,... I really love your music reviews, I've been so busy with finding these on cd's, yep, I'm a cd kind on guy, well... At least to me they are by far the best medium (at least for me). I so look forward to your reviews on music which keeps me busy tracking cd's down and listening to them to compare opinions and just enjoying the music. I totally love it. Thank you so much indeed. PS: it's a shame not all the music you've reviewed is available on CD. Can't have it all I suppose.
Yes. That does make it tricky as CD production has dropped in the world of streaming. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos though! I've got lots more planned. 🙂🙂
Hi Lachlan, Yeah, I think you've summed it up quite well. The reason I suggested this recording was because of the expansive way in which it was recorded. It's quite different from most of the other titles that have been suggested to you. It's a beautiful recording, and if you look at the cover, you see where they were playing. That was also where it was recorded as I understand it. It's a huge big space, and that's why the sound engineering was captured in the recording the way it was which was quite representative of the space.
I was just hoping to give you something a little different from the usual tightly mic'd up jazz quartet.
🙂🎧👍
Hey, which recording?
Some Other Time at 35:49
Thanks Shane. It's definitely nice to try something outside the regular recommendations. From a musical perspective I definitely like it.
Love your channel and hope you continue to see a rise in subscribers. Ever thought about doing a collab with A British Audiophile? You two guys have the most relaxing voices! :)
That would be fun. I watch some of his videos (when relevant to my setup) and always enjoy his approach.
Glad you're enjoying the channel
Ha! So cool to see the Nazarenko album was recorded in the same hall I gave my senior recital in at Skidmore College in NY! I recognized it from the photo, and it’s obviously an amazing and very recognizable performance hall. While I never knew John while I was there, I see he is faculty there now. What a small world!
Wow. That's great that you recognised it from the cover photo!
Lots of goodies to try out. It might not have been what you were going for but I certainly appreciate the abundance of listening suggestions. Thanks again!
Glad you liked it! There is some wonderful music for enjoyment and that's ultimately what it's about 🙂
Ooo. Didn't know you did these. Thanks man.
My pleasure. The Electronic genre is up next 🙂
The Camille Thurman album is a recording out of Chesky Records bi-naural line (hence the distance) and her cover version of "Road song" is just awesome.
Maybe my ears work differently (or maybe my gear is worse), but i found that especially the distance created by the placing of the bi-naural mic creates a very intimate vibe since it kinda feels like sitting somewhere front-ish in the audience.
I kind of liked it for the same reason, but it also left me feeling a bit disconnected for some reason. Some of the other Chesky recordings I own or have tried are really immersive and engaging, but no so much on this one.
Great to see reviews like this. I’d like to suggest some fine jazz albums I use myself for reviewing headphones. They are all excellent recordings which highlight sound stage, dynamics and timbre.
1. Avishai Cohen Trio - From Darkness. Particularly “Amethyst”
2. Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Live in Gothenburg. Particularly “The Wraith”
3. Stanley Clarke Trio - Jazz in the Garden. Particularly “Sicilian Blue”
Thanks for the suggestions. Keep an eye out for future surveys on the Community tab here in TH-cam so you can submit suggestions for future videos.
All great selections. My favorite three from this list are Moanin, We Get Requests and Some Other Time. I also highly recommend adding these beauties to your list.
1. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba
2. Monty Alexander - D Day
3. Joe Sample - Old Places, Old Faces
4. Dave Brubeck - Indian Summer
Great List, but "Satchmo Plays King Oliver" really should be up there too, the opener "St. James Infirmary" is an Audiophile Classic! For music I love Max Roach, but maybe too hard left/right for headphones, but try "Deeds, not Words" or "We Insists!", again the opening track "Tears for Johannesburg" is amazing.
Sonny "Rollins in Holland: 1967 studio and live recordings" - the Studio tracks from VARA Studio 5 are excellent, but the live recordings are not. I have the 3 LP set, worth getting just for the first LP only.
Everything on the list comes from community suggestions so feel free to throw your suggestions in on the next survey.
anenon ° moons melt milk light 2o23
terrace martin ° fine tune 2o23
svaneborg kardyb ° over tage 2o22
hauschka ° philantropy 2o23
chip wickham ° love&life 2o23
if this is just leading to one forehead less been sleepy/pounded on the table& or foot's getting shot I'll be happy.
great channel btw really enjoying it.everybody have a great musical 2o24
Live in Theater Akzent Nenad Vasilic Any of his albums sounds amazing. Bass room.
Beyond the double bass. Renaud Garcia Fons
Grare: Paris - Istanbul - Shanghai Album by Joel Grare
Thanks for the suggestions!
The HD digital version of JATPS on Tidal is excellent sounding, but the early pressing vinyl pressing is outstanding. I would even say it's night and day difference on a good vinyl playback frontend. The most notable standout on the vinyl is its expansive soundstage, instrument separation and imaging.
Thanks for the info. When you've compared the vinyl and digital, what digital chain were you using for the decoding?
@@PassionforSound I use iFi Zen Stream -> Bifrost 2/64. Love your channel.
The Bifrost 2/64 is excellent, but I'm not surprised that a good vinyl setup can do even better. Glad you love the channel!
Love this idea for a vid… enjoying Manu Katché & Andy Bey Right now…that alone was worth the view! THANK YOU! 😀
Glad you liked the video and Andy Bey too - it's great, isn't it!?
Well actually, I was quite pleased to get suggestions for “the quality of the music” (as distinct from the recording). So thanks all! Recent “recording + music” standouts for me: “Companion” by Patricia Barber (Qobuz). Close-mic’d but nicely defined space for this group to apply a quirky but easily-heard sensibility to “covers” as you haven’t heard them before. Also, on Octave Records, the PS Audio label, there are DSD and hi-rez FLAC recordings that definitely test the system: two albums labeled “Art of Hi Fi,” one for Percussion another for Bass; and a delightfully subtle but impactful set by Carmen Sandim called Mini Brazilian Beasts. I bought it for the title but I keep going back to it because it brings smiles to my worry creases, easing them away.
Thanks for the suggestions, Paul!
the Dominique Fils-Aime is very nice- I thought maybe she was associated with Zap Mama … I would say definitely influenced by Zap Mama :-)
I'll have to go and check out Zap Mama 🙂
yes, very similar to that album - en francasis and acapella@@PassionforSound
Adventures in Afropea’ is their first album. A capella and playfully inventive :-)
Here is an other favorite: Gianmaria Testa - Extra Muros th-cam.com/video/rG3dV7E5AiE/w-d-xo.html
Hi Lachlan, "Midnight Blue" (2012 Remaster) Kenny Burrell / Blue Note Label
Cheers
I would definitely recommend the album ‘Rejoice’ by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela as a test for drum dynamics and palpability and for trumpet tone/dynamics. Great record.
Tony Allen is amazing, this is a great record!
I really enjoy these videos. Thank you for doing them.
I'm glad you're enjoying them. Please share them on your favourite socials so I can get enough views to keep them coming. 🙂
The 1997 Sony Columbia Legacy CD release of “Kind Of Blue” is not only the best audiophile jazz album, I submit it is the best recording ever released!
It is arguably the most accessible work of one of modern times' greatest musical geniuses. The music is excellently performed by every player. There is not one misplaced note. The recording, mixing, and mastering are also realized with near perfection. It is truly a timeless performance captured as well as humanly possible.
However, there are some caveats here. If you shop for a recording, you will find many different reissues. I can’t say they are all equal. The pre-1992 releases had a problem with the timing of side A, altering the pitch. The 1997 Sony Columbia Legacy release on CD added an alternative take of "Flamenco Sketches", thus altering the original album by including the extra performance. While I can’t say which take is better, I think providing both, though they are equally excellent, changes the effect of the original recording.
Thanks for the interesting insight!
Recently discovered the album "Dynamic Maximum Tension" by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. It's brilliant and very... dynamic as the title suggests.
Two proposals recorded in public to delight your ears:
"Acoustic Shapes" by Wolfgang Haffner
th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_mjM2E1bqRBK4sp32zvbXbkJs7IEC63TZs.html
And especially the “Past Time” by Michel Jonasz
th-cam.com/video/DGnfTWEdiRk/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the suggestions!
some interesting offerings there to explore thanks !
a label that often displays the qualities associated with acoustic instruments and real spaces is the German label ECM
which is a label that some will love - and some won’t gravitate to at all
I've got a few ECM albums in my playlists and I agree that the recordings are always interesting (in a good way)
For sure and the cleanest and airiest top end sound most anywhere......
Houston Person - "Something Personal" and "Remember Love" albums. The latter with Ron Carter - you KNOW the bass is killer with Ron...esp tracks (Blues For DP) (You Are My Sunshine)
Here are some of my recommendations (not all songs are 'Jazz' per se, some might be called 'Jazz-adjacent') :
'Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen' by Jennifer Keith
'Yarahya' by Alune Wade (feat. Harold Lopez-Nussa)
'Empire State of Mind' by Kim Waters
'Tougnafo' by Mama Keita
'Purple Memories' by Von Meyer
'So Here We Are' by Nightmares on Wax
'Bad News' by Melody Gardot (from 'The Artist's Cut' version of the album, not the regular album)
Enjoy!!
This series of videos is very interesting. Here are some recommendations:
Unsquare dance from Further out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Nature boy from Eldar by Eldar
Marseille (feat. Abd Al Mailik) from Marseille by Ahmad Jamal
6/4 Jam from Jaco Pastorius by Jaco Pastorius
Nature boy from Straight life by Art Pepper
I'm glad you liked it and thanks for the additional suggestions
Jasmine Myra's Horizons is well in my top 10 jazz albums.
Danielle Gaha (or De Andrea) did an album "You Don't Know Me" which is a collection of wonderfully recorded covers done so tastefully.
Great video. I also love Bitches Brew from Miles Davis. Fantastic sound on headphones.
Ah yes, that's a good one too
I think this is a great idea in terms of video subject matter. I hope we can venture further into other genres. ❤
Glad you like it. Electronic is next and then Funk & Soul, Folk, and then who knows...
@@PassionforSound …then who knows? Metal. 😝
Believe it or not there is some good ones out there.
I'm willing to give it a go...
@@PassionforSound of course you are. You’re amazing. 😊
Thanks to this video discovered Ayo - Royal, which became one of my favourite albums of all time. Today got it on vinyl.
Awesome! So glad you found some music you love so much!!
Japanese jazz classic - Three Blind Mice or The TBM Sound compilation album by FIM. If you have heard this album, you aere really missing out on what was quite simply THE audiophile test album of yesteryear. Simply superb and definitely a must listen.
The King James Version - Harry James and His Big Band by Sheffield Lab.
The Sheffield Jazz Experience compilation album.
Two of a Kind - Bob James and Earl Klugh.
Thanks for the suggestions
@@PassionforSound No worries. Welcome.
I think the recent - Shade of Blue - Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio on Qobuz is really worth a listen - at least this one is instantly accessible. Great recording - mike placement doesn't make you feel like you're perching top of the symbols - so piano, double bass and drums have a good distance to the listener, no hard panning and plenty of room and space accoustics.
Love Bob and Earl
Some of my old stand by's and some new ones to try. Thanks.
I hope you enjoy the new ones!
Andy Bey’s Tuesdays in Chinatown sounds amazing from my iPad Pro speakers! Just can’t imagine how good will be coming out of my Totem Forests… 😊
You're in for a treat
lol, I was wondering if you would include "Caught in the Act" by Royal Crown Revue. I do understand a lot of what you say. A lot of their studio albums (especially "Mugzy's Move" recorded by warner bros) are much better recordings from a clarity point of view. And it does push the boundaries of whether its jazz or swing. I call it swing jazz lol. As an audiophile, I actually love the raw liveness of the album, and it sounds awesome on big speakers LOUD! I've heard them live a few times when they came to Australia, so may be a little biased lol.
I went with this over more traditional Jazz greats as a point of difference. The band members individually are acclaimed musicians, and a lot of there own recordings are very much traditional jazz. For example the Trumpet player Scott Steen covers a few Miles Davis songs brilliantly in his album " Playing Favorites". The drummer Daniel Glass was voted top 5 drummer of the year in Modern Drummer polls 2 years running a few years back, and I nearly recommended his album "Something colorful" with the Daniel Glass Trio.. I think you'd like that Lachlan.
Thanks for including the album and also your own recommendations that i will have to listen to!
Thanks for the extra information!
A couple of my favorites John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album and Side by Side - Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges.
Thanks for the suggestions!
If Melody performed like that it had to be packed! No wonder😆😆❗️
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Another one - Macy Gray "Stripped" recorded for David Chesky in a Brooklyn church using a single microphone ( 24bit . 192khz )
Thanks for the suggestion
Massive fan of Gardot or and Woong san, yao siting, chamberland so many more, that's the wonderful thing about Network streaming, so much music .
Dick Hyman's Swing albums are well worth a listen .Superbly recorded and guaranteed to get your feet tapping
I agree that the streaming services are giving us so much access to try music out now. Lucky thing too with an these great recommendations I keep receiving!
Okay, i am really enjoying this one. Aggravated i had to turn it off to post this. 😅, re Gardot.
The AYO "Royal" album is definitely close mic'd, and each instrument seems to be in its own space. The drums for example seem to be in a small room/booth with some natural reverb around the drums. The bass is close mic'd without (much) reverb/space around it. And the vocals and guitar (which may be played by AYO herself?) are each in their own acoustic spaces. Having said that, it seems like they are being played all together at the same time; but that is difficult to know. It is a full range recording and seems to be uncompressed; on my headphone system here at work, at least. I will try again at home on my speaker system.
And I agree that it is probably not what is technically considered jazz. Acoustic instruments, yes, but at first listen, there doesn't seem to be improvisation happening.
I agree. It's acoustic pop to me.
I listened to the AYO album on my main stereo system the other night, and while it it is full range and clean - the lack of real space around anything other than the drums, was a let down in terms of music playback. I like her music a lot, and I will try other recordings she has done, if I can.
That was my feeling too IIRC (about the lack of space)
Hi man, sorry i havn’t been able to watch videos too much lately so i only watch tho ones that attract me the most and not all of them like i usually do, anyway i just watched your review of the holo may and spring 3, amazing review…. I was wondering if you heard the ferrum wandla recently and if so, do you plan on reviewing it ?
Edit : i also think it could be amazing to do another interview with Zach and his wife talking about the bokeh and the homage !
I have tried to get the Ferrum gear a few times, but have had no luck so far.
I've got a bunch of goodies coming from ZMF soon (including the Bokeh and maybe the Homage) so that might be on the cards...
Super interesting breakdown and as with your previous videos in this series lots of new insights & learnings. Very nicely done and thank you. I'd love to know what the magic sauce is because the variation in recorded outcomes is so great (noting modern techniques/technology vs old is way too reductionist given Jazz in the pawn shop was recorded almost 50 years ago). Ditto studio versus live recordings. And presumably at this level of musicianhip we can safely assume no questionable skill level issues with recording/mixing/mastering professionals involved? Different tastes/sensbilities/ different engineers hear things differently/pyschacoustics? So many questions!
I'll be chatting to a mixing/recording engineer in the next couple of weeks to get more insight on EXACTLY these questions so stay tuned. 🙂
Great for bass: Mathieu Desy: Contrebasse et Marées th-cam.com/video/bVNd81YaKZg/w-d-xo.html
You need to get on some Lady Blackbird....that is the jazz singer that alot of audiophile reviewers I also like have been raving about for the past year....
There's so much great music out there!
There were some good new ones in there for me. Thank you. I recommend Cubafrica by Cuarteto Patria and Manu Dibango. And not really Jazz but Amber Rubarth Sessions from the 17th ward is one of the best live recordings I have heard. Lastly Duke Ellington Money Jungle: ‘Fleurette Africaine’ is something else.
Robert Glasper Trio "covered" live at Capitol Studios is a good listen.
Thanks Peyton!
I think there were mono releases of Kind of Blue. Here is one: th-cam.com/video/M9tpfzTBeq0/w-d-xo.html I can hear the hiss in the first track (on both stereo and mono version) with just the KPH-30i and an Apple USB-C adapter
Try Charles Bradley - Where Do We Go From Here (feat. Menahan Street Band) and also Dusty Blue by the same artists :)
Excellent recs and video subject, especially for jazz lovers, like me. A few gems in this comments section too. Here is my contribution: Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Giving it a listen now...
Thanks for the suggestion!
Check out Nightbird by Eva Cassidy. Not sure if its good for system testing, but oh so sweet to listen.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Hey Lachlan and world,
This is not jazz but - You need to listen to 3 songs by david maxim micic:
1. Crumbs
2. of grief
3. Fading memories
Let me know what you think. I’m Listening on Hifiman Arya Organic.
I get quite emotional listening to these.
Chris
Thanks Chris. I can't promise I'll get the chance to circle back to these suggestions, but I appreciate the thought!
Gogo penguin
As im done with headphones cuz they r not as sensitive as an IEM.. The best miles davis song on IEM just Generique. Others not as clean as headphones Yet headphones sounded so clean as a matter it is not... I think it is better to go for a best songs 1st then the album... Diana Krall is good yup Stop this world.. Most of it(jazz) just simply Instrumentals.. Ops gtg.. I'll continue later.. Nice 1...Peace!
I recommend "Perfect . Music . Share" (TH-cam channel) for technical excellently recorded music. Pity for its Asian bias as I'd love more "western" music presented this well.