Lee Scoggins

Thanks Danny. I saw the great price at Best Buy. I will add to my list.

Thanks John for your comments on this disc as well.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

DaveDickey

My newest batch of hi-rez includes:

Art Of Noise "Daft" (some rather trippy tunes, indeed).

Alan Parsons "I Robot" (only listened once, but I've always liked this one).

"Amadeus" soundtrack (would have been ideal for MC release, but it is truly great music).

Side note: I've noticed the record companies are now releasing stuff like GBYBR in DVDA, but most people who wanted a hi-rez form of that album have already bought the SACD, which was released months ago. Am I wrong? It seems they're shooting their own feet

Dave

Mike Broadman

Lee, please tell me you're just asking about the sound and not the music.

I so can't wait for this to arrive. I was planning on starting a seperate thread for the Fantasy discs once I got them.

Paul:
I've never heard Zander's 3rd. I really want to get it, but I can't listen to a lot of Mahler at once, I need breathing space, and Thomas' 4th is coming in the mail.
Of the two that I do have, Boulez and Thomas, Thomas' is more solid and slick, while Boulez' follows the quirks of the music more. Or maybe he makes the music follow his own. Don't know how else to describe it.
I'm relatively new to Mahler and having been using Thomas' recordings as sort of a benchmark to get into a piece before hearing other versions (except for the 1st- my first exposure to that was the Bernstein).

As for my DVD-A stuff, I meant that my speakers are in storage. I have both my SACD and DVD-A players, the latter is only being used for DVDs now. I listen to SACDs on headphones. The stereo tracks on DVD-A aren't a big deal for me- especially since the disc I want most, In Absentia, has a low-res stereo track. And at least the music of new SACDs can be portable.

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Michael St. Clair

You are assuming that most people who would want to hear that own an SACD player.

Lee Scoggins

Yes, we already have this classic. I listened to the album in my car and the redbook even sounds good.

Monk was a genius and so far ahead of his time that it took people a while to recognize it.

I first became familiar with him when I heard Wynton Marsalis play "Think of One" at Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia. Mindblowing stuff. I can't even comprehend how Monk came up with the music.

This disc is a great collection-Max Roach on drums, a nice Clark Terry appearance on Bemsha Swing. Sublime album.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

Mike Broadman

Monk's genius was often in his simplicity. Sometimes when I hear a Monk tune I laugh because it's just so logical- why didn't anyone think of Epistrophy before? And as odd as his accompaniment style is, it pretty much forms the basis of a style which I've come to prefer, that chordal clanking sound as advanced by McCoy Tyner, incorporated by Hank Jones, and expanded upon by Chick Corea, though I'm currently growing my jazz piano playing collection in the other direction with Keith Jarrett (now his standards trio would make an awesome SACD!)

Oh man, why hasn't my elusive disc shipment come in yet?

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Lee Scoggins

Don't forget to stock up on the new Oscar Petersons!

The McCoy Tyner reissues on Blue Note are good. Passion Flower comes to mind. I wish Blue Note would be more supportive of Super Audio and let loose of some of Rudy Van Gelder's tapes. Analog to DSD please.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

Scott>G

I have actually met him a couple of times. My wife has actually played with him on stage. Clark celebrated his 80th birthday party at the University of New Hampshire with a great concert with all his jazz friends. My wife played the piccolo part to the jazz version of the Nutcracker suite.
VERY COOL!

He did a great version of Mumbles.

I am just getting into Hi Rez music. An will definitely be buying his album.

Lee Scoggins

He's a nice guy. Here's how I met him...

David Chesky invited me to come by and see Clark Terry perform live at the Village Gate (check out Chesky album title of same name). I go there to hear some great jazz and David comes up to me and says something like "hey Lee, we are short an intern do you want to help out?" Thus began my crash course in record engineering. My first duty was to go around (at a NYC jazz club!!!) and ask people to put out their cigarettes if they were next to the AKG microphones (smoke fouls the sensitive diaphragm in the mic). After a while, I go back and visit with future friends Bob Katz and Jeremy Kipnis who are working the recording controls in small control booth. Clark comes in and thanks everyone from high to low. Incredibly nice guy. Paquito D'Rivera is also there and friendly as well. Something about jazz musicians and their zest for life.

And it turned out to be a great record and they gave me an undeserved (at that time) credit for being a production assistant. I have been having fun in and out of professional audio ever since.

Mumbles was played as was the great Pint of Bitters. Get Clark Terry Live at the Village Gate and read the liner notes carefully.

Clark is also very close to Bill Cosby, a HUGE jazz fan.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

Rachael B

Hey, Lee! I used to work part-time at the Village Gate. I think that's the most fun job I ever had!

I got Godsmack's little acoustic album today and it's really hot sounding. I far prefer them with acoustic guitars. They'll proably never make another album like this...

Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.

I survived the AFI top 100 Film Challenge! I've seen them all.

favourite saying: hard feelings are for park benches... sit on that!

Mike Broadman

I think it's also because their audience is smaller and more selective, so they're very appreciative. And they understand the work it takes to record and present music.

I'm in NYC- if you need another hand with that stuff, let me know.

And yes, the Oscar Petersons are on my list.

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Lee Scoggins

That's great...good club.



I agree. I'll let you know the next time I am in the city. Maybe we can stop by and visit Chesky Records.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway