Music for testing Audio Equipment

[christian u]

On 3-7-2017 at 5:48 PM, elcorso said:

 

It is great to subwoofer burn in.

 

I only play it now to drive away the roaches and rats in the neighborhood 

 

Roch

That works?

[PAP]

Great natural drum sound;

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[Milan]

+1 We Three is the only Phineas Newborn album I really like and it has all to do with the combination of Haynes and Chambers:

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We Three, recorded in a single session on November 14, 1958, was the first American studio date as a bandleader for the diminutive and legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes, although with pianist Phineas Newborn on board (along with bassist Paul Chambers), it really is a set dominated by Newborn, whose busy, two-handed technique here works in tandem balance with Haynes' cool refinement. Newborn was all about amazing and dazzling piano runs that on some dates created simply too much flash and clutter to allow pieces to flow and breathe properly, but Haynes has always been about grace and flow throughout his career (if a drummer's style can said to be elegant, Haynes fits the bill), and here he rubs off on Newborn, who exercises just enough restraint to keep him in the proper orbit, resulting in a fine album. Highlights include the easy, pure swing of the opener, a version of Ray Bryant's "Reflection," a wonderful and bluesy rendition of Avery Parrish's "After Hours" (which finds Newborn in perfect balance between explosive ornamentation and smooth functionality), and a jaunty, fun spin through Newborn's own "Sugar Ray," a tribute to boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. This trio had a brief recording career together, but as this solid set shows, they made the best of it.

[PAP]

Yes there are only a few albums with them together, here is one more with good old 3 track stereo sound stage;

The Great Kai and JJ

[Milan]

I would love to see somebody start using those old three tracks again. Those albums all have a certain magic.

[PAP]

On 8/29/2017 at 1:46 AM, Milan said:

I would love to see somebody start using those old three tracks again. Those albums all have a certain magic.

 

I don't know if you have seen this documentary already, if not it explains a bit of the magic;

1959 The Year that Changed Jazz

 

[PAP]

here is one more from Columbia's 30th Street studio;

 

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The recording epitomizes the 30th Street Studio sound circa 1958. Does anything else have to be said?
Read more at https://www.analogplanet.com/content/legrand-jazz-gets-grand-impex-aaa-reissue#zh4KB5uFxKRG7h0K.99

Legrand Jazz

 

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[christian u]

What became of the studio?

That room should be on the Unesco World Heritage list.

[jaaptina]

On 26-6-2017 at 4:50 AM, elcorso said:

If you want to test bass response...

 

 

http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/china-hok-man-yim-poems-of-thunder-percussion-hok-man-yim/0636943760222?qref=dpa

 

Roch

Seen and heard this for real in Beijing Drum tower this summer. Sounds a lot like at home (fist two tracks of the album) ?! 

[PAP]

On 9/24/2017 at 1:24 PM, christian u said:

What became of the studio?

That room should be on the Unesco World Heritage list.

 

Sad but this is what happened;

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Columbia failed to buy the building (for an estimated $250,000; equivalent to $620,000 after inflation) when they abandoned their contracts with the studio in 1982. CBS felt constrained by restrictions imposed by the owner, including a closing time of 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. The owner then sold it for $1.2 million, and it was quickly reacquired for $4.5 million ($11 million after inflation).^[2]

The building was later demolished and a mid-rise residential apartment building called "The Wilshire" was built in its place, completed in 1985

wikipedia

 

[christian u]

What a pity!

Thanks for the reply

[PAP]

On 24-9-2017 at 2:32 PM, jaaptina said:

Seen and heard this for real in Beijing Drum tower this summer. Sounds a lot like at home (fist two tracks of the album) ?! 

The man beating the drum is he wearing hearing any protection?

[oso]

On 10-9-2017 at 3:31 PM, PAP said:

 

I don't know if you have seen this documentary already, if not it explains a bit of the magic;

1959 The Year that Changed Jazz

 

Fantastic documentary!

[christian u]

On 10-9-2017 at 3:31 PM, PAP said:

 

I don't know if you have seen this documentary already, if not it explains a bit of the magic;

1959 The Year that Changed Jazz

 

That docu makes me wonder if the ability to record more and more tracks on to tape has to do with the slowly degrading sound quality up through the '60. I mean they had 2 tracks to tape, then 3, then 4, then 8 and so forth....or?

[beerandmusic]

 

 

 

[beerandmusic]

 

[elcorso]

On 10/12/2017 at 6:25 AM, PAP said:

The man beating the drum is he wearing hearing any protection?

 

He may not have problems affecting his hearing,  but other parts of the body!

How about using boxing groins protectors? 

 

Roch

[beerandmusic]

On 11/12/2017 at 6:39 AM, beerandmusic said:

 

OSO, thanks for the +1

 

I actually just bought the cd, and that is something I RARELY do anymore...only 2nd cd i bought in over a year.

[oso]

Yes, me too, CD. I don't think there is a download available.

[oso]

Listening to this right now;

Brand new and with very impressive SQ, as is always the case with the albums from that label:

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[beerandmusic]

6 hours ago, oso said:

Yes, me too, CD. I don't think there is a download available.

That first song (alone together) is also on his self titled album CHET

 

 

[beerandmusic]

6 hours ago, oso said:

Listening to this right now;

Brand new and with very impressive SQ, as is always the case with the albums from that label:

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we have great musical taste (wink)

[PAP]

On 11/12/2017 at 11:54 AM, christian u said:

That docu makes me wonder if the ability to record more and more tracks on to tape has to do with the slowly degrading sound quality up through the '60. I mean they had 2 tracks to tape, then 3, then 4, then 8 and so forth....or?

 

I am not an expert but i think that the the tape size also increased through the years from 1/4 inch to 2 inch.

Any experts here who can answer this?

[PAP]

On 11/15/2017 at 8:35 PM, oso said:

Listening to this right now;

Brand new and with very impressive SQ, as is always the case with the albums from that label:

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The SQ is good but I am even more impressed with the musical aspect. the way track 1 and 2 (Norwegian and Nowhere man) is made into a medley is just marvellous. And it takes a helluva musician to make a new version of these timeless songs from the fab four that I can stand listening to.

  

[oso]

On 16-11-2017 at 3:16 AM, beerandmusic said:

we have great musical taste (wink)

Yes, we are the last of slowly disappearing species