Ralf11 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 or cornet... I want to do some speaker testing and most of what I have is pretty old (Miles) Link to comment
zeitchef Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 or cornet... I want to do some speaker testing and most of what I have is pretty old (Miles) Wynton Marsalis "Carnaval" on Sony... amazing performances and sound quality. I really enjoy this record. Sent from my iPhone using Computer Audiophile Link to comment
jjjjusta Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 or cornet... I want to do some speaker testing and most of what I have is pretty old (Miles) Ambrose Akinmusire's most recent record is pretty perfect Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk Link to comment
kumakuma Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Not well recorded but... Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley Through the middle of my skull Link to comment
earnmyturns Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 +1 to the latest Akimusire. A few others: Avishai Cohen's "Into the Silence," ECM, 2016. You can get it on HDtracks at 88.2/24 PCM. Beautiful but sad. Or Kenny Wheeler's final album, "Songs for Quintet," also on ECM, available PCM 96/24 on HDtracks. Maybe not as ethereally recorded as those, but very lively, Alex Sipiagin's "Destinations Unknown," which I just ripped from a CD I bought. Link to comment
bgoc Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 The best of Hugh Masekela on Novus , Redbook cd Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Thanks any ideas for tracks from Wynton or Kermit? - esp. with the trumpet leading off at the beginning of the cut... Link to comment
bluesman Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 The entire album is amazing, but Variations for Trumpet should do the job for you. If you can find it, the vinyl is great. I have a CD version that's also pretty fine. I've never seen a CD of this one, but I have the original Sheffield vinyl and it's absolutely stellar. This one is well worth the effort it will take to find it. And almost any recording I've ever heard of the great Rafael Mendez is better than average, with Trumpet Spectacular being all that and much more. Link to comment
PleasantSounds Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 If you can handle traditional jazz, this must be the best brass sound ever captured on a disk: Tomas Ornberg's Blue Five feat. Kenny Davern (2013) Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 You have also thought of Miles Davis? Sent from my iPad using Computer Audiophile Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 This new one is well recorded, too. Sent from my iPad using Computer Audiophile Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 You have also thought of Miles Davis? Sent from my iPad using Computer Audiophile my first thought of course but how well was he recorded 50+ years ago? the goal here is to test the speakers; later on I'll focus on my favorites Link to comment
Lee Henley Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Erik Truffaz - Bending New Corners, fantastic album and well recorded Clark Terry - The Alternate Blues album, awesome album from a stellar line up, very well recorded as well Sources are: Mac Mini 2010 / Nottingham Analogue Hyperspace c/w Jelco 750 D and Denon DL 103 MC cartridge. Phono Stage: EAR 834P. Power Amp: Audio Note Empress Silver into a Hattor passive pre. DAC: Lampizator Atlantic and Humming Board NAA Speakers: Horns.pl Mummys. Cables: Duelund DC 16 GA - Audionote AN-SPX 27 Strand RCA and Albedo Silver RCA and Western Electric WE 16 GA. All digital music played through a Mac Mini using Roon and HQP. Power Supply: Gigawat PC2-EVO Link to comment
Musicophile Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/chiaroscuro-ralph-towner-paolo-fresu/0602517975101 Very well recorded. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
Musicophile Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Enrico Rava: Easy Living Easy Living | Enrico RavaÂ*– Download and listen to the album Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
Musicophile Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concerto is a trumpet concerto. This version is well recorded: Bach : Concerts avec plusieurs instruments - IV | Johann Sebastian Bach par Café ZimmermannÂ*– Download and listen to the album [ATTACH=CONFIG]31661[/ATTACH] Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
SoundQcar Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Hard to beat this track.. Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not." — Nelson Pass Link to comment
Musicophile Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 [ATTACH=CONFIG]31660[/ATTACH]Enrico Rava: Easy Living Easy Living | Enrico RavaÂ*– Download and listen to the album Forgot to mention my review of this album: https://musicophilesblog.com/2015/11/22/easy-living-my-favorite-enrico-rava-album/ Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 West End Blues - yes - isn't it odd that so few modern recordings exist of this? BTW, I've been to the West End - nothing there now Link to comment
bluesman Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 my first thought of course but how well was he recorded 50+ years ago? Someday My Prince Will Come and Miles Smiles are pretty good for SQ. Cookin' sounds pretty fine on the SACD I've heard. Cookin' was part of a 4 album marathon that Miles did to fulfill his contract with Prestige before he could switch to Columbia. Even though they were rushed in 2 sessions to end his obligation, and they're really short (like half an hour per album, as I recall), they sound pretty good. I've heard them all but only own Cookin' and Workin' on vinyl (which also sound really good, although I've had them so long and played them so often that my copies are not what they once were). That last Prestige blast was the classic quintet in fine form, too - 'Trane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe. The music is very exciting and belies the circumstances under which it was recorded. The MD quintet's Live in Europe is also very well recorded and sounds pretty fine even though I think the whole thing is mono. Some of the mono recordings from the '50s actually have great sound quality, too. Link to comment
lfs Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 These are all older, but pretty well recorded: Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 my first thought of course but how well was he recorded 50+ years ago? the goal here is to test the speakers; later on I'll focus on my favorites In my opinion, Miles Davis has some really good recordings, which are top in SQ. Someday My Prince Will Come Seven Steps To Heaven My Funny Valentine Round About Midnight Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet All of them are available as a High-Res / DSD version. Miles' trumpet is recorded excellent, and it is not easy for a test. Not only for speakers, but for all components. I would start with "Someday My Prince Will Come" 24-bit or DSD. I have a SACD and the AP-DSD. Link to comment
pawsman Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Sergei Nakariakov is the best classical trumpeter I've ever heard, and his recordings for Teldec are phenomenal. The "Carmen Fantasy" (based on the Franz Waxman work for violin & orchestra) is my personal favorite (Teldec 4509-94554-2). He recorded this as a teenager, and his virtuosity is incredible as is the sound quality. See his website at: http://www.nakariakov.com/ “Sergei Nakariakov plays the trumpet the way the rest of us breathe – if we are lucky” San Francisco Chronicle pawsman Nuprime CDP-9 w/Teradak DC-30 LPS/Mivera ICEedge 1200AS2 Class D amplifer/Tekton Impact Monitors/2 Emotiva DSP 10 Subs/Emotiva CMX-2 Line fliter-DC offset Link to comment
zackthedog Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Jack Walrath and Larry Willis, "Portraits in Ivory and Brass" Mapleshade Records - Jack Walrath & Larry Willis Link to comment
blownsi Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 In case you don't want just trumpet, I recommend "Two Men With The Blues" by Wynton & Willie. The trumpet on the first track alone is worth buying the album. Link to comment
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