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Excellent recommendation. I take it you were not listening to Rudy Van Gelder's 2008 remaster. I ask because TIDAL has two versions of this album, and the one with which they associate the album artwork in your post is the Van Gelder version. Just idle curiosity, as I can of course listen to both versions in TIDAL and make up my own mind! =^)

 

No, I am not listening to RVG, 2014 Bernie Grundman mastering. For RVG I can recommend this one from 2002 - it's rarity of good RVG transfer and mastering:

 

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I was searching for bari saxo in jazz and this one is awesome! Good sound, highly recommended in redbook quality.

 

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What Is There To Say? | Gerry Mulligan – Télécharger et écouter l'album

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Fantastic album from old, good times by ECM and Dave Holland Quintet! Avant-Garde jazz so called, but very "eatable" and very well recorded.

 

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The Razor's Edge | Dave Holland Quintet – Télécharger et écouter l'album

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My take is much the same and I'm a little surprised that her marketing managers didn't create a medium to generate interest among those on the fence about owning her revisit to this masterwork. I'm sure I'll own it soon when other recordings of interest are few. Resistance is futile and she's an artist I have long admired.

 

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First impressions are favorable but I still seem to enjoy her earlier work like " Half The Perfect World" and "Careless Love" more than her later works. I remember how much I enjoyed discovering these albums a decade ago

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Nice album, well mastered, but for me it is just a bit boring.

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Fantastic album by these guys. Previous one from Wolfgang not caught me at all, but this one it much, much better with old time Brad playing from his trio albums. Very nice and well recorded as expected from ECM. Recommend you to check it out! 24/88.2 download - legit.

 

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Wolfgang Muthspiel; Ambrose Akinmusire; Brad Mehldau; Larry Grenadier; Brian Blade, Rising Grace in High-Resolution Audio - ProStudioMasters

 

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Recording quality is not too bad - DR value 9 is about what you can expect nowadays.

 

Haha, no, I do not expect DR9 for such kind of recordings! I expect much better dynamics especially from the non pop record like this from experienced and olders guys like John is. That is music thT deserves the non loudness war and compression treatments. Sorry for that, but I am not buying your suggestion ;-)

 

 

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Very nice, improvised and slightly avant-garde trio playing from 1978, recently remastered from MPS.

 

Decipher | John Taylor TrioÂ*– Télécharger et écouter l'album

 

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That was my last nite set of listening - all from ECM new releases. All very good, but I like Tord and Trygve. Barre is unique, not for everyone, but as it goes for the single double bass solo it's drawing and captivating - that's big success for such solo album.

I like also Invisible Paths, very well played as the Temporary Kings - you see, hard to choose one ;-)

 

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18 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

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24/48 download from Qobuz

 

This one I am not convinced. Sounds good, etc., but all the songs are already on other albums, different in interpretation maybe, but still there. Big thumb up, since they are from my country ;-)

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Hello,

I've just found these two amazing albums last time and highly recommend them for jazzheads. They are modern in the sense of the jazz streamline, but not overplayed. I like both a lot and highly recommend you to listen to them. Samuel Blaser is available in Redbook, but Formanek you can find it in 24/96 legit download from HDTracks and Highresaudio.com. There is one issue with Formanek high resolution offer that don't contain PDF file with liner notes (arghh!!!), but Redbook version on Bandcamp do. This story I will describe in the "Music Analysis - Objective & Subjective" forum here.

 

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Ingrid Jensen And Steve Treseler: Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wheeler

Highly recommend this one. Well played and inspirational. Well recorded DR11 with 24/44 download. Booklet included.

 

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https://www.allaboutjazz.com/invisible-sounds-for-kenny-wheeler-ingrid-jensen-and-steve-treseler-whirlwind-recordings-review-by-roger-farbey.php?width=1280

 

 

 

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On 16 listopada 2018 at 8:14 AM, dieterjp said:

A very relaxed Mark Knopfler:

 

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I've just listened to the whole album and to me it's a solid, very well sounded gem by Mark! Highly recommend. I am not fan of his solo albums, but as a kid I've been listening to Dire Straits pretty much all the time. Now, this album from the musical perspective is the statement of the men who achieved a lot and now playing because he likes it. Very matured record, very matured guy and solid album - yes, laid back, but what do you expect from the men who spent whole life playing and now enjoying his age? For me, 5 stars!

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Two new releases - so different. Manu is kinda summer, laid back, aka Mr. Fingers, house/jazz-fusion album. Interesting approach and well played - you will listen to it over and over again. Second one - Ralph is moder/conteporary jazz with Ravi Coltrane. Not as much easy listen as the prior one, but also very good and still growing on me - you know, it's ECM sound ;-)

 

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On 5/19/2019 at 6:51 PM, Musicophile said:

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I was a bit surprised to see this old Cassandra Wilson album pop up under nouveautés @ Qobuz, but then I realized it‘s a high res remaster. Given that this is one of my favorite Wilson albums, and very well recorded, at €10.99 for the 24/96 it didn’t take long to get my credit card out.

 

I haven’t compared to my CD rip yet, and will do a Musiscope check later, but it sounds very nice.

 

Yes, I tried several of her records, but this one is also my favorite and this remaster sounds excellent! 

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Not ECM this time, but VERY good IMHO. Really advice to listen to it. In my humble opinion one of her best ever. Nice sound with DR11 and complete packaging with leaflets etc. 24/44 download.

 

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