Album of the Evening

[DeathFugue]

Dark, powerful contemporary music that manages a bit of melody! Great sound, too. (24/96 FLAC)

 

[Cornan]

A really great album!  

 

Porches - The House

https://tidal.com/album/83000378

 

[Cornan]

Sin Fang - Spaceland

https://tidal.com/album/63437342

 

[DeathFugue]

Fantastic playing and sound.

 

 

[Musicophile]

On 12.5.2018 at 9:23 AM, graham said:

via Tidal

Another great live album release from the trio.

It compliments Live in Hamburg well.

 

 

Playing it now from Qobuz. Probably will have to purchase this. 

[biosailor]

'Live at the Club Mozambique' reminds me of Grant Green's 'Alive', also a live recording, but this record is heftier and a lot harder. 'Farid' is a stunning piece!

 

[graham]

Wonderful piano playing

[Daverz]

 

https://tidal.com/album/85788041

The "original" instrument timbres are beguiling and the sonics are gorgeous.

[Melvin]

Another great release landed yesterday:

 

[biosailor]

Miles Davis with bassist Charles Mingus. A fine piece of 50's cool jazz!

 

[Musicophile]

Excellent food for my HD800:

 

 

in 24/96. Pretty spectacular. 

[slartybartfast]

I’m a Miles and Mingus fan but I can’t get past the vibraphone. It should never be used in Jazz - willing to be educated, can someone say anything good about that instrument?

[biosailor]

15 minutes ago, slartybartfast said:

I’m a Miles and Mingus fan but I can’t get past the vibraphone. It should never be used in Jazz - willing to be educated, can someone say anything good about that instrument?

It took me a long time to get used to vibraphone, so I can relate to your qualms! But, it was a major element of The Modern Jazz Quartet. Come to think of Cal Tjader! Still, it‘s no argument to convince someone, I‘m just saying, the vibraphone used to Play an integral part in Jazz. Sonically, it‘s a Real challenge for any loudspeaker to reproduce it well! 

[kumakuma]

28 minutes ago, slartybartfast said:

I’m a Miles and Mingus fan but I can’t get past the vibraphone. It should never be used in Jazz - willing to be educated, can someone say anything good about that instrument?

 

Milt Jackson

 

 

[Melvin]

I'm not a huge fan of the vibraphone either but I really like this album: Kenny Barron & Joe Locke (on vibraphone) "But Beautiful". 

[rodrigaj]

Also Lionel Hampton and Gary Burton. But I agree the vibraphone can sizzle on speakers...

[elcorso]

Love vibraphone and like the way it blends with jazz as part of it.  Sometimes difficult to reproduce on our gear, but could be "music to test audio equipment" ?

 

https://bandestration.com/2014/10/25/vibraphone/

 

Roch

[Melvin]

[DeathFugue]

[DeathFugue]

2 minutes ago, DeathFugue said:

 

A superb follow-up to their equally superb Vol.1. (24/96 FLAC.)

 

(By the way, I'm not really a "Newbie"! I had an account and made numerous posts as Fugue--I think. Anyway, when the site made us verify our identity, I never got a verification reply and just gave up for a long time. I tried again recently with a new email address, and all is well.)

 

[DeathFugue]

7 minutes ago, DeathFugue said:

 

[AnotherSpin]

5 hours ago, elcorso said:

Love vibraphone and like the way it blends with jazz as part of it.

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Roch

 

I am quite surprised to read some jazz lovers have difficulties in acceptance of vibraphone. For me its sound is very organic part of jazz. Very early impressions - Miles' Bag's Groove, various MJQ recordings, Burton/Corea, etc., etc. Or, the sound of Lionel Hampton's Midnight Sun solo in the first minutes of Bertolucci's The Sheltering Sky, one of the best examples of jazz in film soundtrack.

[austinpop]

[Musicophile]

5 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

I am quite surprised to read some jazz lovers have difficulties in acceptance of vibraphone. For me its sound is very organic part of jazz. Very early impressions - Miles' Bag's Groove, various MJQ recordings, Burton/Corea, etc., etc. Or, the sound of Lionel Hampton's Midnight Sun solo in the first minutes of Bertolucci's The Sheltering Sky, one of the best examples of jazz in film soundtrack.

I must admit the vibraphone isn't my favourite instrument either. I can live with it, but I prefer others. 

 

OK, Modern Jazz Quartet is enjoyable, but beyond that I don't listen to it very often. With one notable exception, I just love this song:

 

 

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

I must admit the vibraphone isn't my favourite instrument either. I can live with it, but I prefer others. 

 

OK, Modern Jazz Quartet is enjoyable, but beyond that I don't listen to it very often. With one notable exception, I just love this song:

 

 

 

Another favorite from 70-s was Bobby Hutcherson. And, from new names: Jason Adasiewicz, Stefon Harris. Well, I am surprised and puzzled...)