Album of the Evening

[orresearch]

[AnotherSpin]

Starting from 70s Keith Jarrett had no problem preserving his most voluminous ideas on the ECM label. Originally released as 3LP set, Jarrett's album of live solo improvisations, the first in a list of many to follow, won the prestigious Downbeat Critics Poll’ Album of the Year award. Two more ECM recordings from the same time by the bands led by pianists.

 

 

 

[Jud]

On 1/17/2021 at 1:24 PM, AnotherSpin said:

More ECM. Triptykon, bare and intense musicianship from Jan Garbarek's trio, one of the best albums in his discography. Rock influenced John Abercrombie band with Jack DeJohnette and Jan Hammer of Mahavishnu Orchestra’ original lineup. Complex and sophisticated compositions in a Paul Motian’s debut album as a bandleader.

 

 

 

Though Koln has a better reputation, Bremen-Lausanne remains my personal favorite. Of course it was the first, and one always remembers as special the first impression of being stunned by such beauty.

[WAM]

The antidote to a Blue Monday

 

[AnotherSpin]

26 minutes ago, Jud said:

Though Koln has a better reputation, Bremen-Lausanne remains my personal favorite. Of course it was the first, and one always remembers as special the first impression of being stunned by such beauty.

 

Can't remember now which album I heard first, double LP Köln or, Bremen-Lausanne boxed LP set. By the way, I originally had two editions of Köln in my collection, on ECM and in the East-German edition on Eterna label. Like both K and B-L, each in its own way, at some point I left out the habit of prioritizing.

[orresearch]

[jiminlogansquare]

[AudioDoctor]

Liked it so much I went and bought it from Qobuz.

 

 

[EuroChamp]

4 hours ago, orresearch said:

 

Wow! Is it worth the money? Esoteric 90105 was a 2014 release and now only available via ebay.

[orresearch]

9 hours ago, EuroChamp said:

 

Wow! Is it worth the money? Esoteric 90105 was a 2014 release and now only available via ebay.

 

I noticed that Esoteric CD's are sold at crazy prices on ebay. I am not sure why, perhaps Esoteric markets their CD's as "limited release collector's items".    I myself would never pay those prices.    In the '70s I happened to listen to Szeryng's work in the university music library and loved this record.  Bought the Esoteric CD during a business trip in Taiwan at reasonable price.

[Musicophile]

2 hours ago, orresearch said:

 

I noticed that Esoteric CD's are sold at crazy prices on ebay. I am not sure why, perhaps Esoteric markets their CD's as "limited release collector's items".    I myself would never pay those prices.    In the '70s I happened to listen to Szeryng's work in the university music library and loved this record.  Bought the Esoteric CD during a business trip in Taiwan at reasonable price.

How is the SQ? Philips wasn't really known as an audiophile label.

 

Edit: just noticed this isn't the Philips recording with Haitink. Decca did a much better job at the time. But still curious to hear your assessment.

[EuroChamp]

51 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

How is the SQ? Philips wasn't really known as an audiophile label.

 

Edit: just noticed this isn't the Philips recording with Haitink. Decca did a much better job at the time. But still curious to hear your assessment.

 

PHILIPS is/was good from time to time, and we have to differentiate between analog aera or early digital. For the Szeryng it will be an analog master tape. Esoteric is an audiophile label - they typically offer recordings after preselection - where the original base material is already relatively good to start with. Esoteric mastering does the rest - I really like them.

 

What a surprise, Qobuz now has many HD albums from Szeryng! They cannot be there for a long time. I'm searching for him on a regular basis.

[AnotherSpin]

More mid-seventies ECM. The title of Benny Maupin’s debut album on ECM is a loose translation of the Buddhist mantra ‘om mani padme hum’. The still very young Pat Metheny took part in the recording of the Gary Burton' Quintet album. Member of Oregon band percussionist Colin Walcott, who untimely passed away in the road accident in ’80s, recorded his first album on ECM with members of the Gateway trio.

 

 

 

[Russell_L]

1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

How is the SQ? Philips wasn't really known as an audiophile label.

Philips might not have been an “audiophile label” per se, but for me they produced some of the very finest-sounding recordings of the analog era, particularly during the mid- and late 70’s.  The Haitink/Concertgebouw recordings of that time, for example, still sound better to me than most hi-res stuff coming out today.

[Musicophile]

More Takacs tonight, outstanding as usual. Well recorded 16/44 download from Hyperion.

 

[Jud]

5 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

More mid-seventies ECM. The title of Benny Maupin’s debut album on ECM is a loose translation of the Buddhist mantra ‘om mani padme hum’. The still very young Pat Metheny took part in the recording of the Gary Burton' Quintet album. Member of Oregon band percussionist Colin Walcott, who untimely passed away in the road accident in ’80s, recorded his first album on ECM with members of the Gateway trio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fond memory of seeing John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner play in a small theater in Oklahoma many years ago - great concert, my friend knew the promoter so I got to go backstage afterward. A fan was waxing ecstatic at something Abercrombie had been able to play. Abercrombie told him what he heard had been an effects pedal. He said "If I could play that *without* the pedal, I'd be a motherfucker!", and cracked up laughing. 🙂

[TubeLover]

1 hour ago, Jud said:

 

Fond memory of seeing John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner play in a small theater in Oklahoma many years ago - great concert, my friend knew the promoter so I got to go backstage afterward. A fan was waxing ecstatic at something Abercrombie had been able to play. Abercrombie told him what he heard had been an effects pedal. He said "If I could play that *without* the pedal, I'd be a motherfucker!", and cracked up laughing. 🙂

Great story Jud! 

 

JC

[sphinxsix]

Tomorrow will be 89th anniversary of Schnabel's recording of sonatas nos 31 and 32. Celebrating this fact (ok, I will confess by pure accident ) which means - playing vol.5 CD2. (16-44).

 

BTW the composer's portrait by David Hockney...

 

[jiminlogansquare]

[AudioDoctor]

I re-ripped my copy of Memphis Magnetic, and am giving it a listen.

 

DBpoweramp working with WINE in Ubuntu 20.04

 

and Memphis Magnetic by Morgan James

 

[AnotherSpin]

8 hours ago, Jud said:

 

Fond memory of seeing John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner play in a small theater in Oklahoma many years ago - great concert, my friend knew the promoter so I got to go backstage afterward. A fan was waxing ecstatic at something Abercrombie had been able to play. Abercrombie told him what he heard had been an effects pedal. He said "If I could play that *without* the pedal, I'd be a motherfucker!", and cracked up laughing. 🙂

 

Thank you Jud. I guess the very first time I heard both Abercrombie and Towner back in seventies was on an ECM Records album where they play in a duet - Sargasso Sea.

[AnotherSpin]

Arguably the best album by the Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal, brimming with dark and somber intensity, was originally released in '75 as a double LP set. Monolitic 24-min long closing track was unjustifiably omitted in compact disc edition. This stripped-down version is offered in Qobuz currently. Fortunately, the recent 3-disc reissue features Odyssey in its entirety (previously unissued live set included as a bonus).

 

An ecstatic recording by the rarely published American trombonist Julian Priester and Dave Liebman's album completed another day of listening to the early gems of ECM Records.

 

 

 

[pdvm]

On 1/19/2021 at 7:47 PM, Russell_L said:

Philips might not have been an “audiophile label” per se, but for me they produced some of the very finest-sounding recordings of the analog era, particularly during the mid- and late 70’s.  The Haitink/Concertgebouw recordings of that time, for example, still sound better to me than most hi-res stuff coming out today.

 

In this spirit...

 

(the original recording was Philips)

[Kal Rubinson]

2 hours ago, pdvm said:

 

In this spirit...

 

(the original recording was Philips)

I hope the remastering is a success.  I thought the original was painful to hear.

[sphinxsix]

39 minutes ago, Kal Rubinson said:

I hope the remastering is a success.  I thought the original was painful to hear.

I have a Japanese SACD (with bonus Tchaikovsky PC1 - Argrich/Kondrashin) and it sounds decent. I'm not a huge fan of Philips in general though.