What are you listening to right now?

[jsaliga]

Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, and Gregor Piatigorsky.  They were refered to as the "million dollar trio," and they played like it despite the fact that Rubinstein and Heifetz disliked each other.  This is from The Rubinstein Collection, Volume 25.

--Jerome

[tmazz]

Leonard Bernstein/NPO, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich.  This one had it all.

Well, everything except easy name spelling. 

[tmazz]

http://www.discogs.com/Maynard-Ferguson-Stratospheric/release/1422021

My favorite Maynard record of all time. At the peak of his powers, not encumbered by big band duties. Small bands, from the 50s, arrangements by Bill Holman, along with a few Holman originals. I've never seen this on CD. I also have the Clifford Brown version of this Emarcy reissue series. Mastering is better than the resissue CDs, some of which were taken from LPs. There is a Dizzy Gillespie volume also, which I listened to a lot in HS, but it walked.

The mastering and music quality on these EmArcy Jazz Series double album sets is excellent. I have seen other artists volumes in the bins over the years, but can't remember who.

EDIT:  I started playing this when it was released in 76, on a ceramic cartridge all in one player set to auto repeat for hours at a time, the treble response is ruined. But I just found a (supposedly) mint version on EBay and snagged it. It will be really fun to hear this with good sound quality again.

Rich, thanks for the heads up on this one. I was up visiting my mother in Amherst, MA yesterday and of course had to stop into the local used record shop before departing for home (Amherst is a big college town so there is usually lots of good stuff to be found in their record stores). Walked intot he sore and in the very first browser I stated thumbing through I came across this album.  A lot of the stuff in this store is in kind of rough condition, but in this case both LPs and the cover were in mint shape. All they wanted for is was $4. 

Listened to it when I got home. Nice sound, nice performance. Nice find.

[richidoo]

Great!! I'm glad you like it. It is maynard's best actual jazz playing, he wanted to be known more for jazz than high notes. I guess I better start looking for a used record shop around here.

[jsaliga]

Very nice set of Beethoven Piano Concertos issued on the Turnabout/Vox label.  Enjoying Piano Concerto No. 5 at the moment.

--Jerome

[eleazar]

Ultimate Spinach ~ Behold and see (1968)

       LP

[jsaliga]

I just finished watching and listening to Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker in a performance of Brahms Symphony No. 3 via their Digitial Concert Hall.  I subscribe to the service.  It isn't exactly cheap at ~ $40 for a one month or $200 for a one year subscription, but you get access to a lot of outstanding music for the money.  There are currently 86 concerts available in the archive and your subscription also gives you access to a number of live events.

The quality is pretty good overall.  If you have enough bandwidth you can stream video at up to 720P HDTV, which looks great on the 67" DLP HDTV in my living room, and audio comes in at 320kbps mp3.  I use a laptop computer as a player on my wireless home network.  The audio won't compete with my main setup obviously, but it is quite good for viewing and listening on a home theater rig.







http://www.digitalconcerthall.com

--Jerome

[etcarroll]

Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, and Gregor Piatigorsky.  They were refered to as the "million dollar trio," and they played like it despite the fact that Rubinstein and Heifetz disliked each other.  This is from The Rubinstein Collection, Volume 25.

--Jerome

Oh man, I got this months ago, but still haven't cleaned it much less listened to it. 

[tmazz]

I guess I better start looking for a used record shop around here.

Always a good thing in my book.

[tmazz]

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba

LP

[tmazz]

Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick

LP

[tmazz]

The Blues Brothers: Breifecase Full of Blues

LP

[tmazz]

Jump 'n the Saddle Band

LP

Who can forget "The Curly Shuffle? 

[tmazz]

Cat Stevens: Teaser and the Firecat

LP

[tmazz]

George Thorogood: Live

LP