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[richidoo]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Goes to College

Sony Music CD (EU Import)

That's one of my favorites Tom. Desmond's solo on "The Song Is You" is one of his best on record, imo.

Bill, the piano in Bradlees club on your last record there was Desmond's own 9 foot Baldwin that he practiced and composed with for most of his career. He donated it to the club before he died.   Bradlees was the ultimate networking joint for jazz musicians, headquarters for NY Jazz scene.

[richidoo]

After listening to the whole thing I'm thinking damn, this album is awesome on so many levels.

[eleazar]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Goes to College

Sony Music CD (EU Import)

That's one of my favorites Tom. Desmond's solo on "The Song Is You" is one of his best on record, imo.

Bill, the piano in Bradlees club on your last record there was Desmond's own 9 foot Baldwin that he practiced and composed with for most of his career. He donated it to the club before he died.   Bradlees was the ultimate networking joint for jazz musicians, headquarters for NY Jazz scene.

Rich and Tom I'll have to keep an eye out for"The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Goes to College" I have a few Brubeck but not that one.

[richidoo]

That's a good one, but hard to find on vinyl, as it was out of print for a long time even before CDs came out. I have a copy that my uncle bought as a teenager when it first came out.

The Jazz at Oberlin and Jazz at College of Pacific sides are also worth grabbing if you love Desmond. These three contain his best playing, imo.

[richidoo]

My grandfather's original Capital pressing, one of his favorite records.... beat to hell and back by my mother and siblings.    But great music and his voice penetrates through the noise. His voice is perfectly recorded, likely with a ribbon mic in the cavernous Capital studio A.  

edit: Jerome, you devil! You got me thinking about trying this on a 45...   
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/64373/Nat_King_Cole-Love_Is_The_Thing-45_RPM_Vinyl_Record

[BobM]

Here's one singer/songwriter that deserves a wider audience. Not because her voice is amazing, it is good though and she has a quirky way of playing off the downbeat that makes you want to listen. Not because her songs are amazing, though they are quirky and good and interesting and stick in your head. Not because her piano playing is earth shattering, although she plays with the pedal points and does a decent job overall.

[Triode Pete]

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My grandfather's original Capital pressing, one of his favorite records.... beat to hell and back by my mother and siblings.    But great music and his voice penetrates through the noise. His voice is perfectly recorded, likely with a ribbon mic in the cavernous Capital studio A.  

edit: Jerome, you devil! You got me thinking about trying this on a 45...   
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/64373/Nat_King_Cole-Love_Is_The_Thing-45_RPM_Vinyl_Record

On the Steve Hoffmann remastered 24K DCC CD, there's a hidden track at the end of the CD. Nat's head is so visually (sonically imaged) huge, it's hilarious; as big as the Wizard's projection on the curtain! Worth hearing!

[tmazz]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Goes to College

Sony Music CD (EU Import)

That's one of my favorites Tom. Desmond's solo on "The Song Is You" is one of his best on record, imo.

Bill, the piano in Bradlees club on your last record there was Desmond's own 9 foot Baldwin that he practiced and composed with for most of his career. He donated it to the club before he died.   Bradlees was the ultimate networking joint for jazz musicians, headquarters for NY Jazz scene.

Rich and Tom I'll have to keep an eye out for"The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Goes to College" I have a few Brubeck but not that one.

Bill I got this as part of a set called Perfect Jazz Collection 2. 25 British Import Jazz CDs for under $35 on Amazon. How can you beat that!   
(Thanks to Chris for the tip.  )

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Q9SO0O/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details

Discs include:
Duke Ellington - Ellington Uptown
Dave Brubeck - Jazz Goes To College
Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats
Miles Davis - Round About Midnight
Various Artists - The Sound Of Jazz
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
Paul Desmond - Desmond Blue
Thelonious Monk - Underground
Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
Clifford Brown - The Beginning And The End
George Benson - Beyond The Blue Horizon
Wayne Shorter - Native Dancer
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker - Carnegie Hall
Chet Baker - She Was Too Good To Me
Jim Hall - Concierto
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
Weather Report - 8:30
Dexter Gordon - Round Midnight
Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk
Wynton Marsalis - Standard Times Vol.3
Nina Simone - Silk and Soul
Aretha Franklin - Unforgetable A Tribute To Dinah Washington

There is also a Volume 1, which I also ordered but has not arrived yet. 

[richidoo]

On the Steve Hoffmann remastered 24K DCC CD, there's a hidden track at the end of the CD. Nat's head is so visually (sonically imaged) huge, it's hilarious; as big as the Wizard's projection on the curtain! Worth hearing!

That's funny Pete.  My mono LP sounds huge enough already. No need to stretch it.

[richidoo]

A record I listened to a lot when I was 8, first getting into jazz. Fun music, but sounds great too.

[richidoo]

B side of my wife's Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf that she's had since she was a young girl, so plenty of noise. But I noticed that it has Lt Kije on the B side, so I put it on. I love this piece when played well, and few recordings make the full potential of the music. No wonder Prokofiev was hung by his undies for selling out writing this movie score. This recording is nothing special, technically played well, but not emotional.

This is the best Kije I own, and I have a bunch of them. I've not yet listened to the Reiner version in the RCA Living Stereo box set I bought last year.

[lonewolfny42]

Remember Me, Vol. 1 is exactly what its title portends it to be - the first set in a series of brand new recordings from Willie Nelson, recorded with his long-time friend and acclaimed producer James Stroud.

Nelson hand-selected many of his very favorite Billboard country and folk hits from the last 70 years for these special sessions.



Willie Nelson - "Remember Me, Vol.1"

[tmazz]

Here's one singer/songwriter that deserves a wider audience. Not because her voice is amazing, it is good though and she has a quirky way of playing off the downbeat that makes you want to listen. Not because her songs are amazing, though they are quirky and good and interesting and stick in your head. Not because her piano playing is earth shattering, although she plays with the pedal points and does a decent job overall.

Thank-you Bob, Thank-you ALIS. 

[tmazz]

Music Matters 180g 45RPM Blue Note vinyl reissue.  This is my favorite Hank Mobley record on Blue Note.

--Jerome

Glad you posted this. I was in Infinity Records yesterday and they had a copy of the 150g Blue Note reissue of this album which I immediuately grabbed. I agree, this is a great album. I am sure the SQ of my copy is nowhere near as good as the 45 RPM pressing, but heck, it was 1/4 the price too.

[etcarroll]

Pachelbel: Canon/Bach: Aria/Albinoni: Adagio and Others
Pachelbel (Composer), Albinoni (Composer), Vivaldi (Composer), Tartini (Composer), Zipoli (Composer), Haydn (Composer), Bach (Composer), Molter (Composer), Haendel (Composer), Jean-Francois Paillard (Conductor), Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard (Orchestra), Gerard Jarry (Artist), Claudio Scimone (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Taking down decorations to some pleasant Chamber Music.