Listening to this fine reissue of the '61 recording [Impulse!, IMP 11542, 1995 Remastered] and feeling it is one of the discs-to-die-for. I've heard 'Stolen Moments' a thousand times and played it maybe 100, but it sounds new and amazing every time I hear it. Amazing to find music with that much staying-power, beauty, clarity of expression - words fail me. And those cats could play and Rudy van Gelder could catch the sound.
The sound on this shinydisc is really quite fine, it creates beautiful feeling of standing with the band that allows me to transport myself to the back (of course... where the bass stands) and feel it all happen. Better than any of the vinyl copies that have passed through the Bearcave honestly.
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Topic - Blues And The Abstract Truth - mr.bear 19:51:00 02/25/17 (15)
- RE: Blues And The Abstract Truth - fantja 13:46:45 02/26/17 (0)
- Other Readers Who Liked This... - PAR 02:57:55 02/26/17 (0)
- RE: Blues And The Abstract Truth - jedrider 22:12:45 02/25/17 (12)
- Oliver Nelson was the arranger - kavakidd 23:51:33 02/25/17 (11)
- RE: Oliver Nelson was the arranger - jedrider 08:18:42 02/26/17 (10)
- Sorry - he wrote the music, arranged it and - kavakidd 23:50:59 02/26/17 (0)
- Knew his way around all the horns... alto and tenor being the best known... - musetap 11:00:35 02/26/17 (0)
- Doesn't seem like you own the album. - Rick W 08:25:57 02/26/17 (7)
- And he gets that seamless Tenor sound on his metal Selmer Mpc. - oldmkvi 09:22:05 02/26/17 (6)
- I sound like a buzz saw cutting thru steel with Selmer metal m'pieces. Dunno how those guys did it. nt - Rick W 09:32:02 02/26/17 (1)
- Exactly! They were shallow and shrill for me. nt - oldmkvi 10:36:28 02/26/17 (0)
- RE: And he gets that seamless Tenor sound on his metal Selmer Mpc. - Travis 09:30:17 02/26/17 (3)
- Yep. Oliver with a killer ryhthm section (Steve Kuhn, Ron Carter, Grady Tate). Knockout soprano playing. nt - Rick W 09:36:39 02/26/17 (2)
- It's hard to miss, standing in front of Ron Carter! (nt) - mr.bear 10:14:39 03/01/17 (1)
- RE: It's hard to miss, standing in front of Ron Carter! (nt) - fantja 05:05:04 03/02/17 (0)