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In Reply to: RE: Why? posted by M3 lover on July 05, 2012 at 10:56:08
"mcr, no offense intended but I wonder why you are interested in "getting back into jazz"? It sounds like your musical tastes have moved elsewhere."
I often find it very seductive to put on some jazz, because most of those performances have been recorded with musicians in the same room, one take, warts and all. Very little post-production doctoring. I love the sonics of those.
Now, if only the content would match the brilliant soundscape...
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In that case, just switch over to audiophile recordings of female vocalists and be done with it.
If the content don't fit, and all that's enjoyable is the 'quality of the recording,' maybe some single mic'd "books on tape" will get ya there.
This does not bode well for you experiencing a jazz renaissance.
"In that case, just switch over to audiophile recordings of female vocalists and be done with it."
Maybe it's just me, but I was never able to find those audiophile recordings as sounding good at all. It's always as if something's missing from those recordings. My nagging suspicion is that they're typically doctored and tortured to death in the post-production phase. There seems to be a lot of sanding off and polishing going on during the mix-down of these recordings, to remove any rough edges. But it's precisely those rough edges that result in exciting listening experiences. And those rough edges have been thankfully preserved in those honest-to-god jazz recording sessions from the late '50s.
Tons of really great jazz from the 1930's and 1940's. All based on 78 transcriptions or really old tapes. Wonderful music. sound quality? WHO CARES!
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