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Ike Quebec - Soul Samba Bossa Nova -Fuzzy Sax

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magicsam

This is one of my favorite SACD's. I will still keep loving it BUT, there is a certain fuzzyness about Ike's sax sound that gets to be distracting. Anyone else experience this? Not sure if it's completely his reedy style or there is something funny about the way it was recorded. Does the CD come off the same way?

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Two other Ike Quebec SACDs available - Pete Watt 10:34:05 07/11/12 (0)
Analogue Productions has two additional SACDs in their current catelogue:

"It Might As Well Be Spring"

"Blue and Sentimental"

Does anyone have an opinion as to their sonics and their performance?

Thanks, Pete
RE: Ike Quebec - Soul Samba Bossa Nova -Fuzzy Sax - bwb 17:41:45 06/28/12 (0)
I have a reissue on heavy vinyl and hear the same thing. The guitar is much cleaner than the sax. Sounds like the mic is down inside the horn. In few places it sounds like there is a burst of air across the mike

That said I also consider it a favorite and sometimes use it as a demo disc.
RE: Ike Quebec - Soul Samba Bossa Nova -Fuzzy Sax - Jazz Inmate 21:44:29 06/25/12 (4)
Rudy Van Gelder close-mic'ed the instruments. When you get close to saxes or woodwinds there are all kinds of fuzzy sounds to hear. First of all, spit gets into the instrument and can rattle around. Depending on how often the sax player uses the spit valve, and how active their salivary glands are, there can be a lot of spit rattling around in the instrument and even affecting how the reed sounds, if the mouthpiece is oversaturated. There can be other resonances that sound fuzzy. I need to listen to Soul Samba again to see what you mean, but a lot of jazz albums like Mingus Ah Um have that crackling in the sax (Goodbye Pork Pie Hat) that on first listen sound like a mic'ing problem but are actually well recorded.
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- RE: Ike Quebec - Soul Samba Bossa Nova -Fuzzy Sax - magicsam 06:06:51 06/26/12 (3)
  Super response! Looking forward to your next listen of this SACD. The BE tweeters I have really accent some of these, as you say, close mic playing sounds. Thanks! Planning to use Ike's music at my sons wedding for the cocktail hour. :)
  - RE: Ike Quebec - Soul Samba Bossa Nova -Fuzzy Sax - Ozzie 01:52:37 06/29/12 (2)
    "Planning to use Ike's music at my sons wedding for the cocktail hour."
    
    Wow, now that is sayin' something. Enjoy the wedding.
    - RE: Ike Quebec - More cocktail hours suggesstions please! nt - magicsam 05:39:06 06/29/12 (1)
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      - You can't go wrong with either of the 3 Sounds SACDs - Jazz Inmate 08:51:07 06/29/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Ike Quebec - More cocktail hours suggesstions please! nt posted by magicsam on June 29, 2012 at 05:39:06
        
        Grant Green - Idle Moments
        McCoy Tyner - Inception
        3 Sounds - Bottoms Up
        Ike Quebec - Blue and Sentimental
        McCoy Tyner - Nights of Ballads and Blues
        Ben Webster - Meets Oscar Peterson
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        We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
        Introducing the 3 Sounds (Open in New Window)

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