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two for me: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock.
Chick's acoustic work sounds amazing; instruments are always positioned correctly with depth, dimension.
Both Miles Davis proteges, both with incredibly engineered acoustic works over the years.
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Ay ay ay! GL, I don't have the time for this sort of things these days. What are you doing to me! LOL.So, there I was trapped in traffic this afternoon. Dead stop, road work in progress... I pulled out the Android tablet thing. I hit the Asylum's bookmark "by accident". You came up first...sayin' "...Chick's acoustic work sounds amazing..." Damn right you are...damn bad timing for me to read this, too. We have salivary glands in our ears, it seems, huh? I suddenly, BADLY, craved for the "My Spanish Heart" album.
The CD is in storage but it was transferred to a hard drive, upsampled to 192/24. Except...the drive was currently offline, along with most of my other music. And people are now staying with us. No freedom to listen at home these day. No time, either.
Bad crave, I'tell ya! I grabbed the phone and called to find whereabouts of wife and the visit. They were out shopping! Yessssss, no one home yet.
FLASHED-drove home as soon as traffic cleared. Reassembled audio PC in no time. Reattached the drive that holds Chick's album. I did have to move several huge and heavy military duffel packs out of the way in our apartment (one of my visitors just returned from active duty in another continent last night). Turned on the system and played Fourplay's "Bali Run" full blast to warm up the gear while I brewed some coffee. Even while I was in the kitchen, the two MMGs ("lightly" modded : - )) delivered a healthy punch and tuneful blast.
With my back still hurting from moving the duffel bags, but ready, I then sat to listen. Starting with the jaw-dropping 3D clarity and rich tonality of cello, piano and hand clapping in "Day Danse", I then mostly played the tracks where the stage-dominating piano enchants mightily with its superb clarity, tone and full-texture harmonics.
Then I let the electronic tracks play for a short while. Just as the acoustic instruments ensemble does, the electronics manage to stay musical while presenting an "imperialistic soundstage". The recording takes over space inside and well outside the walls.
Time was flying. So, I replayed the brief piano segments of "Prelude to El Bozo", then repeated the also short "My Spanish Heart". This, was the grand finale...as far as what I had craved due to YOUR intervention, LOL!
But WAIT...you just punch in "Armando's Rhumba" again as the family arrives. Do jack up that volume knob to full (its a passive pre). Then watch them walk in and start dancing to the irresistible tune. Young folks don't know that they are dancing to a recording from last century. Such is the clarity, which surpasses many modern ones.
So, thanks for bringing Chick Corea's enchanting acoustics up.
(now back to my music-deprived condition...)
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Hectic day dude...
Thanks
Mark
Worry not. Last post of the year. And for a superbly delightful -- classical but modern -- beauty-rest, get:
Manuel de Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos; La Vida Breve
Conductor Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Teresa Berganza
One of the grandmothers of female vocalists (for all all those 'philes too young to remember) is Dusty Springfield on Casino Royale, and also a recording which provided a favorite subject for HP.
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/28/movies/casino-royale-is-an-lp-bond-with-a-gilt-edge.html
I am going music shopping this weekend, with all the great recommendations...
I personally really enjoy these types of threads...expands my music base...
Thanks
Mark
Lot of good recommendations ;)
Joe Sample - The Pecan Tree
Eric Johnson - Bloom
Bob James - Grand Piano Canyon
Dire Straits - On Every Street and Communique (The remaster that is on Amazon now)
Keiko Matsui - Dream Walk (This is an HDCD that really shows what the format can do)
Sarah McLachlan - AfterglowTHE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY’S: RR-115 HDCD - Shakespeare's Tempest rom Reference Recordings
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA: RR-93 HDCD - COPLAND 100 EIJI OUE Fanfare for the Common Man; Appalachian Spring Suite,Third Symphony
That's just a short list.
LineSource
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aka...Stevie Wonder. Especially having just seen seeing him here in D.C. this past sunday night redoing Songs In The Key Of Life album in its entirety. Always thought his voice during those years was the best instrument on his records. btw GL, he'll be in Inglewood next month. Highly suggest you travel up Hwy 101 to catch it!!
new Pink Floyd and Bob Seger
FD Lang sounds amazing as well as Jennifer Warne
Someone not mentioned:
Carol Noonan - As Tears Go By
Eva Cassidy. Songbird cd. You guys gotta hear her.
((( Eva Cassidy. Songbird cd. You guys gotta hear her.)))
I have and then went on to buy 4 more of her CD's. my favorite is Live at blues alley
I used to "luv" Peter White when my Maggies were stock.
Then, I went to Maggie HT & "luv'd" DTS CDs ... especially old classic rock quadrophonic masters which steer better IMHO.
After modding my Maggies, my "luv" is back to eclectic status ... save rap
... just my 2˘♪ moderate Mart ♫ ☺ Planar Asylum
where speakers are thin & music isn't
I have posted here before about my "ladies night(s)" listening choices...Capturing the emotional spine of the song via performance and the ability to convey that is why I own Maggies...
The quality of the recording is not always stellar, (Etta James and Sarah Vaughan for example), but DAMN...those voices ooze soul...
I know my list is long and GL asked favorite "artist" singular or a couple...but for me there are just too many to narrow it down to only a few...I have always struggled with the definition of Favorite, in general and in many aspects of my life...Quick example...this year one of my sisters asked..."what do you want for your birthday dinner?"...I listed about 10 things in 30 seconds...after her eyes were done rolling...I just told her to surprise me...
Sarah McLachlan...great presence and breath on her vocals...
Sade...smooth vocals...
Chrissy Hyde...have always loved her voice...
Tracy Chapman...soulful...
Indigo Girls...emotional performances...
Christina Aguilera...just amazing range and pipes...
Anne Lenox...great dynamics...
Patricia Barber...Audiophile darling...
Jane Monheit...pure and stark...
Etta James...At Last, classic song and vocal...
Rickie Lee Jones...unique...
Joni Mitchell...classic songs...
Paula Cole...passion and power...
Erykah Badu...soulful phrasing...
Fiona Apple...deep female voice...
Sarah Vaughan...not much to say here...
Sheryl Crow...under rated vocalist...Now for a few Dudes...
Chris Isaak...our modern day Roy Orbison...great band and 5 star Sonics...
NAT KING COLE...I think the caps say it all...smoothest male vocal EVER...
Sting...scary good range and a great song writer...exception recordings...
Beck...dabbles in multiple genres...always great recordings...
Bono...emotion and range...
Pat Metheny...one of the most dynamic guitar players...
Herbie Hancock...mad talent for decades...
Cold Play...I really like these guys...
John Coltrane...one of the more distinctive players...
Bradford Marsalis...alto Sax at its best...
Weather Report...JACO...
Elvis Costello...voice and Song writer...one of the greats...90% of this list has 4-5 star Sonics, IMHO...
Sorry for the long list...I have omitted my much harder rocking tastes...
As we all know...acoustic instruments and vocals are some of the greatest strengths of Magnepan Speakers...IMHO they are very ruthless as far as you are what you eat...fed well, they deliver in spades...hence all the favorites...Thanks
Mark
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Elisabeth was one of the early vocalists for Faun, which has enjoyed a succession of females with beautiful voices.
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Great song Waz...
Love the church ambience...floating vocals...
Now I don't have to go to church on Sunday...
thanks
Mark
Man that female list could be mine.....just a couple exceptions. No Diana Krall?.... surprising as we have a lot of the same taste. I'd also throw in Lucinda Williams, she sounds amazing on my gunned 1.6s.
Best Dianna Krall album IMHO is "Girl in the other room" also available on SACD
Couldn't agree more, 'narrow daylight' melts me.
At least half the reason, if not more that I find a favorite vocal artist to listen to over my Maggies, is the recording/engineering teams which make their recordings.
In pre-historic times and before he changed his name a 'phile friend introduced me to one 'Cat Stevens'. I still enjoy his work on my Maggies, and it was even reported that he himself 'mastered' some of his works using Maggies.
I also enjoy listening to both Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Peter Pears on my Maggies. (I felt compelled to add some classical artists to this list, and Pavarotti isn't exactly chopped liver.)
Don't ask me why, but I have never really listened to either of them...go figure...but I am going on a CD buying binge this weekend...I NEED some new music...
thanks again...
Mark
You wouldn't be disappointed with either....
Have most, Gotta get me some that I don't. Great list...
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing album
Pink Floyd - Final Cut
Both selections "wowed" quite a few friends who went on to purchase Maggies of their own.
Dianna Krall, Ray Brown, Gene Harris, Scott Hamilton, Joan Baez
As of late I've been really digging Moby, Tom Waits (yeah, I know). But every listening session depends on what I feel like that day. Music soothes the soul...
Grant...my friend...
What Tom Waits album-(s) do you recommend?
thanks
Mark
Ps. I am still waiting on my check for listing Mye Audio as a first rate manufacturer over on the General Board...I am just not comfortable lying like that... ;)
Love it.
Check? Something is clicking in my head besides Dementia. Email me at home please...
Great album, saw him live in Stockholm two times during that period. Rain Dogs, Small Change and Mule Variations (and many others) are also very good.
Other great sounding albums I love to hear on my 3.7´s:
Sarah McLachlan "The Freedom Sessions"
Pat Metheny "Beyond the Missouri Sky"
Zappa "The Yellow Shark"
Diana Krall "The Girl in the Other Room"
Alison Kraus & the Union Station "So Long So Wrong". It doesn´t matter in particular
Chameleon songstress Holly Cole tops among females in the genre.
How could I forget Holly Cole´s tribute album to Tom Waits; "Temptation"
Judy at Carnegie
MJQ last concert
Basie
Goodman
Rubinstein competition, particularly the chamber music and piano concerto performances. The engineers don't do a great job but they also don't have time to wreck the recordings in real time.
Eric Dolphy on Blue Note : Ralph Kirpatrick. Bach DGG
Steely Dan
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Jackson Browne
JohnnySwim
Numerous Female Vocalists
Emilie-Claire Barlow
Jane Monheit
Eliane Elias
and other female vocalists performing classic bossa nova hits.
Eva Cassidy
Sarah Maclaughin
Leonard Cohen
Sviatoslav Richter
Hans Zimmer
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