ralphpnj wrote: > Sorry to disappoint you but back in the 1920's when the recordings were > made there was only 6 bits (75 cents) available and the only digital > elements involved were Armstrong's fingers. > > But all kidding aside, these recordings, as well many other early jazz > recordings, just prove that great music always trumps not so great > music, no matter how much better the recording may be. Case in point: > "Jazz at the Pawn Shop" versus these spectacular early Louis Armstrong > recordings.
Must enrich myself with more early jazz recordings :) Don't bash " jazz at the pawn shop" to hard , it is used out of it's cultural context (I'm from Sweden to btw as are the players on that record ) they swing quite ok for not being the real thing , but it is played to destruction at hifi demos .... btw that actual club " the pawn shop" sounds like that had a beer or two there. See it like hip hop not from the ghettos of USA people from around the world will try the genre themselves making something else out of it. It is in itself quite remarkable that in the 30's 40's 50's 60's etc there was a large faction of Swedish musicians trying to play Jazz ,that emulation might not suite people used to the real thing :) this was obvious white middle class people but they saw the quality in the music and did their best and i like some of their efforts ., I don't think racism ever was an issue for those dudes (way ahead of their times ) . Btw 2: Jazz at the pawnshop is an old analog recording 197X captured on an old NAGRA open reel deck, it's has it own limits so the SACD is the usual audiophile scam ,but on the other hand the CD master is old and a remaster was overdue so the remaster was obviously released on SACD . BUT YOU ARE CORRECT THE REAL THING BEATS IT ALL , I TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH ERZATS AUDIOPHILE MUSIC THAT PRETENDS TO BE THE REAL DEAL ? I HAVE A CERTAIN DISLIKE FOR STOCKFISH RECORDINGS FOR EXAMPLE . You are Toast the day you select recordings from these special audiophile brands instead of taking part in the general music culture and I don't mean the top 100 ,there are a lot of special esoteric music around that never will hit the charts, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
