'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' was Chick's second album as a leader, and released in 1968 on the Solid State label (which was absorbed into the United Artists Blue Note group, in 1970). The "sidemen" are, bassist Miroslav Vitouš, and drummer Roy Haynes.
The album, a collection of improvisations composed by Chick Corea, is among his most daring works. In a trio setting, Chick had ample space to explore and unleash his creativity, with Roy Haynes and Miroslav perfectly complementing his energy and intentions. The trio engages in a game of pace and space, maintaining an extremely fast-paced rhythm while meticulously expanding the musical space around the musicians under tightly controlled yet expertly choreographed conditions.
the classic Bill Evans trio sessions.
The original pressing (like every
original Solid State LP I’ve ever heard) was underwhelming, with disappointing piano
tone. For the Blue Note 85 Edition, Joe Harley and Kevin Gray, restored life to the recording, with sonic clarity lacking from the original. Miroslav and RoyBlue
Note Japan, and is a UHQCD using the masterings that
Kevin Gray did for the Tone Poet and BN Classic LP releases. For more on UHQCDs, see my Wayne Shorter 'Night Dreamer' post from March 29th.
My ears. Then my car stereo streaming from my phone or a CD, or my computer, or Alexa. If THEY want to listen in on my music, I don't mind. It'll educate them to better taste.
ReplyDeleteI get up astonishingly early these days, so what listening I do at that ungodly hour is via my computer and Bluetooth earphones that are just adequate for the diminished frequency range of my ears. By day I listen via a pair of pretty good M-Audio studio monitors and a decent Schiit Modi+ DAC converter. (After my previous DAC died, I went shopping and must admit to being somewhat swayed in my choice by the Schiit brand name. I figured they had to have confidence in their gear to go with that name in marketing their gear. And for its modest price, their DAC is definitely a buy.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for today's freeload, Babs. I've always loved the record for the inventiveness of this trio—and Haynes is one of my all-time fave drummers. I'm looking forward to hearing this remaster.
Running my tablet thru a bluetooth speaker or my hearing aids (!), or my laptop thru a nice pair of Bose speakers is about it for me. Someday I'll hook up a laptop to my Nak, and get something approaching Real High Fidelity, but I'm in no rush!!
ReplyDeleteA Chinese firm, Fiio, used to make a little player called the X1. I have two of the Mark II version, by accident. One is for the car and the gym (I mostly move by bicycle and don't listen to music doing that), and the other has the sacred job of helping me sleep. (We also have a component stereo system in the house, with a turntable, and I have speakers plus a turntable and other components that I can use with my laptop for listening or digitizing LPs and cassettes.)
ReplyDeleteI have a long story about how I learned to fall asleep to music, but it might not be of great interest. Instead, a little about the gym vs. going to sleep.
I want to be (somewhat) present while lifting weights, or doing yoga, so I don't use the player for anything except my cardio work on an elliptical trainer. I use mediocre in-ear headphones, because of the ease and so I don't worry about sweating on them. Very quiet music, especially concert recordings, doesn't work well, but most of the time anything else does. Yes, I have some "high energy" playlists for when I think I'm in need, but as long as several instruments or voices are playing, it usually works for me.
Interestingly, the same is true for going to sleep. Sure, I hardly ever listen to anything metal, techno, or jazz-incorporating-skronks - but I was listening a live Dead recording from 1973 last night, and dropped off pretty easily.
D in California
I use the FiiO LC-RC cables with Shure SE846 IEMs. The FiiOs sound better, and are better made than the "stock" Shure cable.
DeleteI came to Fii0 from using an iPod, and have never totally gotten over how much of a step down that was for human interface. But the quality of the sound and the reliability has been very good, and I just wish they'd stayed in the low end of the player market.
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Probably 80% of my listening is in my vehicle using Android Auto or USB connectivity. It's a 500-odd watt Honda OEM system. The other 20% is split between two laptops, one of which feeds a pair of M-Audio powered desktop monitors. As a hearing aid wearer (Widex, thank you very much) I have my middle ears paired to the other laptop. The Widex HAs compare favorably to my Sennheiser headphones.
ReplyDeleteAt home, PC I built with M-Audio 24/96 soundcard>Alto mixer>M-Audio BX8a monitors.
ReplyDeleteWhile walking, iPhone>AirPods Pro gen 2.
While driving, Honda stereo (can play hi-res flac)>usb drives>10 speakers>sub
Thanks Babs
A Yamaha CD player through an Onkyo amp then Bose speakers for home & usually a USB thumb-drive in the car (since they got rid of CD players)
ReplyDeleteAt home, it's almost always vinyl and CDs (I like physical media). When I'm out exercising or driving, It's a DAP.
ReplyDeleteThe best I can say is through my home network which is pretty much constantly evolving at the moment until such time as I finalise the infrastructure and hardware on which its based. Currently I have 2 laptops (1HP, 1 Toshiba) and 2 desktops ( 2 Dell's) connected as well as 3 Smart TV's with DVD/CD players, a DVR player with ION video, record and tape decks for ripping video, vinyl and cassettes all linked digitally using J RIVER Media Centre software and a generic DNLA server. Its a work in progress and given the levels of wi-fi interference we get around my property it all has to be over ethernet mainly using data over power which given its a very old house with very old wiring presents its own problems (not least the DNLA server dropping out regularly). Currently I use 1 of the laptops for streaming music online and 1 of the Dell's for playing CD's and digital mainly because they are the ones. in my study. I'm not worrying about sound quality that much at this point given so much else has to be addressed beforehand.
ReplyDeleteExclusively digital files or internet radio (usually Radio Paridise). Haven't played vinyl in years. My turntable sits on top of a VCR in the spare bedroom closet. Someday I'll tote my record collection over to the local vinyl shop for coffee money.
ReplyDeleteDigital files live on a NAS. They're accessed by Raspberry Pi's running "rAudio". I also use piCoreplayer to cast files to a few smart speakers scattered around the house.
Link
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I use Rockboxed Sansa DAPs with Westone, Intime and Double Tap IEMs on the go (I like to walk a lot). At home I have a home theater with a Denon receiver and Polk speakers. In the bedroom I have a Marantz receiver, Oppo disc player and Sennheiser headphones (my wife sleeps right through it all). I don't like music in the car much (too much noise). I mostly listen to news there.
ReplyDeleteCDs or the computer for music files (and a USB stick in the car when it's not the Musk Mobile).
ReplyDeleteI have a Cambridge CXA 61 receiver with a Cambridge CXN V2 streamer, a Rega Planar 3 turntable and Elac unifi 2.0 speakers that basically run 10 hours a day, everyday that I am home.
ReplyDeleteI have succumbed to Alexa and use it at my partner's mainly, as she doesn't have a working stereo. I have a Cambridge audio amp and CD deck with Matisse speakers and a Dual deck. That and the CD player in the car are my main ways of listening but I also use MP3s on my phone and an iPod (modded to 512G).
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