[78-L] Columbia audio quality, was Re: Miles Davis etc [was Thelonious Monk [was Leonard Feather's Inside Jazz]]

[Doug Pomeroy]

There's no disputing matters of taste.  But I'm astonished that
you feel the Columbia record of Kind of Blue "isn't that well
recorded".  I'm curious to know of jazz recordings you
consider well recorded.

Doug (who has tried very hard to make good sounding jazz recordings)

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> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:50:54 +0000
> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Miles Davis etc [was Thelonious Monk [was Leonard
> 	Feather's Inside Jazz]]
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> Bertrand CHAUMELLE wrote:
>
>> What about "Kind Of Blue" ? It's Coltrane, it's studio and it's more
>> than OK !!
>>
>> "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain": ditto. The covers are  
>> better
>> than anything on gloomy Blue Note.
>>
>> Cannonball a 'disgrace' ? You must be kidding, Julian.
>>
>> But don't worry, that's only my opinion, and France isn't part of the
>> www, AFAIK
>>
>> BC ;o))
>>
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> "Kind Of Blue" is OK, but I don't consider it the classic that others
> do. "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain" were both boring records
> along with the rest of the Davis-Evans stuff for Columbia, poor
> definition of full of overdubs. I've tried listening to them over  
> half a
> century, and can't warm to them.
>
> As I said I've heard better Cannonball Adderley. I heard him in person
> in, I think, 1958 with JATP alongside Benny Carter, and I was more
> impressed by Adderley--he had a fuller tone than Carter's watery one.
> It's just that he wasn't up to the job with Davis, his solos are  
> full of
> quotes and changes of direction. His playing is a serious blemish on
> "Kind Of Blue". At other times he seems to be aping Coltrane. The  
> album
> wasn't that well recorded either.
>
>       Julian Vein