Sometimes stock is simply not good enough. Reader "EG" would like to know how many readers have used an after-market component-modification service to improve standard high-end gear. If you have, have you been satisfied or not? Why?
This is Lennie's first album and with 3 sax players, bass, piano, drums and trumpet support this album swings and is extremely tight. None of the tracks are very long and the CD itself is only 39:13 in length but after listening to just a few tracks you will find yourself saying out loud "whew" ! This album was recorded in LA in 1954 right after Lennie got out of the Army and the melodies will have you snapping your fingers to keep the beat. The recording is pristine, clean and does not sound overly digital on my Arcam Solo.
This guy sort of has his own show. I would like to have his collection.
Anyone else a fan of these guy? If you like acoustic/folk with some bluegrass influence, you should definitely check this out. "Our Endless Numbered Days" and "Shepherd's Dog" are both excellent albums. Both of them, I think are "must own" in-print LPs.
The two LPs are quite a bit different, with "Endless" consisting almost exclusively of Sam's guitar and his mellow, almost whisper-like vocals. The second album introduces more genre-bending sections and instruments.
Both of the albums are probably my top two favorites to "chill out" to.
Mickey likes it, of course, another brand of stuff, what delineates one from teh other anyway? Seems each new name can always make it better than the previous name. With all that innovation, you would think they could eliminate the stylus mostly. Aqvox, how many different ways can ya put letters together to form a new word, brand of stuff, wasn't Manley or Acoustech the one, not too long ago. More transparent than the CD copy off the $100,000 TT? Which pre amp did he use for that demo?
So far it looks like these recordings are only available in Europe and Japan, but sometime they