While the tenors and altos got the lion's share of saxophone glory, baritone players also made their mark, on bebop and also swing. Perhaps the most famous is Harry Carney, a mainstay of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Serge Chaloff, Pepper Adams, Gerry Mulligan, and Cecil Payne are all…
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Horn players were always the show ponies of bebop. While drummer Art Blakey, pianist Thelonious Monk, and other instrumentalists were also powerful pioneers, it was the saxophonists, building on the legacy of the great Charlie Parker, who've come to symbolize this once-hated, now-revered form of jazz.
This past Monday, July 21, drummer/composer Terri Lyne Carrington and harpist/composer Brandee Younger discussed their recently released albums, respectively We Insist 2025! (Candid) and Gadabout Season (Verve) at an event billed as Joy and Resistance, moderated by Dr. Guthrie Ramsey. The Doris Duke Center in New York City hosted the event, with a streaming audio system featuring Treble Clef Audio's TCA-M active floorstanding loudspeakers.
Two of contemporary jazz's most inventive, communicative, and creative voices, Terri Lyne Carrington and Brandee Younger, deliver powerful…
Sidebar 1: Specifications
Description; Stereo/bridged-mono class-AB power amplifier. Inputs (per channel): one XLR (balanced), 1 RCA (single-ended), switchable. Input impedance: 10k ohms (balanced and single-ended). Gain: switchable 29dB or 23dB (200W, 1kHz into 8 ohms). Input sensitivity for rated outputs, stereo and bridged: 5.2V and 2.4V (balanced inputs); 2.65V and 1.3V (single-ended inputs). Continuous output power, stereo: 200Wpc into 8 ohms (23dBW), 320Wpc into 4 ohms (22dBW), 450Wpc into 2 ohms (20.5dBW); bridged: 650W into 8 ohms (28dBW), 950W into 4 ohms (26.8dBW). Damping…
On the first page of the Radiant Acoustics Clarity 4.2 Welcome Guide, Radiant Acoustics founder Peter Lyngdorf states, "The first thing you'll notice when listening to these speakers is the absence of distortion."
Seeing that, my brain responded: I hope not. When I listen to records, the first thing (or things) I want to notice is, who is singing what song and where might they be singing it?
I say this without cynicism. I understand that an engineering-focused company is likely to frame the virtues of their products in technical terms. But when I sit down to listen, I want the…
Sidebar 3: Measurements
I measured a different sample of the CH Precision C10 from that auditioned by Jim Austin; mine had the serial number 0X651902. The power supply was the same one that he had used; its serial number was 0X651904. I carefully followed the instructions in the manual to connect the processor chassis to the external power supply with the four umbilical cables, one for each channel's analog circuitry and one for each channel's control circuitry. The umbilicals were long enough that I could keep the power supply chassis on the floor, well away from the processor.
I…
Way back in my ignorant youth I thought that Pablo Records, the label of jazz producer/promoter legend Norman Granz, was where jazz artists went to fade away, where they were put out to pasture. I thought the black discs inside Pablo's black-and-white jackets, which depicted jazz greats tracking sessions in their twilight years, couldn't compete with the music of younger jazz guns. I didn't want to hear medium-tempo swing grooves in cocktail-softened blowing "jams," or moldy standards like "Satin Doll." I wanted flamethrowers. Blazing jazz-rock tempos. Acetylene solos scorching my eardrums.…
Sidebar 3: Measurements
Lars Risbo, the man behind Purifi's range of innovative drive units, is not only the brand's co-founder but also the designer of the legendary TacT Millennium amplifier, one of the first genuinely digital class-D amplifiers to emerge in the 1990s and forerunner of the Lyngdorf models of today. That ability to think "out of the box" is equally evident in Lars's approach to improving the mechanical and electromagnetic parameters of the classic moving-coil driver, realized here in these small-cone, extended-stroke woofers. Called Ushindi (Swahili for victory…
Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog sources: Dr. Feickert Analogue Blackbird turntable with EMT 912-HI tonearm and EMT JSD 6 moving coil cartridge; Sorane SA-1.2 tonearm with Dynavector XX2A, Audio-Technica ART20, Denon DL-103, and Hana Umami Blue moving coil cartridges. SunValley EQ-1616D, MoFi MasterPhono, Prima Luna EVO 100, and Schiit Stjarna phono stages; EM/IA SUT 103.
Digital sources: dCS Lina with Master Clock, HoloAudio Spring 3 KTE, and Denafrips Terminator Plus DACs; TEAC VRDS-701T, Sparkler Audio S515t, and Shanling ET3 CD transports.
Preamplifier: HoloAudio Serene…
Sidebar 1: Specifications
Description: Two-way standmount loudspeaker. Drive units: waveguide-loaded custom AMT tweeter, 4" PURIFI Ushindi mid-woofer (PTT4.0X04-NLC-02). Two 4" PURIFI Ushindi passive radiators (PTT4.0PR-NF2-01). Crossover frequency: 2.3kHz. Frequency response: 40Hz–22kHz ±3dB. Nominal impedance: 4 ohms. Sensitivity: 78dB/2.83V/1m. Cabinet: 15mm MDF with 12mm aluminum front baffle. Recommended minimum amplifier power: 60W.
Dimensions: 6.46" (164mm) W × 10.24" (260mm) H × 7.64" D (194mm). Weight: 12.3lb (5.6kg).
Finish: Black or White Gloss (6-layers lacquer),…
Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog sources: SME Model 35 turntable with Series Vi tonearm and Lyra Etna λ Lambda phono cartridge.
Digital Source: Innuos Statement NewGen & Innuos ZENith Next-Gen server/streamers, Wattson Emerson Digital streamer, CH Precision C1.2 D/A processor.
Preamplification: Line: Pass Laboratories XP-32. Phono: Pass Labs XP-27, Sutherland Big Loco.
Power amplifiers: Pass Laboratories XA60.8 monoblocks, CH Precision M1.1.
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio Specialties Alexx V.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Carbon, Cinnamon, & Coffee USB; CAD USB…