PierOz

I was looking back at my previous post in the thread, this one: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f15-music-general/are-we-living-golden-age-jazz-piano-trio-18603/index4.html#post299997 I mention a label called sans bruit, they moved to Bandcamp, their page is there if anyone is interested: Music | Sans Bruit Pierre

Hi again, just thought that if you want to explore Mike Nock's music in trio, a good place to start after An Accumulation of Subtleties is his album for ECM, Ondas with Eddie Gomez and Jon Christensen: which you can find here: Ondas | Mike Nock*– Download and listen to the album Also his first two albums as part of the Three Out Trio with Chris Karan on drums and Freddy Logan on double bass, recorded in Australia have been reissued. I haven't heard the reissues yet, so I don't know how they sound. i suspect they are Vinyl transfers. They've been reissued on CD and on Vinyl as well. they can be found here, on cd: The Three Out – Move | BE! Records The Three Out – Sittin’ In with The Three Out | BE! Records and on vinyl: The Three Out – Move | BE! Records The Three Out – Sittin’ In with The Three Out | BE! Records On the B Side of Sittin In, The Three Out have invited some of their Aussie musos mates. cheers, Pierre

Hi All, I've been away from the forum for a while. I'm coming back as I realise that one of my favourite pianist, namely Mike Nock, has now a bandcamp page. One of his most recent recordings is a double CD with his trio and I consider it a masterpiece. The first cd has been recorded in studio, the sound is excellent as is the interplay between the musicians, and you can hear Nock's freer but still very melodic side. Every time I listen to it, I get hooked on the first track and can't stop. The second CD is a live recording, I was actually there in the audience on the day the recording was made, and it is a very good transcription of the evening, even if not everything that was played found its way on the cd. This CD explores the more upbeat, hard bop influenced side of Nock's music, it's very energetic and I'm sure you'll find yourself tapping your feet as you listen. the album is there: https://fwmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/an-accumulation-of-subtleties, but I would recommend having a listen to Suite Sima too. cheers, Pierre

Like many of the journalists and people commenting you are assuming that because of the range of artists on display they are going to push their music first, it is forgetting that Tidal wasn't their creation and the catalogue on offer seems to (because I haven't signed-up for a trial I can't be certain) cover all genres. And I don't understand why it would be otherwise, they know their business, and perhaps they are more open-minded than you and a lot of people think.

I enjoy your irony, but I do think that's a bit too much cynicism that was shown by the press, looking at all this from the UK, I find it very strange, even more so coming from a country that idolises success and individual enterprise so much. I don't care about Jay-Z and Kanye West, but the press overall reaction, is unfair. Just because they are black and made their money from music doesn't allow for such an avalanche of negativity from people who haven't even try the service, or look at their catalogue. And since when musicians doing business should be more altruistic than their business men and woman counterparts? Most of the reactions I saw are not even cynical their are just an awfully displeasing showcase of bad faith. It is true that's difficult to see what Tidal has to offer without signing-up, but the little you can see without registering looks good. Because I use Qobuz and because I'm French, I would have liked to see that company managing to enter the USA market before Tidal, but good luck to them.

What has Kanye West done to you? You don't like him so you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

Sorry for the extremely late reply, I'm not coming around here often. I would have to listen again to a few of the albums I have to give a fair advice and refresh my memory, however I can say that the Carrothers on Sketch are superb, I would particularly recommend Armistice 1918. Carrothers is very underestimated, which is a shame as his style is very personal...he just makes beautiful music. I like very much Itinéraire Imaginaire by Stephan Oliva, his solo album on Illusion (Film Noir) is great too. Oliva always produces interesting music, and often great music going from the jazz tradition to really avant-garde. I would add the Mal Waldron with Lacy and Avenel to the list. I think there is a soundcloud page for atelier sawano, so you can have a listen before ordering. I also have heard very good review of both records by Graillier but I haven't heard them. Cheers, Pierre update: I forgot to add something about the label Minium, a box set was released in 2006 called Standard Visit which contained 6cd all by pianists (see: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Standard-Visit/release/3900704 ) with the addition of a bonus cd with versions of Lonely Woman by Ornette Coleman. it shows up sometimes on Ebay, really good box set.

Hi, Architectures by Mirabassi was published by Sketch a label created by Philippe Ghielmetti that folded some years ago, so yes, they are quite difficult and pricey to find if you're looking for the original French cds. However, the catalogue was bought by Atelier Sawano in Japan, which has now a Sketch Collection (Sketch Series | Atelier Sawano) where you can find the Mirabassi. Ghielmetti also created later on the label Minium which has also folded but some recordings can still be found online (I think Qobuz has some) and has now three labels: Illusions, Sans Bruits and Visions Fugitives. (illusions) sans bruit | creative music(s) and jazz Vision Fugitive english Cheers, Pierre

Do you think that selling 24bit recordings on iTunes would prompt labels to stop damaging the music with unnecessary dynamic compression (thanks to the higher dynamic range available)? cheers, Pierre

Hi Nigel, Apparently none of the ipods plays 24bit files natively you should read this thread: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/ipod-2496-and-higher-when Pierre

Hi Bob, thanks for the advice, I didn't know about that. cheers, Pierre

I guess getting the HR files out is a matter of executive decision rather than having to remaster the tapes. Many of the well-known bands under contracts with recordings companies have seen their albums released on cd based on remastered tapes, particularly from the mid-90s onwards, since it has been a marketing argument. How many times have you seen on the cd covers 'remastered in 20/24 bit/'...quite a lot I guess. which means that the tapes were remastered but downsampled to fit on redbook cd (I think I've read that DSD was conceived originally as a archive format, which means that potentially all the Sony catalogue that has been remastered could be available in HR, but I'm not sure about that). So the question is do the major recording companies want to sell HR formats of their products? They do, timidly for classical because of the image of the classical audience caring for sound quality but will they for mainstream music? Honestly, I don't think so (and who would like to get the horrifyingly compressed new master of Thriller in HR anyway?). The access to remastered tapes and the possibility of remastering the tapes is a more an issue for more confidential artists. I take an example, here in Australia a handful of great jazz records have been done in the 1960s by branches of major companies (EMI/Columbia, Philips, CBS). They progressively lost interest in producing Australian jazz in the 1970s. Since then the owners of the tapes have changed, the original technicians and producers are not working with the new managements and most of the times nobody knows were the tapes are. I's sad but the chances to see this music remastered is close to zero. Finally for indies labels and artists who self-produced their albums, I guess it depends if they remastered the tapes for a cd release (16/44) or if they thought about the futur and remastered them in HR and downsampled the cd master. If no remaster has been done, it's either because they don't have the funds, or they don't think there's an audience anymore (or maybe both), in this case the music will stay on the shelves were the tapes will degrade overtime. It is already pretty difficult to find the catalogues of the major companies (for mainstream music mainly, but still difficult for jazz) for downloading at cd quality (on Qobuz, for instance Sony seems willing to get its catalogue out there but not in HR), so I suspect that HR will take a while. EMI is pretty bad, which is surprising given that they were amongst the firsts to make their catalogue available on iTunes. Try to find a cd quality download of any of EMI's labels on qobuz is pretty hard (again, apart from classical music), and they're not on HDTracks. It's all in their hands...unfortunately Pierre

The website I use the most is http://www.qobuz.com/ they have a huge selection in cd quality and a growing high-rez section. Unfortunately, depending on your country of residence (the company is French) you won't have access to the entire catalogue, but from my experience many of french independent labels are available worldwide. another I have discovered is http://bandcamp.com/ You have to dig, some artists are giving the music for free. the resolution varies but often you can find high-rez in the download menu of each artists' page under 'audiophiles and nerds' : ) Pierre

Hi David, I'm glad you like it, I'm listening to the beast all the time. the second track particularly, it became my musical breakfast and gives me good vibes for the day : ) I'm so focused on my work at the moment that I haven't cast an eye on bandcamp. and you're right the catalogue seems to be great and at very reasonable prices. I don't know Rebecca Martin but will follow your advice and have a listen. Cheers, Pierre