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David Hazeltine, George Mraz: Manhattan        (5 of 5 found this review helpful)
  November 4, 2006

This disc can almost be interpreted as an homage to the great Bill Evans trio's. The liner notes say it best: "With understated elan and a sublime sense of interplay, this special triumvirate exudes the cool, swinging elegance of the classic Bill Evans trio ." Could not have said it better! It's not ... more
Carole King: Tapestry      (13 of 14 found this review helpful)
  September 25, 2006

What a classic! There are a few versions of this SA-CD. I have what some people call a dual-layer SA-CD - a disc without the RB-CD layer but with an SA-CD multichannel and a stereo layer (ES86328 Ode/Epic/Legacy). The sound of this disc is pretty good, in a similar vein as I found the sound on ... more
Miles Davis: In A Silent Way      (1 of 2 found this review helpful)
  September 14, 2006

Two tracks. That's all. This music sounds as if it floats in a three-dimensional space. Miles' trumpet has tremendous bite but never distorts. The electric piano can distort a little on some of the overtones, but not by much. Well layered soundstage. Infectuous rythmns by Tony Williams on drums ... more
  September 12, 2006

This is free flowing piano jazz in a trio setting. Conrad Yeatis Clark (p), Max Roach (dr), George Duvivier (b) and Steve Hofman on the mastering console. This is quite a unique album in many respects. For starters it's a Hofman. Furthermore these are all Sonny's tunes. Secondly we get a nice dosis ... more
Tommy Turrentine        (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  September 7, 2006

Another 60's jazz master and this time mastered by a similar master, Steve Hofman. That means that as opposed to the Bobby Timmons disc or the piano and bass on the Sonny Rollins 'Saxophone Colossus', we get a much cleaner sound. But you get it only in the left (b, dr, p) and right speaker (t, ts, ... more

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