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March 6, 2008
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This is my second Kei Akagi recording and I am liking this more than the other one ('A Hint Of You'). Mr. Akagi and his bandmates (Tomokazu Sugimoto on bass and Tamaya Honda on drums) play the following 9 wonderful and original piano tunes;
1) Dolphin Dance, by Herbie Hancock
2) Peresina by McCoy ... more |
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March 6, 2008
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I never really warmed to this disc. Been waiting to write a review until I listened to it multiple times during a period of a few months, but it still leaves me somewhat underwhelmed.
Who is Kei Agaki? Let me borrow a few lines from the Allmusic Guide: "Born in Japan, Akagi lived in Cleveland ... more |
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March 5, 2008
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The best shirt ever (?) captured on a cover :-). This disc swings like crazy. It's a guitar album full of straight ahead jazz tunes. I do not think sonically there are any criticisms to be had on this recording. Full bodied driving bass, direct and tuneful electric jazz guitar (two of them), ... more |
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December 14, 2007
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This is only about sound quality. The big question many SA-CD people ask is whether there is a sound quality difference between the JSACD and the US or Euro pressings of KOB...
The European pressed SA-CD has more presence and timbre than my 1997 US pressed CD remaster (CD 64935), but not by a huge ... more |
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October 14, 2007
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Julian Bream (UK, 1933) is widely recognized as one of the top classical guitarists of our time. Personally I was not very familiar with his work and I did a little research on his playing style. It transpires that two of his major influencers were Django Reinhardt and Andres Segovia. Plus he was a ... more |
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January 7, 2013
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| Thanks for all the hard work....this is truly a reference site. I looked up my first review - 27 January 2003. A that time we were looking at when the amount of reviews was going to overtake the amount of titles listed on the site. No such worries anymore :-) I also recall being the most active reviewer, for a little while at least , well, no such ... more |
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August 25, 2012
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| Just a short note from another early member.... Keep the faith 'Zeus':-) - this site is still unique and the only authoritative source on SA-CD releases imho. I am busy putting together a new system and I will probably start posting some SA-CD reviews though I have not bought a lot of new stuff on SA-CD (my collection stabilized around the 229 ... more |
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October 21, 2007
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| I feel I need to annotate my review with this note. Recently I listened to this recording in a different way on on a different (and much better than my own) system. I learned something valuable. I learned to listen better. And to be able to better discern between over-processed or digitised recordings and more analog-sounding ones. I heard the ... more |
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October 7, 2007
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| I accidently posted my 'Ray Sings Basie Swings' review under the wrong title (see http://www.sa-cd.net/showreviews/3830#5040_). I could not find a way to remove my post. Stephen, please delete it. Thanks.
(I will buy that Eighty Eights disc next time I'm on Tokyo and would like to review it as well :-) ... more |
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September 9, 2005
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| I haven't made a comparison. Some 'people in the know' have told me that (some of the JSACD) sound better, but if that is indeed the case, I doubt whether it's by a large margin. ... more |
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