Four GREAT jazz CDs that you should own (video #2)

[@twraven1]

You are a music lover rather than a format lover. It’s a pleasure.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I appreciate that 😊 🙏 💯

[@relaxinwithtshadiba-jazzso7945]

I love your flexibility because I also enjoy all kinds of music. In my circles there are people who regard me as a jazz "expert", yet others think that I'm a soul and R&B "guru"😁 - while others think that I'm an encyclopedia of South African music.

[@nathanbrown634]

Hey Kenny. I’ve been loving your videos for at least a year now. Thanks for your authenticity and good vibes. Quick plug for Bela Fleck: He is a virtuoso; a master of the banjo. I’d suggest listening to Drive, then move along to Left of Cool, follow that up with Music for Two, and wrap up with My Bluegrass Heart. Bonus: He and Chick Corea were longtime friends and collaborators. Take a listen to those albums, too!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you for the Bela Fleck recommendations 😊

[@gioscott2363]

Man I just found your chanel and I love it! Thanks for your great love and appreciation of Jazz.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I appreciate that, thank you very much and thank for watching my video ✌️

[@kenlodge3399]

Your channel/production has a good vibe. See now, like you, there's so many of us that if you like Jazz, you're into or can be into all types of music. I went thru my Jazz phase in the late '80s, early '90s. None of your list made my "hangers-on" playlist, tho turns out in reading your, liner, notes below saw what could be my Top 4 or at least 3: Miles, Kind a Blue; Dave Brubeck, Time Out; Herbie Hancock, Headhunters. My Top Top is most definitely John Coltrane, Favorite Things; Chick Corea, All; Spyro Gyra, Collection; Dave Brubeck, Time Out. What can I say, always liked a blend. So there you go compadre - look forward to enjoying your channel.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you for your comments and I hope that you enjoy my videos in the future 😊 ✌️

[@johnmoreno96]

CD’s are a big part of my music listening experience, so I own quite alot of cds. A favorite series is the Blue Note label, especially the Connoisseur Series and Rare Groove on Blue Note. They sound excellent as a digital format and I can own some rare jazz music for an affordable price. ✌

[@williamcampbell3868]

Agree 💯!! The Rudy Vangelder series is definitely cool also. The best sounding reissue cd of the Bluenote series to me however is Connoisseur's Lee Morgan lp The Procrastinator. It musically and sonically is a reference.

[@ericsousa9365]

I have a few herbie hancock blue note on cd , they sound fabulous.

[@alanjerram9258]

Hello Kenny, I have some of Chet Baker's late work and was surprised how well he performed and how good he sounded. Even though he sadly had his demons, he obviously remained very dedicated to his craft and was a perfectionist when it came to that. That McCoy Tyner guitar project is something I have to find. Derek Trucks and McCoy Tyner are two people I would never expect to see on the same CD!

[@goodknight37]

I need to check out more Chet Baker. Derek Trucks is a HUGE jazz guy. Check out his version of Afro Blue

[@alanjerram9258]

@@goodknight37 Thanks, I will give it a listen, that's not something I knew about him. It's hard to find but, Baker's last major live performance with a rhythm section + horn ensemble backing him in 1988 was recorded just a couple weeks before his death. It's a good, clean recording, and Baker was on that night. The Last Great Concert: My Favorite Songs, Vol. 1 & 2

[@JazzBums]

Great video Kenny. That Hartman CD is excellent. It contains most of 2 LPs that were only released in Japan originally. The CD release, I think in 95, was the first time the music was released in the US. I will check out those Tyner CDs for sure. Anytime Ornette busts out the violin I get a little afraid lol. I love Chet's later career singing. He puts so much emotion into it. - Chris

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much Chris for your comments and watching my video. I love all of the JazzBums videos and I'm a huge fan 😊

[@gzkarr3730]

Kenny you shouldn't have to apologize for not playing music. You are doing what you have to do.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you ✌️

[@amosperrine1909]

David Murray has done some great and great sounding CDs for the Japanese DIW label, specifically Ballads, and Spirtuals. I also like the Venus label CDs.

[@cgo7395]

Bela Fleck is an incredible Banjo player.

[@williamcampbell3868]

Hey Kenny my Brother Tis' William! I have and love the Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane cd. The others look like something I'd like to own also. I recommend the Connoisseur edition of Lee Morgan's The Procrastinator. It is gorgeous musically and I think it's a RVG masterpiece!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

That Hartman/Coletrane CD is great 👍 👌 👏. Thank you for the Lee Morgan recommendation 😀 ✌️

[@deborah4737]

The Coltrane & Hartman CD is one of my favorites.

[@GordonPyzik]

​@@deborah4737bad sound on that recording

[@mr.b4444]

Thanks again Kenny, Great choices and with the exception of that Ornette Coleman CD I have all of those CDs; I'll have to check it out. I'm a huge McCoy Tyner fan however the "Guitars" is not one of my favs by him. I've been a jazz guitarist for over 50 years and a couple of those choices for guitarists especially Bill Frissel don't work for me. Musical tastes are different but I'm not a Bill Frissel fan. If you get a chance, check out McCoy Tyner "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" on Blue Note which was recorded in a classical concert hall; no audience. The CD is mainly solo piano with a few duets with John Scofield, I believe George Adams is also on one of the cuts. There are also some other similar collaborations like Ray Brown "Some of my best friend are guitarists" which is a fantastic album. The Billy Hartman album is fabulous, he's my favorite male vocalist. The Coltrane and Hartman CD almost brings tears to my eyes when they perform Lush Life. By the way, if you had to discard your whole music collection of music except for one, which is the one album you would have to save? Mine would be Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies.

[@amymalina5073]

I agree with you but Johnny Hartman.

[@amymalina5073]

Their version of Lush Life is the best. My favorite version of that song but his whole album with Coltrane is a masterpiece.

[@PotLuck-j3y]

Greetings Kenny, thank you for another lovely upload. I've always valued CD's similar to you it seems and never discount the audiophile format as not everything you may like is on vinyl etc. I found the Nancy LP in my collection but unplayable haha but worthy of note I have that JC & Hartman CD (digipack) you briefly showed from original Impulse1963 - found for $2 at thrift store - lovely jazz and vocal business, not heard the other Hartman's you presented. But will keep an eye out for it. Keep the great stuff coming, much respect, peace and love from New Zealand.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I appreciate your comments, thanks for sharing. Thank you very much for watching from New Zealand 😊 ✌️

[@chelillingworth9466]

There is a fantastic duo CD with Joachim Kuhn and Jerry Bergonzi called "Signed by:" on the French label deux Z it is well worth searching out. And if you have not yet checked out the legendary tenor saxophone player Jerry Bergonzi then this is a great place to start!

[@alexposilkin9683]

Took the recommendation and listened to that McCoy Tyner album, because I love all those guitarists (and banjo). McCoy is killing it on here, and that core trio sounds so lush and warm. But to my ears, the guests were not mixed well at all. You couldn’t hear the richness of the tone they usually have. It sounded like they had all highs and barely any mids, and certainly no bottom. Great concept but it just didn’t gel for me. However, hearing McCoy completely go for it was awesome to hear. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much for your comments, I really appreciate it. I had a totally different experience listening to the music on my system. What equipment did you use?

[@alexposilkin9683]

@ admittedly, I have no set up, and am not an audiophile. So I just streamed this off of Apple Music on some Bose headphones. However, knowing what Ribot, Scofield, and Frisell all sound like on their own albums, those sounds don’t seem to be captured here. I think Tyner, Carter, and Dejohnette sound amazing. But, to me, the guitars seemed to lack richness and just sounded scrawny. However, I’m sure the album must sound great through your system. To contrast, Frisell sounds great on his live East/West album, and Ribot as well on De Todas Las Flores by Natalia Lafourcade. I will say though that listening to the Guitars album makes me want to dig deeper into more stuff by McCoy, so I look forward to doing that. So thank you for lighting that spark!

[@amymalina5073]

I really like you. I like how you describe your life and interests. Much respect and admiration for you

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much 😊

[@LPS-R-US]

I agree. CD's a nice option and at a nice price, compared to its price on vinyl. Keep spinning kenny.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thanks for watching Tony 😁

[@PocketFilms100]

As you rightly observe, the sound on the Johnny Hartman: For Trane CD is a little subdued. But the interpretations of the songs and voice are marvellous. I particularly like the song 'Violets for Your Furs'.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much for watching ✌️

[@DanielGonzalez-tw8nu]

Love this! There’s a ton of good deals out in CD land right now.

[@behold_band]

You can hear a lot of Marc Ribot on John Zorn albums. 👍

[@wylieroth3145]

Nobody talks about Zorn. It's kind of shame because they don't know what they're not hearing.

[@LuisTorres-he4lo]

Have you tried any of the XRCD jazz releases, they are exquisite !!.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I have not but they are on my "to try" list 😊

[@anthonyburke223]

I bought Wayne Shorter Schizophrenia and Sonny Rollins Saxophone colossus. Been wanting them a while

[@mynellmolsby4930]

Thank you for sharing Kenny. 😊Do you know if musician mentioned Bela Fleck is one and the same that has played with or with the Dave Matthews Band?

[@JazzyB11235]

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have indeed played with DMB. Love you Kenny, you're the man

[@mynellmolsby4930]

@@JazzyB11235 Thank you, I thought so , phenomenal guitarist!!!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much 😊

[@axelfeiss1130]

Thanks for the CD recommendations. I love the Guitar Album from McCoy Tyner and especially like the DVD. The additional inside into the recording session with the different guitar players and how they developed the songs is fascinating and unfortunately a rare thing in Jazz to my knowledge. You should watch it.

[@hkraytai]

These 45rpm releases are excellent but jazz records tend to be around 35 minutes longs and I don’t like flipping them over every 8.5 minutes. If they release a hybrid SACD of the same mastering I would go for that and much less money.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Although I love the sound of 45rpm albums (At least most of them), I can definitely understand the downside of flipping records more often.

[@amymalina5073]

A random recommendation I’d like to put out there for a single song, on You Tube: St. Louis Woman on a Herbie Hancock album that features no other than STEVIE WONDER! Singing is ass off, playing harmonica here and there, but wow, was so happy to have found this. Thank you You Tube.

[@buddyboy6783]

What's your opinion on Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages? Just curious. It's my favorite jazz album.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

That is a album that I have never heard of and will have to listen to

[@ceedee-z2q]

INCREDIBLE choice! With Pharoah Sanders too. Some truly epic playing and compositions.

[@alexposilkin9683]

Finally started listening to Sharrock this past year, and started with Ask the Ages. Really great and unique. And Elvin Jones on drums!

[@michaelmuncy3593]

Big fan of Mark Rib-O, Trucks and Schofield but have not heard that album - thanks. Mark also plays with the great NYC band, The Lounge Lizards with John and Evan Laurie. Good stuff. My favorite being Voice of Chunk - hard to find (at a reasonable price) but well worth the hunt.

[@nicart004]

That’s an impressive collection you have there behind you, ever thought of having a internet radio?

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

No, not really

[@sjbang5764]

Perfect choices for an 80-year-old man (or woman, for that matter). But if you are looking for what is happening in jazz/creative music today, there is a whole world of great music out there, one just has to relax and open their heart, mind, and ears.

[@iamQuinzy]

can you name some please 🙏🏼

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thats a great statement with very little substance to back it up. Great music is timeless and it spans decades and generations, if you truly know music it's something that you should know. Let me know the modern versions of McCoy Tyner, Johnny Hartman, Miles Davis. John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and I will definitely listen to them...Can you name some please. I do realize that there are great musians and music in every era so please list some modern greats/ legends in the jazz field. Thank you very much for your comments and watching my video 😊 ✌️

[@zenontenorio2062]

@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Excelente resposta Kenny!!!

[@passenger62]

I've always thought guitarist Marc Ree-boe (Ribot) prounounced his name the French way. Will check this one out! Great show.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you for watching 😊 ✌️

[@stephenhughley8081]

I am in love with a Japanese Pianist named Hiromi.

[@pablocarlos3441]

Love her trio recordings with Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips. Amazing virtuosity.

[@charleshuguley9323]

I have the McCoy Tyner album. It was surprising to hear Derek Trucks on it.

[@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298]

I have the McCoy with guitars.CD and played it when I first bought it and I never played it again. For me it was sort of a head scratcher🤔.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I must admit it is a bit different for a McCoy Tyner album but I love it because it is unique and he was willing to do something different...I think it paid off for him.

[@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298]

@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Kenny, with all that McCoy's done in his career you got to tell my how this album "paid off" for him.

[@Olly-wy2jo]

Mr clean!

[@lyndellwilliams5890]

Since you had mentioned Johnny Hartman being one of the people who could have been on your greatest male singers list a while back, it also made me think of someone I had left off my list. I was recently going through some of Arsenio Hall's guests, and even though he was weird, he had an undeniable unique voice & delivery. That person is (Screaming Jay Hawkins). I'll check out some of the albums you mentioned here in this video. I also was thinking maybe you can do an album review of some of the most strangest but great albums or artists you have in your collection.👍

[@joeb4349]

Kenny: Does your Sony CD player output the raw files to your Denafrips DAC or will it only output the audio that's already been converted by an internal DAC on the Sony?

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

It will output the the raw CD stream (44.1kHZ/16bit) to my DAC but not a SACD (DSD) stream.

[@amymalina5073]

Sorry, correction: It’s: ST LOUIS BLUES ( Herbie Hancock w/ Stevie Wonder, Terri Lynn Carrington on drums)

[@shimtest]

Kenny - have you done any reviews or comparisons of DSD vs other formats?

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Not to much, the only one that comes to mind is this Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" comparison video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGjPq4WirrNpnM0

[@shimtest]

@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews thank you! will watch this

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you 😊

[@a.abeyta6237]

A really impressive collection. Nope, you couldn't pay me enough money to help you move.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

😊😁

[@mongo2044]

What is an “elite” CD? The format is fixed.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Here is my video on the topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJeXZn9nr86fd68

[@jm_1214]

Can't listen to CD