Jazz at the Pawnshop 40th anniversary 1976-2016.

Sound engineer Gert Palmcrantz revisits Stampen 40 years after the legendary recording took place.
Recorded 6 Dec 2016.
Jazz at the Pawnshop is a multi-session recording made by Gert Palmcrantz on December 6-7, 1976, at Jazzpuben Stampen (Pawnshop) in Stockholm, Sweden. A pawnshop had operated on the site prior to the jazz club. Proprius Records founder Jacob Boethius produced the album, and it has been issued at least five times under multiple labels and formats. The album is widely regarded by audiophiles as the best jazz recording of the 20th Century.

[@musicmongerdnsf]

amazing to get an even deeper and intimate imagining of what it must've been to have been then present. hope they're considering publishing a complete "Jazz at the Pawnshop" 50th Anniversary boxed set, in whatever flavor is deemed most ultimate then, for the last several years I've been enjoying the SACD-Hybird set which sonically gives me a seat in the room, with much gratitude going to the thoughtful sound stage as set by Gert Palmcrantz.

[@Piccodon]

Thanks, Gert Palmkrantz, for the wisdom to capture the acoustic environment with the music. This recording sets a standard for good recording technique. I imagined fewer mikes were used, but this makes sense, a live recording has some risks, with unwanted banter whatnot. The audience were quite well behaved, keeping the banter at a civil level. I hope more recordings will be done in like fashion.