Gary Burton (Vibraharp), Jim Odgren (Alto Saxophone), Mike Hyman (Drums) and Steve Swallow (Bass Guitar).
Streaming on Qobuz (96/24)… kicking off this bright and sunny Wednesday morning with the Gary Burton Quartet’s ‘Picture This’ and Gary, Jim, Mike and Steve are sounding sublime! A fine and fun album that gets the toes tapping and instantly lifts up the spirit… Life is Sweet!
Just had my SBL crossovers serviced and straight from the off it’s made a great difference, highs are more ‘sharp’ without squealing (not that they did before) & percussion sounds really good. This time I’ve let the crossovers ‘hang’. This alone made putting them back on so much easier as they’re very hard up against the wall & I didn’t really want to move them.
I was told a couple of the capacitors were leaking so not sure if that effected the sound, I guess so!
Anyway back to the listdning!
Some more easy listening, but in the best possible taste!
The Ben Webster Quintet - Soulville (Speakers Corner/Verve)
Lovely warm and…well Soulful playing on this 1957 album sounding great on this Speakers Corner LP
Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis (who’s guitar playing I always enjoy especially his Nothing But The Blues album) and Stan Levey
Jakob Bro | Joe Lovano - Once Around The Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian
Jakob Bro (Guitar), Joe Lovano (Tenor Saxophone, Tarogato), Larry Grenadier (Double Bass), Thomas Morgan (Double Bass), Anders Christensen (Bass Guitar), Joey Baron (Drums) and Jorge Rossy (Drums).
Streaming on Qobuz (96/24)… continuing on this morning with Jakob< Joe along with a fantastic group of talented musicians, and they are sounding sublime!