Search - Various Artists :: Jazz After Midnight (Hybr)

Top Shelf SACD

Paul G. McCravy | Columbia, S.C. | 03/03/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Perhaps the other reviewer needs to upgrade his equipment. Sonically this SACD ranks very high in my collection. Love hearing Houston Person's breaths on the tenor sax's reed in "If I Ruled the World". Peter Washington's bass on "Gone But Not Forgotten" is as clean as anything my Sunfire has ever produced and the same can be said for Joey Defrancesco's Hammond Organ pedal tones on "What's New". Classic American Songbook jazz at it's finest and a steal at this price."

Excellent Production Quality

Strateahed | Fremont, CA USA | 07/10/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Those familiar with the 60's Blue Note era recognize Rudy Van Gelder (RVG) as one of the chief architects responsible for shaping the Blue Note sound. However, making the transition from vinyl to CD was never quite as satisfying ... until now. I was never very fond of the RVG recording style of drums/piano/bass, center stage ... with lead instruments - trumpet and/or sax separately tracked on either left or right channel.



This "Jazz After Midnight" Hybrid Stereo SACD sounds as good as any I've ever heard. For audio quality and that sense of "there-ness" this production really delivers. The music itself is engaging enough, but may not be everyone's cup of tea ... mostly standards by a few better known folks. This is taken directly from the write-up: "Ten great tracks by the likes of Larry Coryell, Cedar Walton, Joey DeFranceso and David 'Fathead' Newman." At $9.98 a throw, it was initially a "why not" purchase. Turns out, this has definite potential as a jazz reference piece.

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