brainstorms

Tuesday October 19, 2004

blue note: best jazz, re-mastered

blue note has given us jazz fans a gift. legendary recording engineer rudy van gelder (rvg) has been remastering a large part of the classic (alfred lion and frank wolff time) blue note catalogue. a list of the currently remastered catalogue is here.

i have been getting these audiophile rgv editions (i am a completist) and i am very pleased with the sound quality. each cd has the original lp cover; [most of them reid miles designs] there are often additional tracks [sometimes alternate takes, sometimes tracks previously excluded because of LP length limitations] along with new jacket notes and additional photos from the sessions. prices are reasonable so these are well worth getting in their CD form. [not sure if the remastered tracks are available for online purchases. i pod them from the CDs]

recommended listening for hackers:

solaris build: [jimmy smith] rockin' the boat or prayer meetin'
dtrace: [donald bryd] a new perspective
linux: [jackie mclean] let freedom ring
freebsd: [jimmy smith] The Sermon
c hacking: [clifford brown] memorial album
prolog: [dexter gordon] our man in paris
www: [bud powell] the scene changes
java: [grant green] am i blue
perl: [perl: not found]
scheme: [horace silver] song for my father
osx: [art blakey] indestructible or a night at birdland [vol 1 & 2]
plan9: [john coltrane] blue train

[yes i have these cds and have listened to them on these occasions. only exception: i do not mix perl and jazz!]

(2004-10-19 08:38:43.0) Permalink