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| What's your latest "Discovery" "In Touch", Ray Holman, Ramajay Records... A very well recorded blend of steel pan and more traditional jazz instruments, this is for anyone with an interest or curiosity about steel pan music. | |
| Power Cable that fits two prong connections Another reputable source for adapters... Take Five Audio | |
| Besides Audio, what other ''passion'' do you have? - Listening to acoustic Jazz- Spending time with my son, who has grown into a wonderful young man (3rd year at university, and off to Scotland in a few days)- Any activity with my wife (luckily, I married the woman of my dreams)- Non-partisan disc... | |
| Audiogon Music News July The re-mastered re-issue of Paul Simon's "Hearts and Bones" is fantastic, and deserves a very strong recommend. Both in sound and performance it is a superb addition to any collection. For Jazz fans, I'd also recommend Charlie Haden's "The Montrea... | |
| R.I.P Elvin Jones Elvin's work with Coltrane thrills me endlessly. He was definitely up to the challenge of playing with Trane. I'll be seeking out more of his later stuff. Thanks Elvin. | |
| Soundproofing Hi-Rise Apt? You can use a thin layer of self-adhesive foam insulation, normally used for window weather stripping. It is very effective. The one downside is that if your unit was designed for forced air circulation i.e. the fresh air is forced from corridor v... | |
| Help Where to start with jazz????? In a similar vein to PBB's suggetion above, I highly recommend Leornard Berstein's - Bernstein on Jazz. This recording features Bernstein talking about what to listen for in Jazz. It also includes separate performances with Louis Armstrong and Dav... | |
| Remote control codes? Here is a universal remote control with what appears to be a much better approach - Harmony | |
| Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe? Barry - Again, my thanks to you for sharing your time and knowledge. | |
| Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe? Barry,Re: CorianPrior to your earlier comments, I took the heavy, rigid and inert properties of Corian to imply that it could offer some benefits towards resonance dampening. Given that you have suggested otherwise and more recently acknowledged s... | |
| Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe? Barry - Thanks for the explanation and subsequent discussion. Looks like there is more experimentation and learning left on my part. The good thing is I consider this an important source of fun in this hobby. Besides it uultimately is the basis of... | |
| Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe? Here is a combination that I have recently come to by chance, with very good results. I am a willing experimenter by nature, but very inexperienced in this field. Now, I’d like to understand why this combination sounds so favorable to me, I am at ... | |
| Caribbean Music Recommendations Andy Narrell is definitely worth a try. | |
| In Heavy Rotation? Kenny Garrett - Standard of languageJoe Lovano - Quartets, Live at the Village VanguardRoy Hargrove - Kindred Souls, LiveDave Holland Quintet - Extended Play, Live at BirdlandWayne Shorter - Footprints Live | |
| Good Jazz/Vocal Reference CD Recommendations? Shirley Horn - "You Won't Forget Me"The fabulous quality of both the recording and the performance, makes this an ideal reference CD. |