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Piano on vinyl - the best

Thus far, my piano recordings on LP are somewhat limited. The best being Keith Jarrett Koln Concert, in which the tunes are very listenable, upbeat and the recording quality is solid. I am sure there are many others which I am not familiar with.

Current favorites:

Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert

Regina Spektor - Name it. (Great modern recordings)

Vince Guaraldi - All (mono)

Tori Amos - Boys for Pele, Choir Girl, Little Earthquakes

Marian McPartland - Live at the Hickory House.
chris74
jdaniel13
129 posts
 
Perhaps my most impressive piano recording (and mastering) on vinyl would be Paul Jacob's Debussy cycle on Nonesuch.

Other than that, I've been pretty disappointed with solo piano on vinyl--inner groove distortion on used Lp's and/or mis-tracking....
learsfool
1,206 posts
 
Agree with the Bill Evans on Riverside suggestion, both Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard. Another great jazz pianist that can be heard on many great sounding Verve or Pablo recordings is of course Oscar Peterson.

If you are a classical piano fan at all, then try Alfred Brendel, who made many recordings for the Philips label.
adam18
670 posts
 
Dave Brubeck .... "Together Again for the First Time."
The sixteen minute live version of "Take Five" with Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond, and the boys is amazingly well done.
salectric
683 posts
 
I have been listening this morning to one of my all-time favorites----a box set of Satie piano works performed by Frank Glazer on Vox.

Dave
jdaniel13
129 posts
 
While I love vinyl, I've had such a hard time with piano. Does anyone else occasionally encounter a loss of crystalline clarity in certain passages? Not distortion or inner groove damage, but just a "smearing" or slight lack of focus?
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