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- From: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin)
- Subject: Re: Recent listening (mini-reviews)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.154305.16923@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- Organization: Brandeis University
- References: <HELLERS.92Dec22012641@cleo.cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:43:05 GMT
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- In article <HELLERS.92Dec22012641@cleo.cs.wisc.edu>, hellers@cs.wisc.edu (Joe Hellerstein) writes:
- >
- >Just some random reactions to things I've bought or heard recently.
- >Apologies in advance for flip judgements...
- >
- >Duke Ellington -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUKE! THE BIRTHDAY SESSIONS.
- > This is that LaserLight 5 CD $25 set that people were
- >discussing recently. The sound quality is good, considering the era
- >and that it's live; a little mix-down to cut the highs would have been
- >nice, but hey, for $5 a disk I'm not going to complain too much. It's
- >interesting to hear the band in a dance setting. I don't think this
- >ranks as a classic set of recordings, but it's fun and there are
- >fairly regular flashes of beauty. Every Paul Gonsalves solo is a gem.
- >The trumpet playing was kind of disappointing to me, a lot of Cat
- >Anderson grandstanding, and Ray Nance playing comfortably in his bag.
- >Biggest gripe -- nowhere on the box or in the notes do they say what
- >years these recordings are from!! If they didn't know, an educated
- >guess would have been helpful!
- >
- >Joe Hellerstein
-
- Joe,
-
- From discussions with several people, I believe these recordings were made in
- 1953 and 1954. I agree with you that it's very frustrating to have to track
- down information like this when they could have easily consulted a couple of
- experts and made an educated guess themselves...
-
- -Lynn (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)
-