REB
Headphoneus Supremus
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I was fiddling around with the kenwood kt7002 and put on solitude (duke ellington classic) from the soundtrack of kansas city. That version is recently (well, ten years back or so) recorded and features a bass, piano, clarinet, trombone, cornet, trumpet, bariton, tenor and alt saxophones, guitar and drums. The recording is very clean, but was recorded as a live session under controlled circumstances, so you get the best of both worlds.
It sounded astounding. Separation of the instruments was really good, the bass had impact, the baritone sax actually gave me shivers running down my spine, the guitar sparkled. The details in the spaciousness (people humming and moving around) were impressive. The same album also has a track called 'solitude reprise' which is the same song, but now with drums and piano strictly in the background and with two standing basses (played by legend ron carter and the then still young christian mcbride). The basses switch place continuously, alternatively playing the melody or playing the original bass part, culminating in the end in an extended bass solo (of two basses; is that still a solo or a double solo or a duo?
). It sounded like heaven, instant eargasm!
It sounded astounding. Separation of the instruments was really good, the bass had impact, the baritone sax actually gave me shivers running down my spine, the guitar sparkled. The details in the spaciousness (people humming and moving around) were impressive. The same album also has a track called 'solitude reprise' which is the same song, but now with drums and piano strictly in the background and with two standing basses (played by legend ron carter and the then still young christian mcbride). The basses switch place continuously, alternatively playing the melody or playing the original bass part, culminating in the end in an extended bass solo (of two basses; is that still a solo or a double solo or a duo?