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Mar 20, 2024 at 1:41 PM Post #144,166 of 151,515
Some oldies .....

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Mar 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM Post #144,167 of 151,515
Vali 3 in the house. As Jason noted earlier, the silver looks much nicer in the flesh than in the photo. Love the top cover now!

I'll break it in with the stock (Russian) tube and get a feel for it, then start rolling with direct substitutes. L to R: Sylvania 2C51, WE 396A, Tesla 6CC42, and Foton triple mica 6N3P.

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Mar 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM Post #144,168 of 151,515
Vali 3 in the house. As Jason noted earlier, the silver looks much nicer in the flesh than in the photo. Love the top cover now!

I'll break it in with the stock (Russian) tube and get a feel for it, then start rolling with direct substitutes. L to R: Sylvania 2C51, WE 396A, Tesla 6CC42, and Foton triple mica 6N3P.

Vali 3.jpg
That looks sooo sharp
 
Mar 20, 2024 at 1:50 PM Post #144,169 of 151,515
Some oldies .....

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Ever heard of "Eccentric Soul" from Numero records? Fantastic soul from small labels that never went big. Great singers, songs and playing. Just discovered this myself. Over 35 compilations released so far.
 
Mar 20, 2024 at 1:53 PM Post #144,171 of 151,515
Vali 3 in the house. As Jason noted earlier, the silver looks much nicer in the flesh than in the photo. Love the top cover now!

I'll break it in with the stock (Russian) tube and get a feel for it, then start rolling with direct substitutes. L to R: Sylvania 2C51, WE 396A, Tesla 6CC42, and Foton triple mica 6N3P.

Vali 3.jpg


Dance, Boogie Wonderland, hey, hey ~~
 
Mar 20, 2024 at 1:56 PM Post #144,172 of 151,515
Ever heard of "Eccentric Soul" from Numero records? Fantastic soul from small labels that never went big. Great singers, songs and playing. Just discovered this myself. Over 35 compilations released so far.

Have the Forte Label.
 
Mar 20, 2024 at 2:01 PM Post #144,173 of 151,515
One more, I knew this group when I am listening to the radio at teenage.

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Mar 20, 2024 at 2:18 PM Post #144,174 of 151,515
Can't go wrong with:

Frank Sinatra
Ella Fitzgerald

Mile's Davis (Kinda Blue, Sketches of Spain, etc)

John Coltrane - Love Supreme

Dave Brubeck - Time's Up

Charles Mingus - Mingus Uh Um

Lot's of the Marsalis Brothers

Sarah Vaughan

Thelonious Monk

Here are some of my picks:

Coleman Hawkins “At Ease with Coleman Hawkins”
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messangers “Three Blind Mice”
Chet Baker Sings (He can’t actually sing, but there is a certain charm in how he tries.)
Ornette Coleman “The Shape of Jazz To Come” more “out there” than a lot of Jazz, but very good.
Django Reinhardt
Bill Evans “The Complete Village Vanguard 1961”
Leon Sash “This is The Jazz Accordion” - Ideal if you like jazz but feel there just isn’t enough accordion in it.
Henry Mancini “The Pink Panther Theme”. Very well done Pop-Jazz
Herbie Hancock “Headhunters” Actually most of Hancock’s work is worth listening to.
Joe Henderson
Oscar Peterson “Night Train”
Wayne Shorter “Beyond the Sound Barrier”
And many others…

Some of my favorites:
Jazz at the Pawnshop
Ellington - Jazz Party
Adam Ben Ezra - Hide and Seek
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
Dave Holland Quintet - Extended Play, Live at Birdland
Jeff Goldblum - The Capitol Studio Sessions
Götz Alsmann - Filmreif!
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Brubeck - Time Out
Hugh Laurie - Didn’t it Rain
Ellington at Newport

“Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue” on the latter is my all-time favorite jazz recording OF ALL TIME. The energy is once in a lifetime levels of insane.

Eh... Anything new? Like, somebody after the 60s? Anybody from the last quarter century?
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Mar 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM Post #144,175 of 151,515
Eh... Anything new? Like, somebody after the 60s? Anybody from the last quarter century?
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Anything from the Del Tone label is fantastic...very high quality retro-soul. This is the newest:
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Mar 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM Post #144,176 of 151,515
Mar 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM Post #144,177 of 151,515
Eh... Anything new? Like, somebody after the 60s? Anybody from the last quarter century?
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Melissa Aldana, up and coming on the Blue Note label. 😎
 
Mar 20, 2024 at 2:30 PM Post #144,178 of 151,515
Eh... Anything new? Like, somebody after the 60s? Anybody from the last quarter century?
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Investigate J. M. I. Recordings. I've got everything they currently have available. Started with Sasha Berliner---Onyx.
 
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Mar 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM Post #144,179 of 151,515
Mar 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM Post #144,180 of 151,515
Eh... Anything new? Like, somebody after the 60s? Anybody from the last quarter century?
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For modern jazz, I find pretty much anything from The Bad Plus great. Piano jazz trio famous for doing cool covers as well as original material. For female vocals my goto is Cat Power(at least for modern).
 

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