https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/jackie-swing-swang-and-not-swingin/ For those who love jazz Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/jackie-swing-swang-and-not-swingin/comment-page-1/#comment-9937 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:20:44 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=2153#comment-9937 Yes, the original has a beautiful sound… as all RVG it is expetionnallly well balanced…

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/jackie-swing-swang-and-not-swingin/comment-page-1/#comment-9928 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:13:31 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=2153#comment-9928 Perhaps we can hear from someone who has an original pressing. I’m sure it’s quite a lot better and warmer than what we have, Geraint.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/jackie-swing-swang-and-not-swingin/comment-page-1/#comment-9910 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:31:36 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=2153#comment-9910 Just put my copy on for a spin – same Liberty rechanneled stereo pressing as yours Al: Jackie’s strong on the left speaker & in great form with the rhythm section over on the right with Art Taylor’s drums predominant; Walter Bishop’s solos take centre stage (sonically).
No good for DJing – I used to play records in an L-shaped club with a speaker at the two extremes & got caught caught out more than once with one section of the crowd hearing only the horn while the rest got the rhythm section.
Now I’m playing a recent pressing of the same album (one with 304 Park Ave on the sleeve): Jackie’s still on the left, Jimmy Garrison is central & strongest (& richer/warmer) in the rhythm section, while Art (on the right) is all cymbals. It’s a tough one: I prefer the drums & horn on the Liberty, bass & piano on the Park Ave; the Liberty gives Jackie the limelight & kind of separates him from the rhythm section, while the other is more of a group sound, warmer certainly, but lacking the clarity of the former.

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