It is too bad that the recording
production on this one just doesn’t cut the mustard, and that is the sole
reason why I subtracted a star. True, I
probably wouldn’t say that if it was an aged guitar album, such as something
Django Reinhardt released. I love Django
Reinhardt and own a good share of his better music, which I have counted as
precious as modern jazz albums. The same
is true of some other early pioneers in jazz guitar.
As recording technology has
increased, this album has increasingly been becoming a historical album and not
a sensational album. True, Miles Davis
and Charlie Parker were some of the greatest musicians that ever were, and
these are some of the greatest swinging songs ever written. They are standards in the Real Book 1, which
I had back in my younger days as a guitarist when I played jazz. Really, not only are these standards, but
these songs are staples, the bread and butter of jazz. So, I encourage you to skip out on buying
this album, and go to the local wine bar where you will get a chance to listen
to these songs live and hopefully revitalized as they were meant to be listened
to.
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