...for the jazz cats ...

I bought this set the day it came out, but I have been re-investigating the DVD recently. This is my favorite group and there is precious little video footage of them playing live together, so this is an incredible resource. There's excellent footage of Tony attacking that ride cymbal, especially on the 10/31/67 concert.

I'm guessing Ants and all the other Tony freaks already have this, but if not, JUST GET IT:

http://www.amazon.com/LIVE-Europe-1967-Bootleg-Series/dp/B005ARYEY6
 
Maybe I'm just weird, but that particular performance isn't doing much for me on the drumming side. He seemed like he wasn't quite in command or sure what he wanted to do as he was doing it.

Contrasted with Art, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IQNPlnc9c0

I'd much rather listen to that.

Again, maybe I'm just weird, or my taste in Jazz is.

I was looking at the Smith Video saying the same thing to myself, and then I scrolled up to your post and I also like the Art Blakley tube better.
 
I bought this set the day it came out, but I have been re-investigating the DVD recently. This is my favorite group and there is precious little video footage of them playing live together, so this is an incredible resource. There's excellent footage of Tony attacking that ride cymbal, especially on the 10/31/67 concert.

I'm guessing Ants and all the other Tony freaks already have this, but if not, JUST GET IT:

http://www.amazon.com/LIVE-Europe-1967-Bootleg-Series/dp/B005ARYEY6

I am having a hard time finding this CD/ DVD for sale from other stores besides Amazon. In the past when Amazon offered the music on the CD as well as an auto-rip version, the sound quality is truly horrible on the CD. It seems like they burn a copy of the ripped version for you on the CD. So from experience I have tried to keep away from buying CD's when the auto-rip is offered. What is the sound quality of this CD from Amazon?
 
I am having a hard time finding this CD/ DVD for sale from other stores besides Amazon. In the past when Amazon offered the music on the CD as well as an auto-rip version, the sound quality is truly horrible on the CD. It seems like they burn a copy of the ripped version for you on the CD. So from experience I have tried to keep away from buying CD's when the auto-rip is offered. What is the sound quality of this CD from Amazon?
I've never heard of this. What is an auto-rip? The sound of the CD from Amazon isn't going to be confused with a studio date or anything, but it's not bad enough to ruin the music.
 
8Mile,

To "rip" is to copy something onto your computer.
It's usually used concerning music or video pieces.
If you lend me an album for me to try out, and I really like the music, I can "rip" it onto my computer and give you back your CD.
Now I can listen to the music anytime I want to, because I now have a copy of it.
If you go back to the Amazon page you linked to, and look just above the upper right corner of the picture of the album cover, you'll see the words "auto-rip".
Basically, you pay for the album, then they automatically send the album and store it on your computer.
There's no physical "object" to have, its all virtual.
Thus, no shipping (and waiting for the mail to arrive), so it SHOULD BE cheaper and the whole thing happens, pretty much, instantaneously.
I feel its an okie-dokie practice, if you're rather nonchalant about music and are just ripping pop pieces that you won't care about 6 months from now, but I feel you're more of a connoisseur than that. I fear that the computer your music is stored on will go down and if you can' recover it, then its lost, possibly forever.
SO, you move the rip to a "safe storage location" and in my mind, that's where ripping loses its value. If I have to store it in somekind of "safe location", I might as well just get the dam'd CD and be done with it.
...MHO.



Elvis
 
I've been ripping my music to the hard drives for storage for many years, and lately because of the larger size hard drives available, I sometimes rip to a WAV format as opposed to the MP3 format when I want to really enjoy the music. I also back up my hard drives often and have a portable drive that works well. The sound quality is significant better in a lot of cases.

But, what I was saying before about the Amazon auto-rip being available. I just hear the qualities of the CD's to be very poor whenever they offer the auto-rip version for free with the purchase of the CD. It is like they did the cheap low quality auto-rip before you get the music. So as a rule, I have been keeping away from the purchase of CD's on Amazon when this is the case. Now, I am not totally sure about this happening 100% of the time, so that is why I posted this as a question about the sound quality of the 1967 CD.
 
evolving_machine, and anyone else for that matter, you do whatever makes you happy.
I was only stating my opinion on the practicality of possessing music virtually.
If you're fine with it, go for it and more power to you.


Elvis
 
I picked up the book and it is blowing my mind
Fantastic! I, myself, will have to wait until after Christmas to see if someone buys it for me. With my luck, nobody will, and I'll have to wait a few more days to order it for myself.

Considering your whole life is pretty much engineered to make me envious, I'm surprised your copy didn't come with Wayne Shorter, Ants. :)
 
I'm usually reluctant to even provide my family with a Christmas list. I'm one of those "you don't have to buy me anything" cats.

Except this year. I volunteered this the minute I first heard about it. I am so excited to get this book and check it out that I can barely contain myself.

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Note-Uncompromising-Richard-Havers/dp/1452141444

This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing.

Also, all I want for Christmas is to be able to play like Nate Wood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_-3gTbw3Jc#t=91
 
I've seen clips from this concert before, but I somehow never saw this particular performance. The sound and camerawork are terrific, maybe the best chance to watch Tony doing his thing in a more traditional style (even though this is post-Lifetime, you'll see what I mean). And playing Paiste! The drums sound sublime, too.

http://youtu.be/JHfbIPqTCcc
 
I've seen clips from this concert before, but I somehow never saw this particular performance. The sound and camerawork are terrific, maybe the best chance to watch Tony doing his thing in a more traditional style (even though this is post-Lifetime, you'll see what I mean). And playing Paiste! The drums sound sublime, too.

http://youtu.be/JHfbIPqTCcc

That was sooooo awesome. Thanks for sharing! Absolutely love seeing Tony in high quality like that. And damn, that Chick solo was ridiculous!
 
Love that Tony, the quality is so much better here!

Not to change the subject, but I just put up a new post on my new blog/website about Philly Joe's soloing on "Skatin'". I thought you guys would dig this:

http://www.themelodicdrummer.com/haredrums/2014/12/4/philly-joes-melodic-drumming

One other note, if you guys haven't you should all check the vinyl that blue note is reissuing. They got the sound even closer to the original masters using some kind of digital sorcery. I have a couple so far (Genius of Modern Music Vol. 1 and No Room For Squares), and I have to say I really really love the sound!

http://www.bluenote.com/vinylreissues.html
 
Fantastic. Thanks SO much for sharing this. I'm JUST beginning to assimilate Melodic Drumming ideas. Perfect timing!!!
Thanks again!!
Andrew, I really like your site.
 
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