Unfortunately, with a lot of jazz RVG is unavoidable.  Song for my father was recorded at Van Gelder studios.  You'd have to get the original tapes and remaster them.  Even then, there's only so much you can do, as choices like mic placement that Van Gelder made are irreversible.


Hasn't stopped me from listening to this album hundreds of times, though I do listen to it less loudly then I'd crank some other albums.


LFF- I have the King Records (Japan) reissue as a vinyl rip, I believe Yoshio Okazaki was the engineer on the remaster.

And the comparison shot...same volume...

It's shocking to see what you are missing with the RVG (dark color) vs the full dynamic recording (green):

Holly shitcakes! And here I was thinking that Jazz was of the least affected genres.

Impressive as usual, LFF.

Having a Sonny Rollins day at the office:







My very first jazz show was seeing Sonny Rollins at the Masonic Center in SF when I was a freshmen in college. I was blown away by all of the musical ideas that poured out of that man's head in 20-minute waves of solos. He had a knack for coming up with very distinct ideas that flowed into another distinct idea seamlessly. There's the notion that a good jazz solo should "tell a story" so to speak, and Rollins was one of the best that I've seen live. How awesome would it have been to see him in his prime in the late 50's.

I've seen him probably a dozen times since then with mixed results. A couple of times he seemed uninspired, but the few times I've caught him on a good night were some of my most memorable live musical experiences.

I like Oscar Peterson.. And I really like Milt Jackson.

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