What are you listening to tonight ?

Yo Yo Ma plays the music of Ennio Morricone

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Rokia Traore: Bowmboi

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I have Mike to thank for turning me on to this artist. Fantastic music that is wonderfully recorded.


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NorthStar said:
The hi-rez 5.1-channel audio tracks (96/24) from the DVD-Audio.

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* And at reference level! :cool::audiophile::exciting:
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Very nice Bob!! I have Mickey Hart's Planet Drum and absolutely love it! Some of my favorite tracks are on this disc (Temple Caves, Udu Chant). Nice pick!:audiophile:
 
Charles Mingus ''Ah Um''
In the mid 1950s, Mingus began composing and performing with a rotating band he called the "Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop."Mingus Ah Um marks the height of this ensemble's accomplishments. Many of the pieces on the album are some of the most recognizable songs in jazz, and their performances are at once highly arranged, and yet loose and seemingly improvised.The opening track, "Better Get it in Your Soul," is a jubilant gospel song. Over infectious blues riffs, the instrumentalists occasionally stray from the choir with rapturous outbursts. Throughout the statements of the melody, Mingus himself can be heard intoning like a preacher, singing "oh yes I know!" and "Hallelujah!"
"Goodbye Porkpie Hat" is a ballad written for saxophonist Lester Young, and named after Young's signature headwear. The melody is haunting and beautiful, and played in unison or octaves by tenor saxophonists John Handy and Booker Ervin except for one note, on which they play the dissonant interval of either a minor second or minor ninth. The single dissonance resembles a wince, and it's perhaps a subtle nod to Young's pained life.
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NorthStar said:
Yes, and I also own these two other CDs of her (you're going to love them too) Allen ::

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I'm sure I will, Bob! I will be getting them soon.
 
I've just been listening to the HD Tracks 2013 sampler using the sound car in my MacBook Pro connected to my main system via a $1 Monoprice stereo to RCA cable. Holy crap do 96/24 AIFF files sound good. Lots of potential here. I'm going to try these at work tomorrow on my Schiit Lyr > Yamaha HP-1 system.

edit: sorry I exaggerated the RCA cable value it was only $0.76 :)
 
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