These guys can probably finish each others’ sentences they’ve been playing together for so long, but they definitely are not taking it easy. Very nice.
Thanks for posting this. . . I just pre-ordered it. I’m a big Mark Turner fan as well. . . looking forward to this.
Devin Daniels is a 23-year old saxophonist, a protege of Herbie Hancock. This is a really nice set recorded live in Los Angeles. His bandmates are all 20ish LA-based musicians, trumpeter Julien Knowles is really great.
They cover Coltrane, Parker and Monk. Daniels’ original compositions are impressive.
I guess some folks have problems with the provenance of the material on these Ezz-Thetics releases. I’m still thinking about it. Some of them sound amazing. The remastering engineer Michael Brandi knows his onions.
It’s great music. I wish they weren’t doing this this way to be honest. But . . . I’ve bought these sessions they reissue for the most part more than once, in some instances more than twice, and when I have checked these out I was not as impressed with the sound as you have been, but they may be getting better, I’ve held off buying any but the Ayler for a spell.
Interesting that you’ve been underwhelmed by the sound…as a general rule, or just some specific cds?
I’ve purchased quite a few of them and I’ve been happy with sonics on all of them. That being said, some of them (New York Art Quartet, Bill Dixon/Archie Shepp…) are completely new to me, so I don’t have a basis of comparison.
I’ve had a lot of these before in several different iterations. I haven’t necessarily been “underwhelmed” by the sound, but I haven’t been overly impressed when doing comparisons.
My enjoyment or lack thereof may be impacted by the truth that I am really disappointed in hatology for going this gray market route. Truly though I can’t think of a single instance where I was “wowed” by the sound.
I also have to note that I utilize all the time a Decware ZROCK2 which allows me to surprisingly tailor the sound and in most instances compensate for deficiencies in digital mastering. If I were a captive of the original presenting of the discs with no tailoring, I may feel differently.
