AQ’s Jazz editor, Phill Brett raises the spirits in these dark times from the BeBop music of Charlie Parker, with mono recordings transcending the times from
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Audio Quarterly Magazine vinyl spotlight
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. Buhaina.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Buhaina, produced by Orrin Keepnews. BGP records BGPD 1114 Originally released on Prestige in 1973, Buhaina has been re-released by
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Art Pepper: “So in Love”
Art Pepper: So in Love Produced by John Snyder and Laurie Pepper Analogue productions revival series. APR 3013. “So in Love by Art Pepper”: another release
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Pink Triangle Tarantella
AQ reports on the story of the Pink Triangle Tarantella turntable Archive text to be soon published from Audio Quarterly editon one.
COURTNEY PINE: ANOTHER STORY VARIOUS PRODUCERS TALKIN LOUD RECORDS. 536 9281
world at large can hear the results of what happens when the likes of Roni Size and Attica Blues meet Courtney Pine As Courtney Pine indicated
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Miles Davies/Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings. Mosaic Records MQ11-164
Since their inception in 1982 Mosaic Records have become a byword for quality audiophile jazz releases. No detail is left forgotten or ignored in the pursuit
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PHAROAH SANDERS:BLACK UNITY PRODUCED BY LEE YOUNG. IMPULSE IMP 219
The decision by Impulse to reissue some of their back catalogues on 180-gram vinyl should be welcomed by audio and music fans alike because coming with
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Crafted Analogue: Acoustand Evolution Turntable
“Now’s the Time” was written in 1945, Parker’s audience would have understood. Equally, white racists probably wouldn’t have, and that would be no bad thing. Phil Brett, AQ
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Albert von Schweikert, March 13, 1945 – May 29, 2020
All about the emotions of the music”, Albert Von Schweikert AQ is sad to learn of the passing of this kind and generous man. It was
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American legends: VAC amplifiers and Von Schweikert loudspeakers
Christian Bayer, takes a music trip down memory lane for AQ as part of our series of articles on American Audio today. It’s legends time An
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Viva Audio Egoista 2A3 headphone amp
AQ’s German corresponded reports on his “unforgettable” love from Italy. My long encounter with the Viva Audio Egoista 2A3 headphone amp, Christian Bayer. A live performance
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Charlie Parker: The Savoy 10 inch LP Collection
AQ’s Jazz editor, Phill Brett raises the spirits in these dark times from the BeBop music of Charlie Parker, with mono recordings transcending the times from
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VAC STATEMENT 452iQ Musicbloc: American icon in the making
VAC 452iQ MUSICBLOC AMP Audio enthusiasts and music lovers may ask themselves the existential question, why are we here? Fundamentally it is the pleasure, the emotional
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ALBERT VON SCHWEIKERT: Portrait of an American speaker artist
AQ magazine explores with a new series of journal and magazine articles the world of the fine art of audio made in America today. No better
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Good Times, Those Were Good Times. A Personal look at the music of 1979
AQ jazz writer eulogises his more modern 1979 year of pop culture as seminal to his tastes and creation of the habit of buying vinyl to
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Audio Quarterly Print Archive
John Coltrane: The complete 1961 Village Vanguard recordings. Produced by Bob Thiele. Impulse IMPD4-232
Unquestionably John Coltrane stands as a colossus of modern music. With maybe only the exception of Lisa from The Simpsons, every major sax player has been
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Gerard Presencer – Platypus – Audio Quarterly Magazine. Linn Records.
Gerard Presencer is probably best known as the young trumpeter who played on the US3 mega hit of “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”, although his debut album, “Platypus”
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Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. Buhaina.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Buhaina, produced by Orrin Keepnews. BGP records BGPD 1114 Originally released on Prestige in 1973, Buhaina has been re-released by
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Art Pepper: “So in Love”
Art Pepper: So in Love Produced by John Snyder and Laurie Pepper Analogue productions revival series. APR 3013. “So in Love by Art Pepper”: another release
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The Naim Story part II
masters of the universe Naim and Linn together grew very rapidly throughout the Seventies, so by the early Eighties both were becoming quite big fish in
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The Naim Story
masters of the universe part I Founded at the beginning of the Seventies, just before the British hifi industry went through its deepest ever recession, Naim
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COURTNEY PINE JAZZ’S URBAN NARRATOR
I like jazz, but I like popular music. So I like to hear a vocal song, for example, it a melody I can hum along to.
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Eros: hybrid electrostatic speakers
Hybrid Electrostatic speakers are becoming popular, offering the ‘best’ of both worlds Speakers come in all shapes and sizes these days. Some prefer the traditional cone-type
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