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
ALBERT VON SCHWEIKERT: Portrait of an American speaker artist AQ magazine explores with a new series of journal and magazine articles on the craft of audio
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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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Anger and Intelligence: Jazz and Civil Rights
AQ special music culture report by Phil Brett Civil rights movement The perception and appreciation of music, as with any artform, can change when the time
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John Coltrane: The complete 1961 Village Vanguard recordings
John Coltrane 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.
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Gerard Presencer – Platypus – Linn Records
Gerard Presencer Gerard Presencer is probably best known as the young trumpeter who played on the US3 mega hit of “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”, although his debut
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Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Buhaina
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Buhaina, produced by Orrin Keepnews. BGP records BGPD 1114 Originally released on Prestige in
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