The whole playlist:This is exactly why I banged on about Atmos way back in 2018.
Done right, it's just jaw dropping.
The whole playlist:This is exactly why I banged on about Atmos way back in 2018.
Done right, it's just jaw dropping.
This mix seems a bit on the subdued side. Very front heavy, whereas I would think this album would lend itself to a full on, light up the full array of speakers, music everywhere mix. Surrounds seem to be discreet but limited to reverb, chorus, some percussion.
There used to be a much more discrete mix of My Prerogative as a standalone track, but that mix appears to have been totally replaced by this new version -- I can't find the old mix on Apple anywhere.This mix seems a bit on the subdued side. Very front heavy, whereas I would think this album would lend itself to a full on, light up the full array of speakers, music everywhere mix. Surrounds seem to be discreet but limited to reverb, chorus, some percussion.
The original Atmos mix is still available on Tidal:There used to be a much more discrete mix of My Prerogative as a standalone track, but that mix appears to have been totally replaced by this new version -- I can't find the old mix on Apple anywhere.
Donny McCaslin "I Want More".
Still a few months before it’s released. I don’t bother with beta releases anymore as it always feels like I have a broken phone.I DL iOS 17 to check out crossfade, it’s sketchy. Sometimes it’s smooth, but mostly truncates the end of the song. Works better on Wi-Fi. Unfortunately the feature isn’t available on TVOS beta for ATV 4K.
Also last month with the murderer's row that is the Maria Schneider OrchestraSo, like a bunch of us in this thread I have been digging this album for the last week or so. Then tonight I went to catch Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. Lo and behold, Elvis added a horn section to his touring band. Donny was the sax player! It was awesome!
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He's won a couple of Grammys (for best jazz solo) with Maria. It was on her recommendation--after Bowie hired her for the single version of "Sue"--that Bowie checked out Donny's band.Also last month with the murderer's row that is the Maria Schneider Orchestra
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How were his vocals.? Saw him two years ago and it wasn’t too pretty.So, like a bunch of us in this thread I have been digging this album for the last week or so. Then tonight I went to catch Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. Lo and behold, Elvis added a horn section to his touring band. Donny was the sax player! It was awesome!
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I saw him in Bend, OR last month (sans horn section, dammit!) and yeah, his vocals were...uneven. He's been singing flatter and flatter for years, even on disc. It's weird, though: on the uptempo tunes, he tended to be spot on. But on ballads like "Allison," or on ill-advisedly slowed-down arrangements of formerly peppier tunes, he was a mess. (There was a spate of tunes late in the set--"Toledo," "Watching the Detectives," "I Don't Want To Go to Chelsea"--that was almost unlistenable. Someone should forbid him from using vibrato ever again.) But then, miraculously, he finished with a medley where he pretty much hit everything on the head.How were his vocals.? Saw him two years ago and it wasn’t too pretty.
Her previous album “Quietude” is also in Atmos and while there are no Atmos fireworks, it is well recorded, produced and performed. This a more Brazilian Jazz affair but no less compelling. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Eliane perform live on several occasions - a devotee of Bill Evans and Jobim. Does not get the recognition she deserves.Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror. Gorgeous Grammy-winning album of duets with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés. As far as I know, this was recorded live in studio with the pianos facing each other, yin/yang style. So no Atmos fireworks, but the format does add a lot of "space." Sounds especially good on headphones or a MacBook. A couple of other releases & re-releases on the revived Candid label (Terri Lynne Carrington, Wayne Shorter & Friends) have also gotten Atmos mixes--a good sign.
How were his vocals.? Saw him two years ago and it wasn’t too pretty.
Thank you! I got a… frankly obscene amount of records/movies from my brother and sister-in-law so these Eno mixes have just added to a existing backlogHappy Birthday! May you have drums between the bells.
That is a "Video Album" from 2006?No, this one is not Atmos, released in 2023:
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