Review by Barb October 27, 2007 (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
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M. Davis tp, J. Coltrane ts, R. Garland p, P. Chambers b, P. J. Jones ds, Prestige 1956 monaural. May be this is the best line-up that has ever played together in the history of jazz. They are playing six standards in thrilling interpretations, relaxed ballads and up-tempo tracks, with breathtaking solos of Davis and Coltrane. Nothing`s left to say about The Rhythm Section. Jazz at the best from the 50`s, my favourite decade in the jazz history. Rhythm, melodies, interplay, soloing – everything you can get of exciting jazz – here it is. It`s a 50`s recording with that typical nostalgic, pleasing sound that I like more than some of the modern over-engineered multi-tracks recorded in five different studios resulting in a completely synthetic sound. Here the guys are playing together and are recorded live, something that has become very rare nowadays. May be, it does not reach today`s audiophile standards, but it is a great pleasure to listen to.
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Review by JW August 22, 2004 (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
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'The' quintet at one of its many peaks: Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Philly Joe Jones (drums), and Red Garland (piano) — performing some of their live sets in the studio. The albums comes with studio commentary, false starts (whistle) and all - it akes you feel you are looking in on the session. On APO's issue of Cookin' there is even a track named "Studio Chatter" :-)
Relaxin' offers a nice blend of swing and ballads. It's one of those classic jazz albums from Miles' acoustic period that I like so much. It seems to embody 'jazz' for me. Sonically I find this album pretty good, though it has some metallic treble on the brass and some hardness in the piano overtones and the soundstaging is sometimes a little bunched-up in the middle (this is a mono recording). I cannot compare it to the RBCD or LP (yet), but I do have some of the Acoustic Sounds SACD's. The Fantasy series are good value for money (especially via the BMG offer). They fall a little short of the aforementioned APO series. The APO's are recorded slighty warmer and more analog sounding, to these ears at least. On the AP disc the piano has a somewhat deeper, richer sound and the trumpet has a less metallic top-end. But if you don't do a side-by-sde comparison this SACD sounds plenty good ! I'd like to rate a 3.5 Star but I can't, but I applaud the Fantasy effort.
Jw
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Review by FivePointOne July 21, 2004 (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
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In terms of sonics, this is a bit disappointing. I've read that Fantasy used a second generation master for this SACD. I don't know if that is true, but the sound quality is only slightly better than the standard CD issued a few years ago. Slightly better. Which is okay if you get it as part of a sale from BMG Music Club. The tunes themselves are nice, and I truly enjoy this period of Miles (w/John Coltrane) more than any other era.
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