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intimate recordings
Hmmm, all great recommendations. With jazz, there are an awful lot of intimate records, though most are probably not as vividly recorded at 'Pawnshop'. Here's a few that come to mind for me and (almost) all jazz:
Jimmy Rowles: The Special Magic of Jimmy Rowles (piano and bass; recorded at friend's apartment in New York; music for the afterlight of a candle)
Dexter Gordon's later records, especially live, do a little research first (I like Lullaby for a Monster and The Shadow of Your Smile, both on Steeplechase)
Bill Evans: Tokyo Concert (many are familiar with his great River-sides, but this is a nice, contemplative record)
Ellis Larkins: Manhattan at Midnight (pno)
same: Gregory's Presents a Concert Recording of Ellis Larkins and Al Hall (private recording issued by the night club Gregory's; piano and bass; also, while not common but, not all that hard to find either)
Anything by Paul Desmond with Jim Hall
Gerry Mulligan: Night Lights (also a terrific recording)
non-jazz, singer-songwriter (I hate that descriptor):
Townes Van Zandt Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Best,
Barry
PS: someone recommended Tom Waits and I agree, not from the same record but, youtube his tunes "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You", "Martha", and "Heart of Saturday Night", all quite intimate.
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I'd recommend Carmen Gomes Thousand Shades of Blue Sound Liaison. Recorded at ‘Studio Eleven’, Hilversum, The Netherlands, in front of a live audience on September 15, 2012. Stunning recording - only heard downloads and don't know what physical media it's available on.
DGP
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Horace Silver - Doin' the thing
any Art Pepper Live, there are a few.
Jimmy Smith - Root Down (Live)
Tubby Hayes - Down in the Village (live at Ronnies)
I appreciate how well Arne Domnérus Jazz at the Pawn shop disc was recorded and cut but the material is pretty...Meh! IMHO
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Jazz at the Prawnshop - hmmm I like prawns - yes it's well recorded but you'd never confuse it with a Blue Note recording .... my wife calls it 'white people's jazz' and always gives me a hard time if I put it on (I have both sets on vinyl). I can't help thinking of that Steve Martin film 'The Jerk ...
Funnily enough I'm in Stockholm next week for work but the first time I went there I looked out 'Stampen' the nightclub in the old bit of town where the albums were recorded, unfortunately no jazz only a so-so kind of sub-Abba-ish local pop band (thankfully free entry). I was a bit disappointed.
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"lack of passion is fatal"
Vinyl: Thorens TD-124mk2 / SME-312 Aluminium 'special' / SME M2-9R / STEREO: Etsuro Urushi Cobalt / Shure M3D / Ortofon SPU A95 / Cartridge Man Music Master / Shure - SC35C (US) / SAEC C3 MC MONO: Miyajima Zero B 0.7mil mono / Miyajima Premium 1.0 / Amps & SUTs: Radford STA25 mk3 / AD Audio 'Satchmo2' pre & LCR phono / Hashimoto HM-7 SUT / ETR-MONO SUT Digital: Audio Note 4.1 (with DAC5 upgrades) DAC / Roon / Tidal Speakers: Tannoy 12" MGs' in RFC custom 'Rutland' Cabinets with RFC crossovers / Tannoy ST-100 Super Tweeters Cables: LFD Grainless phono / RFC Mercury / Duelund DCA16GA tinned copper / Kimber 12TC / SW1X Audio Design USB-SPdif / Duelund DCA20GA interconnects / SW1X Audio SPDIF Aero 6 / Mains Power Conditioner / Box Furniture rack / Audiodesk Systeme Vinyl Cleaner / a very beautiful & understanding Wife!
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