Review by martiniman November 24, 2006 (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
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Just like you enter a 30's Jazz bar in New York. Weird to hear this music in 5.1 multichannel, great to see what they made from these old tapes. And it is a absolute bargain too. Go get it right away!
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Review by RedFox September 6, 2007 (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
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i purchased this sacd yesterday. since then i have listened to it three times. the songs are all from the early fifties. though i am a jazz fun i would not say that i like the swing style. independently of this fact i did enjoy the way ella fizgerald sings. she is fantastic and if you are a jazz fun and want to go back to the roots buy this sacd. though it is a mono recording the performance is really a good one. i assume that mainly due to the recording procedures used in the early fifties and the age of tapes the sonics is far from the level we expect today. this does not mean that the recording is not enjoyable it only means that the sonic quality is a bit limited. in spite of that i did not regret buying it since i can accept that the sonic level was not the same fifty five years ago as it is today. for jazz funs i highly recommend it. (because one can select stereo sonics only this is what i have done when evaluating sonics -- the recording is mono!!)
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