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Ahmad Jamal - just sounds amazing.

A swinging live Jazz recording featuring the Eddie Graham Trio. It's the only Jazz recording made by famed speaker designer and audio expert Dave Wilson from Wilson Audio.
Just excellent. Highly recommended. (Not available on SACD.)

On sale for 10% Off this week at Native DSD - use offer code 10%Off until May 15th.



S' Wonderful Jazz, Eddie Graham Trio (Stereo DSD Download, Wilson Audiophile 8418)
https://wilsonaudio.nativedsd.com/albums/s-wonderful-jazz

Jazz Singer Lyn Stanley's latest album "Potions (from the '50s)" features 15 classics. With a nod to the increasing interest in high resolution audio and DSD, this album was mostly recorded in Analog (all but 3 of the 15 tracks) and then transferred to DSD. Very warm and detailed listening on the DSD Download with the Lampizator. Nicely done.

On sale with introductory pricing at Downloads Now through early June. Have a listen to the sound files and consider it while the sale is on.



Potions (from the '50s) - Lyn Stanley (A.T. Music, Stereo DSD Download 3103)
http://lynstanley.downloadsnow.net/potions

The Blues and the Abstract Truth is one of the best Jazz albums of all-time. Some rank it among the Top 10. It features Oliver Nelson on tenor sax along with some of the best Jazz players of all time - Bill Evans (piano), Roy Haynes (drums), Eric Dolphy (flute & alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass) & Freddie Hubbard (trumpet).

The album is now available in an Outstanding Stereo DSD Download, created from the Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray. If you're a Jazz fan, this is a must-own DSD Download. Just amazing. Highly recommended - from Acoustic Sounds Super HiRez.

"...Let me cut to the chase here and recommend that you buy two copies - one to enjoy and the other to hold for resale, because some day Acoustic Sounds' license will run out and lots of jazz fans will be kicking themselves for not buying a copy. Kevin Gray has turned out a perfect remastering job and this is my choice for reissue of the year." Recording = 10/10; Music = 10/10 - Dennis Davis, Hi-Fi+, Issue 68"

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Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Stereo DSD Download, Analogue Productions XIPJ5D64)
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/9...ract_Truth-DSD_Single_Rate_28MHz64fs_Download

milt said:

I would also highly, highly recommend Elvis Is Back! either download or disk.
Some amazing music and sound. It's worth it for Fever alone, imo.

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Picked up "Elvis Is Back" in Stereo DSD Download on your recommendation. You are right. Very well done!
On sale, 10% Off over the holiday weekend. Use code MEMORIALDAY for the discount.



Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley (Analogue Productions, Stereo DSD Download, XAPP2231D64)
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/9...is_Is_Back-DSD_Single_Rate_28MHz64fs_Download

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A good one.

Fantasies & Finesse by the Baker-Drinkall Duo. A new DSD Stereo Download from the classic analog recordings by Dave Wilson, transferred to DSD. On sale through June 19th, 10% Off using offer code "Fantasies". Not available on SACD.

"Fantasies and Finesse is a new DSD release that features beautiful music composed by Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann performed on cello and piano by Roger Drinkall and Dian Baker on the Wilson Audio label."

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Fantasies & Finesse - Baker-Drinkall Duo (Wilson Audiophile, Stereo DSD Download 9432)
https://wilsonaudio.nativedsd.com/albums/wilson9432fantasies-finesse

Here's a great sounding DSD Stereo Download, taken direct from the 2-Track Analog Master Tape from RCA recorded in 1958 (!). It's Cootie Williams on Trumpet & His Orchestra - In Stereo.
If you like Big Band music, this one is worth checking out. Excellent. Available in DSD 64, 128 and 256fs. Not available on SACD.



Cootie Williams In Stereo - Cootie Williams on Trumpet & His Orchestra (High Definition Tape Transfers, Stereo DSD 256fs Download)
http://www.highdeftapetransfers.com...-cootie-williams-on-trumpet-and-his-orchestra

Creating Timeless Classics: The Best of Pentatone in DSD Stereo & Multichannel. Sells for $11.61 (Multichannel + Stereo) with the COMBI deal on Native DSD.Com.
Features 15 tracks of the best of Pentatone's DSD recordings over their first 13 years in business. An excellent introduction to the label and their artists.



Creating Timeless Classics: The Best of Pentatone (Pentatone Classics DSD Multichannel and Stereo Download - COMBI deal - 5186531)
https://pentatone.nativedsd.com/albums/ptc5186531pentatone-limited-voli-the-best-of-pentatone

Eyeopener is a Jazz album by the European Jazz Trio Klatwerk3. Recorded in Multichannel DSD, this album was originally released as a Stereo CD and is now available as a Stereo and Multichannel DSD Download from Aliud.

The album features 15 tracks including two well known songs (Piano Man and Moon River) along with 13 compositions written by the trio members. It sells for $26.77 (Multichannel + Stereo DSD Downloads) with a COMBI deal on Native DSD.Com. An enjoyable Jazz album that covers a number of styles. Check out track 12 "A Funky Primer" for some nice low end bass action on your audio system.

The trio describes their new album as "a musical adventure" featuring "traditional Jazz, full blast swing and crispy funk music". Holly Moors of Moors Magazine review of the album concludes "If Klatwerk3 lived in America they would have become well known long ago because what the trio produces is absolutely world class. It is a bit unruly, but also crystal clear with twists and turns and is melodious, thrilling and precisely good."

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Eyeopener - Klatwerk3 (Aliud Records - DSD Multichannel and Stereo Download - COMBI deal - 0802)
https://aliud.nativedsd.com/albums/acdbr0802eyeopener

Some classic playing and singing from Louis Armstrong as he plays the music of W.C. Handy, the "father of the blues". This is the highest rated and most popular of the 3 Sony Music Stereo SACDs by the famed trumpet player.

While the SACD is out of print (used copies start at $69 and new copies of the SACD start at $344 on Amazon), you can pick up a copy of this classic album as a DSD Download for $21.23 this weekend (through June 28, 2015) as part of the Acoustic Sounds downloads sale with offer code Weekend.

Check it out!



Plays W.C. Handy - Louis Armstrong (Sony Music, Stereo DSD Download XSON45716D64)
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/9...s_WC_Handy-DSD_Single_Rate_28MHz64fs_Download

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Some classic playing and singing from Louis Armstrong as he plays the music of W.C. Handy, the "father of the blues". This is the highest rated and most popular of the 3 Sony Music Stereo SACDs by the famed trumpet player.

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I love this album...but isn't it a needledrop? Or have I confused it with a different Columbia Armstrong?

atrocity said:

I love this album...but isn't it a needledrop? Or have I confused it with a different Columbia Armstrong?

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No, this one was created from the original Sony Super Audio CD cutting masters by Gus Skinas at the Super Audio Center.
Part of its appeal was the SACD was released in Stereo while earlier editions of the album were released in mono. In both cases from the session tapes in the late 1950s.

Available on Vinyl LP but long out of print on SACD. It was one of the early Sony Music Single Layer SACD releases (released on SACD in 1999).
http://sa-cd.net/showtitle/617

bmoura said:

Part of its appeal was the SACD was released in Stereo while earlier editions of the album were released in mono. In both cases from the session tapes in the late 1950s.

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Well, that's very interesting, thank you! Maybe I'll have to bite.

Checking my library, I guess I'm confusing this one with "Satch Plays Fats". There's some story about the mono masters being destroyed in the process of creating fake stereo ones, though I'm not sure how that makes sense.

Some very mellow Jazz from guitarist Joe Pass and his trio. This one is from a DSD Stereo Wafer Card sold by Horch House. Highly recommended!



Intercontinental - Joe Pass (MPS DSD Stereo Wafer Card DG15018)
http://www.analogarts.net/intercontinentale
http://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/horch-house-dsd-wafer-cards/

A classic Jazz album on Stereo DSD Download from Acoustic Sounds/Super Hi Rez: Blues Walk by Lou Donaldson.
Transferred from the Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray. Outstanding sound - not to be missed by Jazz fans!



Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson (Analogue Productions - Blue Note Jazz Series, Stereo DSD Download XBNJ81593D64)
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/94021/Lou_Donaldson-Blues_Walk-DSD_Single_Rate_28MHz64fs_Download

The latest DSD release from Wilson Audio. This features Charles West on clarinet and the Drinkall-Baker Duo performing Piano Trios composed by Brahms and Beethoven.

Taken from the Original Analog Master Tapes, transferred to Stereo DSD by Bruce Brown at Puget Sound Studios. Excellent sonics. 10% Off through August 7th with offer code "SummerDSD".
Not available on SACD.



Brahms and Beethoven Piano Trios - Charles West, Drinkall-Baker Duo (Wilson Audiophile, Stereo DSD Download 9533)
https://wilsonaudio.nativedsd.com/albums/wilson9533brahms-beethoven-piano-trios

bmoura said:

A classic Jazz album on Stereo DSD Download from Acoustic Sounds/Super Hi Rez: Blues Walk by Lou Donaldson.
Transferred from the Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray. Outstanding sound - not to be missed by Jazz fans!

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Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson (Analogue Productions - Blue Note Jazz Series, Stereo DSD Download XBNJ81593D64)
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/94021/Lou_Donaldson-Blues_Walk-DSD_Single_Rate_28MHz64fs_Download

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Thanks - I've been meaning to look into his music for a long time, so this was a reminder for me. I'm opting for the SACD, though. ImportCDs!

Here's an interesting new release. The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy is celebrating their 70th Anniversary with an album of Military March Music in full Multichannel DSD sound titled Semper Iuvenalis.
The album usually sells for $27.27 (Multichannel + Stereo tracks with COMBI deal) but there is a 10% off sale through August 7th on this one at Native DSD.Com with offer code "SummerDSD". Fun.



Semper Iuvenalis - Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Aliud Records, Multichannel + Stereo DSD Download - COMBI Deal, 086-2)
https://aliud.nativedsd.com/albums/acdbl0862semper-iuvenalis