It is too bad that the recording production on this one just doesn’t cut the mustard, and that is the sole reason why I subtracted a star. True, I probably wouldn’t say that if it was an aged guitar album, such as something Django Reinhardt released. I love Django Reinhardt and own a good share of his better music, which I have counted as precious as modern jazz albums. The same is true of some other early pioneers in jazz guitar.
As recording technology has increased, this album has increasingly been becoming a historical album and not a sensational album. True, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker were some of the greatest musicians that ever were, and these are some of the greatest swinging songs ever written. They are standards in the Real Book 1, which I had back in my younger days as a guitarist when I played jazz. Really, not only are these standards, but these songs are staples, the bread and butter of jazz. So, I encourage you to skip out on buying this album, and go to the local wine bar where you will get a chance to listen to these songs live and hopefully revitalized as they were meant to be listened to.
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