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Re: Live or Memorex (tangent to "...Big Masters" thread)

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2023-10-03 02:42

Karl,

Thanks for bringing up the differences of sound concept based on timeline.

I've read a fair bit about how mics (and magnetic tape - Les Paul/Bing Crosby) impacted vocalist approach and multitracking, but hadn't really thought much about the following era and how it might have changed instrumental sound concepts - especially in classical.

I'm sure TV added another change - or a further embracing - of "intimate" sound rather than pre-mic era sound.

It's interesting, though - I think that trad jazz recordings generally embraced a "pre-mic" era a little longer - it seems to have only embraced "intimate" sounds more recently. Chris Tyle (who sometimes frequents this board) would definetly know better than I whether this is an accurate statement.

Folks like Acker Bilk and Pete Fountain delivered "intimate" sound in the 1960s, followed by Sandor Benko etc. in solo format, but I'm not certain the sound of the "trad jazz" musician changed much due to mics? Hmmm. Something I'll have to think more about.

Here's Evan Christopher utilizing that "intimate" sound (clarinet starts at about 40 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tmWdlz1PVk

Thanks,
Fuzzy
;^)>>>

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