[Dixielandjazz] Café Central, Madrid

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

oh  ... he was HIRED?  In that case, roast him :)

On 10/20/14, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> Gary wrote (quoting):
>
>>recordings should be documents of what happened.
>
> Thanks for your comments, Gary.  However, in this case the fellow is hired
> by the club to do a set of recordings of each band that has a week in the
> club.  With the equipment he was using, the sound balance should have been
> excellent, however the trombone is overpowering practically everyone.  The
> edits were weak, and the piano didn't exist in any of the segments when he
> plays a major part in our quintet.  It was not a document of what was heard
> in the club that nite.
>
> I realize these are only things that a musician in the band would probably
> notice, and the overall effect is good to anyone else.  Still, my point
> that
> we have little control over what gets uploaded these days is valid.
>
> Referring back to what Stan Getz said, I don't fully agree with him.  As a
> sound editor myself, I know what can be done to "help out" a recording.  I
> always think of a trombonist in the Count Basie band that can be heard very
> clearly coming in a note before the rest of the section in a Las
> Vegas/Frank
> Sinatra recording from the 1950's.  I'll bet the poor guy is still turning
> over in his grave over that one!  Today, that note could be removed in a
> flash.
>
> Things happen at live sessions that are forgotten the second after they
> happen, but a recording is heard over & over again.....
>
> Jim
>
>
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