johnnycchops (September 28, 2008 at 6:12 am)

Sorry, it doesn't groove. Just a shallow engineering stunt. All the people writing in just like the idea or are impressed by the tech stuff, but its trash, the kind of cd that somebody listens to once or twice out of novelty...and then its boring. Bloggers love to praise stuff, though. All these kind of "theme" (gimmick) Jazz/Pop recordings may sell well short term, but they're dragging the recording scene and the Jazz scene down, because the music is weak and generally dull - and NO GROOVE.

wrangloctopus (September 28, 2008 at 12:43 am)

this stuff is seriously tight

jazzbo123 (September 27, 2008 at 7:54 pm)

Dry and doesn't swing !! Do we have the same CD?

johnnycchops (September 20, 2008 at 11:33 am)

Dry, over-compressed studio sound for the band tracks. Digital reverb only, which doesn't match well with Ray's live sounding tracks. The vocal doesn't often hook up with the instrumental tracks very well in a rhythmic/groove sense. Should have maybe just issued the original "unbalanced" recording. Would make for better music. They may have worked hard on it, but that doesn't make it swing! Any undoctored live recording of Ray's would surely way outgroove this cd.

musipass (September 2, 2008 at 10:03 pm)

Super !!! Bravo, c'est formidable ... musipass

chriskardos (August 20, 2008 at 6:03 pm)

I miss em so much!

chriskardos (August 20, 2008 at 6:02 pm)

So what? You think it was about the money for them? Hell, no.

ULLIT22 (August 13, 2008 at 3:58 pm)

the musical example are of excellent quality great music

54spiritedwill54 (May 29, 2008 at 3:31 am)

I love the Basie Bounce!

cavedave (May 28, 2008 at 2:04 am)

The concept, the effort and the finished product are amazing! But with all the authentic reproduction work and the painstaking effort to re-do the original arrangements, why would you use a cheesy digital hammond organ sound performed by a player that neither Ray Charles nor Count Basie would have ever approved?