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“The music is vibrant, moving, immediate, and subtle… A beautiful album.”  Le Soir

“The bass, instead of being a routine component of the rhythm section, has become the main compositional voice of the group.”DownBeat

 "This is so well recorded that turning up the volume knob significantly never makes the music too loud, only more intense.
With this release, an impressively good album has been added to Carmen's discography. My suggestion is to buy both part one (Up Jumped The Devil) and part two (Stones in My Passway as they don't fall short of each other and only become more precious with time.” ‘JazzFliets’

 "This album deserves recognition as one of the best vocal albums released in 2023.

If you're a blues fan, get this album. If you love female vocals, get this album. If you simply enjoy great music-making, get this album. Positive Feedback, USA

great find! Thanks!

yes indeed, a great way to support the artists!

Great finds everybody, Thanks!

https://sorenbebe.bandcamp.com/album/here-now-hd-24bit-96khz

The pre sequel; https://carmengomes.bandcamp.com/album/up-jumped-the-devil-discovering-the-music-of-robert-johnson-part-1-a-sound-liaison-one-mic-audiophile-recording

On 2/2/2024 at 3:04 PM, PAP said:

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 "This is so well recorded that turning up the volume knob significantly never makes the music too loud, only more intense.
With this release, an impressively good album has been added to Carmen's discography. My suggestion is to buy both part one (Up Jumped The Devil) and part two (Stones in My Passway as they don't fall short of each other and only become more precious with time.” ‘JazzFliets’

 "This album deserves recognition as one of the best vocal albums released in 2023.

If you're a blues fan, get this album. If you love female vocals, get this album. If you simply enjoy great music-making, get this album. Positive Feedback, USA

One more  good review of the Carmen Gomes album; 

 "This album deserves recognition as one of the best vocal albums released in 2023.

 If you're a blues fan, get this album. If you love female vocals, get this album. If you simply enjoy great music-making, get this album. Did I say this enough? Get this album. You'll love it. 

The album is 15 tracks of pure enjoyment—excellent contemporary blues that honors the traditions of the genre and the music of Robert Johnson

Carmen Gomes Inc. previously paid tribute to blues great Robert Johnson on their excellent album Up Jumped The Devil, released in 2020. With Stones in My Passway, Gomes Inc. moves to a higher level of music interpretation. Her phrasing, dynamics and inflection are simply remarkable. She sings directly, honestly, without unnecessary embellishment or vocal manipulation. Her sultry delivery of inspired interpretations of this music immerses one into the soundscape being created by the collaborative work of Gomes and her band members. And the work of her accompanying band members truly shines in this recording. The percussion work of drummer Bert Kamsteeg makes a strong contribution, often a central one, complementing the vocals of Gomes. Contributions from guitarist Folker Tettero and double-bassist Peter Bjørnild are equally strong. These four musicians are beautifully in sync, consistently complementing and extending each other's contributions to the music.

The recording quality is among the best recordings I've heard from Sound Liaison recording engineer Frans de Rond. And he's made quite a few of my favorite recordings. But, when recording Carmen Gomes, Frans seems to rise to yet another level. Frans has been Carmen Gomes' preferred recording engineer for 27 years for good reason!

The guitar player from Carmen Gomes Inc, Folker Tettero, has few fine albums on BandCamp as well. This album recorded and mastered by Sound Liaison engineer Frans de Rond is excellent; 

Can I like the music too, or does the album only have to be well mastered?

On 5/21/2024 at 10:24 PM, AudioDoctor said:

Can I like the music too, or does the album only have to be well mastered?

Taking the Carmen Gomes Inc. CD as an example, the reviews are mentioning the music first;

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"This album deserves recognition as one of the best vocal albums released in 2023.

 If you're a blues fan, get this album. If you love female vocals, get this album. If you simply enjoy great music-making, get this album. Did I say this enough? Get this album. You'll love it. 

The album is 15 tracks of pure enjoyment—excellent contemporary blues that honors the traditions of the genre and the music of Robert Johnson

On 5/21/2024 at 10:37 PM, The Computer Audiophile said:

Not only can you like it, but it can be well recorded and well mixed, in addition to well mastered 🙂

I only listen to music I like and I listen to a lot of horrible mastered music because the music is good. But when you get the best of both worlds, as in practically all the examples listed in this thread, it's, to quote Miles Davis, "the best sensation you can get with your close on".

I’ve always thought this album was well-recorded and the music is sublime.  From the Newvelle label. 

https://newvellerecords.bandcamp.com/album/kimbrough
 

61 full-length, 24-88 resolution tracks, many of which feature some of the hottest names in NYC post-bop jazz, including Joe Lovano, Donny McCaslin, Alexa Tarantino, Noah Preminger, Immanuel Wilkins, Steve Wilson, Dave Douglas, Ron Horton, Fred Hersch, Helen Sung, Craig Taborn, Dan Tepfer, Glenn Zaleski, Ben Monder, Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison, Ben Wolfe, Dezron Douglas, Rufus Reid, and Clarence Penn.  They are just the top of the list, as there are 67 musicians on the album.

My nominee for jazz album of the year in 2021.