When a near mint copy of this LP was presented to me for ripping by my friend Cliff, I knew that I already had a rip of the cd version called 'Piano Interpretations' (it has the sides reversed), but I couldn't resist seeing if I could do better than the CD. Umm...yeah, quite a bit better actually. My rip of the CD version did not pass AudioChecker and of course this one passes with flying colors. I don't have a Dynamic Range measuring program, but I'd bet money it is far superior there as well. deGallo reports that Dynamic Range came in at a mind blowing 13!For those who don't already know this album, well... as solo piano records go, this one is 5 star all the way.
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ReplyDeleteThanks KC great choice and brilliant upgrade.
ReplyDeleteThanks KC. Great album, great sound!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, KingCake!
ReplyDeleteA big thank you for this amazing post, KC.
ReplyDeleteThank you KC. Great upgrade for me. I ran it thru the Dynamic Range Meter and here are the results....a solid 13...very rarely if ever will you get higher than 13. Anything jazz wise 10, 11,12 is considered very good but 13 is outstanding. Log below...
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log date: 2015-08-10 22:48:26
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Analyzed: Al Haig / Solitaire
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.88 dB -15.79 dB 4:28 01-Lament
DR13 -2.21 dB -18.78 dB 4:30 02-Joanne
DR13 -0.93 dB -18.77 dB 6:00 03-Summertime
DR13 -5.00 dB -22.24 dB 3:11 04-Bess You Is My Woman
DR13 -1.73 dB -17.04 dB 4:13 05-In Your Own Sweet Way
DR12 -2.71 dB -18.68 dB 3:40 06-Never Let Me Go
DR13 -0.95 dB -17.95 dB 4:42 07-Here's That Rainy Day
DR13 -2.13 dB -18.88 dB 6:07 08-Don't You Know I Care
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1359 kbps
Codec: FLAC
lucky 13,thanks
ReplyDeletethank you KC !
ReplyDeletethank you KC !
ReplyDeleteBig thanks KC
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ReplyDeleteMind blowing, indeed. And ear pleasing.
ReplyDeleteThanks a bundle, KC.
Very exciting! Thanks a lot.
ReplyDeleteVery exciting! Thanks a lot.
ReplyDeleteThanks again KC for a terrific album and superb rip!
ReplyDeletelooks amazing - thank you!
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about Al Haig, but I'm guessing he was classically trained? It's quite beautiful & fairly dramatic (in a good way).
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Al Haig was born in Newark, New Jersey. In 1940 he majored in piano at Oberlin College. He started playing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in 1945, and performed and recorded under Gillespie from 1945 to 1946, as a member of Eddie Davis and His Beboppers in 1946 (also featuring Fats Navarro), and the Eddie Davis Quintet in 1947, under Parker from 1948 to 1950, and under Stan Getz from 1949 to 1951. The Gillespie quintet, which included Haig, recorded four 78 r.p.m. sides for Guild Records in May 1945 which are regarded as the first recordings to demonstrate all elements of the mature bebop style. He was part of the celebrated nonet on the first session of Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool.
ReplyDeleteFor much of the 1950s and 1960s, "Haig was all but a forgotten giant", in Brian Case's words; "Jazz pianism, ever more percussive in a crass simplification of [Bud] Powell's methods, had no room for the crystalline touch and swift, logical turnover of ideas. Haig got by with semi-cocktail piano in New York bars." Although Haig became known for his distinctive and pioneering bebop style, he in fact spent much of his career playing in non-jazz contexts. His work was the subject of a revival in the 1970s.
In 1969 Haig was acquitted of a murder charge. He had been accused of strangling his third wife, Bonnie, at their home in Clifton, New Jersey on October 9, 1968. He had said in evidence that his wife had been drunk, and had died in a fall down a flight of stairs. Grange Rutan, Haig's second wife, challenged Haig's account in her 2007 book, Death of a Bebop Wife. Rutan's book is partly autobiographical, partly based on interviews with friends and family members. She describes Bonnie's story in detail, describing an underside to Haig that included a history of serial domestic abuse. Rutan notes that several family members sounded alarm bells regarding Haig's violent personality that went unheeded. She quotes bassist Hal Gaylor, who was talking with Haig before a performance at the Edison Hotel lounge in the early seventies, when Haig admitted to him he had caused Bonnie's death.
In 1974, Haig was invited to tour Europe by Tony Williams, owner of Spotlite Records in the United Kingdom. At the end of a very successful tour he recorded the Invitation album for Spotlite with Bibi Rovère on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. This kick-started his re-emergence and, over the next eight years, he built a strong following in Europe and toured several times, recording in the UK and France, and appearing elsewhere. He also recorded for several Japanese labels.
Haig died from a heart attack on November 16, 1982
Great stuff. Thanks KC!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff. Thanks KC!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the bio KC. So he did have formal training. But what an eye-opener: I had not idea he was right in the thick of the be-bop movement. Even Birth of the Cool? I better read the personnel listings more closely! Unfortunate personal life tho'.
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Many thanks!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Many thanks
ReplyDeleteBelated thanks, and thanks to Grumps for hipping me up to this post :)
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All thanks to KingCake fpr the great rip.
Thanks a lot, KingCake & grumpy !!
ReplyDeleteThanks KC!
ReplyDeleteGreat rip many thanks
ReplyDeleteGreat pianist. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteThanks grumpy !!!!
ReplyDeleteKC, I await your rip with a lot of anticipation.
ReplyDeleteDeath of a Bebop Wife - if you can ever find it - is a classic study of the dark underside of many of our talented musicians. IRC, Haig and his new wife spent their honeymoon night sleeping on the floor of Miles' dressing room because Haig was flat broke.
Many years ago, I had the good fortune to hear Haig live at Gregory's, an a intimate place in the east 60s, Sitting at the bar, you were almost literally sharing the piano bench with Haig. A great place, like so many others, now long gone.
This has always been one of my favourite AH albums and I saw him play four or five times during his UK tours. He was always approachable and willing to chat and, of course , he played some beautiful music with local bass/drums. He even played a request for me - a Bud Powell song (can't remember which one now). A fine player and one of the bebop greats. Wasn't there a AH season here some years ago?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. The rendition of "Summertime" is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI found a remembrance of Haig by bassist Bill Crow that was fascinating, and a little sad. http://billcrowbass.com/Writing/al_haig.htm