Scott Hamilton With Strings (Hybr) [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

Scott Hamilton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B0000D9PGN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,210 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Foolish Heart

2. Goodbye Mr. Evans

3. The Shining Sea

4. Angel Eyes

5. Heart's Desire

6. The Look of Love

7. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

8. Young and Foolish

9. I Concentrate on You

10. Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars Too Breathy, December 15, 2010

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The music is pleasant but the mood is ruined by the overly close miking of the saxophone.
The volume of the breathy sax is fine but the breathing and spit rattling around as Scott blows into the thing is often louder than the sound of the music coming out of it. It sounds as if a speaker is blown or one of the amplifier channels is breaking up. I wondered why they didn't just delete his playing (which was quite fine) and re-record his sax all over again. The liner notes indicate that it was recorded live in a studio with the string section, so I guess it was all or nothing. Considering the usual quality of this label I'm surprised they would have bothered to remix this for multi-channel and release it because, you can doubt me and buy this, but when you listen to it if you have a half-decent surround set-up and aren't going deaf, the rattling spit coming out of this guy's sax will really irritate you and blow the mood... cause it ain't relaxing! The surrounds are used mostly for ambience and are not strikingly obvious. This release was originally recorded for and released in stereo and it shows. Too bad really because the music was beautiful... but that sax man, that rattly phlegmmy sax... not pretty, not pretty at all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Under appreciated gem, July 19, 2007

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William J. Harper (Austell, Ga. USA) - See all my reviews
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Not having heard of Scott Hamilton, I decided to take a chance on this SACD because of the low price of the used copy. Boy, was I ever glad I did! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this recording!! No, it is not pure jazz but it, nevertheless, is terrific music - particularly of you enjoy the saxophone. This is one of those recordings that you want to put on, just lie back, and mellow out. If you like Diana Krall's, David Sanborn's and Charlie Parker's releases with strings, the odds are that you will like this endeavor as well. The SACD is worth buying at the regular price and at the low price offered by a couple of sellers, it is a vertible steal!