NativeDSD Senior Reviewer
Did you know that many of the great Jazz trumpet recordings by Chet Baker and Miles Davis (among others) were not with a trumpet at all! The instrument used in some recordings was the Flugelhorn. To the uninitiated, the Flugelhorn and Trumpet donโt look all that different from each other. But once you see the differences and more importantly hear the differencesโฆ The Flugelhorn is mellower and warmer. By the way, the Cornet is also similar, but is more or less between the two in sound. See what you can learn when someone brings out a really great new album?
Anyway, I just got done listening (for about the 20th time!) to Angelo Verploegenโs new album, โThe Sweetest Soundโ, in which the trumpet player returns to his first love, the Flugelhorn. And he brings along โold-time soulmatesโ, guitarist Ed Verhoeff and bass player Eric van der Westen. You can tell these guys know how to play together. The jazz is light and accessible, but the music keeps drawing you in. These are more or less โstandardsโ that you will find instantly familiar, but made young again by this trio. Verploegenโs Flugelling (I made that up) is rich, and stands with the best. Verhoeffโs guitar is very mindful of the virtuoso jazz guitarist, George Van Eps. And van der Westenโs bass is right there
Speaking of right there, the Just Listen Crew has captured these with no edits, no retakes, no compression. The sound is so good, itโs scary. Good stuff.
Bill Dodd, NativeDSD Senior Reviewer
I have the DSD 256 version and this is currently my favorite DSD Album.
Great detail resolution and soundstage. It is my second album from Just Listen Records. The first was The Duke Book: The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Pure DSD). That album also has great DSD 256 sound.
Florian Waechter (verified owner) โ
These musicians with their beautiful, intimate and very particular repertoire, are able to capture the listener and transport him into a musical territory of great emotional well-being. The songs are sweet and delicate and all really satisfying. This is music that the more you listen, the more is makes you feel good.
A fascinating recording.
Gianfranco Bonansea (verified owner) โ