Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

ジャズ聴くならこれを買っておけという中に必ず入る有名な一枚ですね。

今日、昔のOJC盤とオリジナル盤を聴き比べるチャンスがありました。

OJCは聴き慣れたものなのでオリジナルを先に。

あれっ⁉︎なんか違うなぁ…

よく見るとレコード番号が違っています。

OJCはオリジナルマスターを使っていることで有名なので単純に音質比較と思いきや、この２つは明らかにマスターが違いますね。

演奏は同じだとは思いますが音の傾向は明らかに違います。

(OJCは安いけど音が良く、ありがたい存在でした(最近出たのは高くなりましたが)。)

で、話を戻すと、

OJCはS7532、オリジナルはS7018！

音はというと、

オリジナルは素朴な音！つまりそのまま録音したものでーす！な感じ。

OJCは少し料理しましたよ、こっちの方が美味しく感じるでしょ⁉︎

ペッパーのこのOJCは、これまで、演奏よし、音よしで気に入っていました。

今回聴いたオリジナルの伸びやかさ、明るさ、素朴さを知ると、これはこれでとても素敵です。

オリジナルを両面聞いた後にOJCを聴くと、これはこれで良いのですが、少しリバーブをかけた？左右に振った？盤質の違い？で、エネルギーが少し減って、音像がほんの少しこぢんまりした印象を受けました。

OJCは90年ごろ？出ていた古い時代のものばかり、ビルエバンズ他有名盤を持っていますが、他の日本盤などと比べても音像が少しだけこぢんまりする印象があります。

皆さんが聴いた印象は、いかがでしょう？

This is a classic album that's always on the list of must-buys for jazz listeners.

Today, I had the chance to compare the old OJC recording with the original.

I'm used to listening to OJC, so I listened to the original first.

Huh? Something's different...

Looking more closely, I noticed the record numbers are different.

OJC is known for using the original master, so I thought I'd simply compare the sound quality, but these two clearly have different masters.

I think the performance is the same, but the sonic characteristics are clearly different.

(OJC was inexpensive but had great sound, which I appreciated (although the more recent releases have gotten more expensive).)

So, back to the topic at hand,

OJC is S7532, and the original is S7018!

As for the sound,

the original has a simple sound! In other words, it's recorded as is!

OJC has slightly edited, so this one tastes better, don't you think?

I've always liked this Pepper OJC because of its great performance and sound.

Considering the expansiveness, brightness, and simplicity of the original that I listened to this time, this is also very nice.

Listening to OJC after listening to both sides of the original, it was good in its own way, but I got the impression that the energy was slightly reduced and the sound image was a little small, perhaps because of a little reverb? Or panning to the left or right? Or a difference in the quality of the record?

All of the OJC recordings were from around 1990? I have famous recordings by Bill Evans and others, but compared to other Japanese recordings, the sound image seems a little small.

What are your impressions?