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Title: Great Music, Lousy Mastering
Review: This disc has very limited dynamic range not just for a jazz disc, but for any type of disc. Further, there is a fair amount of clipping during the more intense parts which is disappointing because Vu is one of my favs. It is the current practice to raise the average volume of music to as close as possible to maximum so it sounds louder to a listener and music people think that this will get peoples attention. But the processes used are damaging to the sound quality and leads to listening fatigue. Besides, most people know how to work the volume knob (or replaygain/etc) so when something is markedly louder than what was before, people either skip it or turn down the volume.Google loudness war for more info. It is a shame that this horrible practice is making such huge inroads into jazz...way to alienate fans jazz guys.4.5 star music0 star mastering
