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On the other hand.....the overall musicianship (certainly in Jazz and Classical music) far exceeds the standard of 40 or 50 years ago, at least on a technical level. Many great musicians and vocalists are out there today, (literally too many) working away at their craft. One just has to make more of an effort to sort through the sea of mediocrity and the pop culture sheeplike mentality to discover them.
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....................Technique has certainly improved amongst musicians but i'd be hard pressed to think of singers in the jazz world (classsical, yes,) who can match Mel torme or ella for tone and phrasing, maybe it's because different qualities are prized to-day.
This is a great thread as Ubk said a lot of the sound of these records is down to the room.......give a decent voice a bit of space and you will hear overtones, which I think you miss with close micing.