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Jazz for aficionados

Jazz for aficionados

I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.

Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".

"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.

While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10
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rok2id
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The Frogman:

*****There IS African in American music; but, there is no such thing as "African-American" music. It is uniquely American.****

My Response is "Numbers Count". So, while your statement is true, it is not true for real. As in, it does not reflect reality. I also charge you with using Jedi word tricks! :)

I just knew you and our distinquished OP would renew your efforts to internationalize 'MY' music. Help me Jesus!

Cheers
frogman
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****efforts to internationalize 'MY' music****

Why is that a bad thing? America is the epitome of internationalization; no?

Re the music, you might find this interesting reading:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ulLJUDmptFMC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=blue+notes+in+african+music&source=bl&ots=i1Ef8qb7Vk&sig=XqtXhhXVwANNGPOQB9aNPz9_vQQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0rR5Upm1F6nasASoo4L4Bw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=blue%20notes%20in%20african%20music&f=false

Cheers.
frogman
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BTW, to be clear, I suspect you and I share the same feelings about internationalization. What I said poorly in my last post was that the music we love is the result of internationalization and all it's influences, creating a uniquely American mix.
orpheus10 OP
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Nothing is being merged, we are talking about the origination of slaves and their music, this has absolutely nothing to do with the different races who came before or after. At this juncture, before we get back to our regularly scheduled programming of jazz, the question is what happened to the slaves music after they were imported to "America"? There is nothing in your post that answers this question. Especially since that music was retained and survived all of those hundreds of years, every place, except here.
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, this has nothing to do with jazz, this is exclusively about music from Africa. We can conclude that the only surviving music from Africa in this country was "Voodoo music", and the only reason it survived is because it was so secretive.

I've heard this very same music in movies, "Black Orpheus" from Brazil is one example. I'm sure that movie can be found on "You tube". The part where Orpheus goes to a ceremony in search of Eurydice is where you hear this music, including the same words and music that can be heard in New Orleans. These words are not Portuguese for Brazil, nor are they English for New Orleans, they are African. These words came with this music from Africa, and that was the only thing African that survived slavery in this country.

Now we can go back to our regularly scheduled program of jazz.

Enjoy the music.
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