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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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ghosthouse
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"...what Ghosthouse means is the reliance primarily on a personal observational and emotional reaction to music or event when making commentary vs making commentary that is rooted in a generally accepted factual reality: subjective/objective...yin/yang. Please correct me if I am misconstruing."

That is absolutely correct, Frogman and your further comments are exactly right too. I’m merely attempting to characterize the two "opposite" points of view that often result in much needlessly contentious discussion! I put "opposite" in quotes because they are not at all mutually exclusive. Fuller enjoyment of the music results when both are present. Given the subjectivist side is capably represented by Orpheus, you are often put in the role of providing the other perspective. I absolutely did not intend to imply your appreciation was defined solely by objectivist /intellectual analysis. That was an inference I did not foresee.


schubert
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And we are not always aware of our emotions , our society and our place
in it usually becomes a "comfort food" for our emotional state when we hear this or that without us knowing why or to what degree .
IMO, jazz fans are often folks who like to swim against the tide .


I myself grew up devouring history books, studied academically same for
ten years and still read it daily .
Took me a long time to get it that some of my love of classical is because
I can put myself mentally anywhere,  anytime, with anybody in western history since early medieval times and have been doing so in music unawares for many decades .
I got interested in jazz because of the way Mingus used music to express the horrors of racism in the USA .
orpheus10 OP
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Schubert, the tide swims against jazz folks, consequently they're going backwards by just standing still.
frogman
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Ghosthouse, when I made that inference you were not on my mind at all; had absolutely nothing to do with your comments which were clear and evenhanded. You are relatively new to this thread and were not part of prior arguments in which that assertion was made by some; primarily those wanting to rock the boat of reasonableness 😉
orpheus10 OP
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Here's a winner I haven't seen;

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2i-vAINqUg

Bass – Ike Isaacs
Drums – Elvin Jones
Piano – Sonny Clark
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Tenor Saxophone – Billy Root, Jug
Trombone – Bennie Green



There's that Jones fellow again.
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