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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Fact: Germany defeated the Polish armed forces in 4 weeks in 1939

Fact: Germany defeated the low countries of Netherlands, Holland, Belgium, and France in 6 weeks in 1940

Fact: The German armed forces in the Second World War were second to none in combined arms warfare and war of rapid maneuver which historians call blitzkrieg.

Fact: At this point it was just the Brits and Churchill alone against Germany and they were never going to defeat Germany alone regardless of winning an air war over the UK - The Battle Of Britain.

Fact: Germany lost the war in 1941 when Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union. By December 30 Operation Barbarossa had failed 60 kilometers from Moscow and the Soviet counteroffensive drove the Germans back 150 kilometers, the United States had entered the war and it took 3 world powers with a ratio of manpower and resources of 10:1 over Germany to beat them.

Fact: Germany, because of its central location in Europe and limited natural resources could never win a long war of attrition. They needed to win quick victories to take resources from their occupied territories. When the war in the east with communist Russia, denying the Germans the recourses they required, specifically the oil fields of the Caucuses (Baku) stalled into one of positional warfare instead of maneuver their fate was sealed.

Fact: The Germans were the best at the tactical and operational level but strategically they were inept. They won many battles by wide margins but could never win the war because of their short sightedness.

You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.
While the USSR, Great Britain, and the United States were destroying the German war machine great strides were taking place in jazz music.

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and a young guy called Miles Davis being the most important.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJYO6_t4d08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuItUv9xZc
 Must have been nice for the victorious American Servicemen to come home to NY and hit 52nd Street at night. Check out Parker smiling at Buddy Rich in the 3rd link.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxibMBV3nFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fgxyyrqZ-I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr7q7sibSIE
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