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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
orpheus10 OP
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Here's a nice Caravan

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r95flkZciJE
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

The audio wasn't that good, but it was nice to be able to put some faces to those names that we listen to on records.
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

These are some of the best drums I've heard; I can even see that photograph in motion,


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOY9fLm3eYI


This is the way they use to unwind in the village after a long stressful day;


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbXLDcGe0k
phildbasket
8 posts
 
New to the site.  Some more recent releases that are really worthwhile musically and sonically. 
Marseille,  Ahmad Jamal. (Vinyl). 
Pure Jamal with complementary vocal tracks.  Just beautiful.

Tierney Sutton Band, Screenplay (CD)
Creative vocal interpretations of mostly familiar tunes from films enhanced by her accomplished collaborators.  Really worth a listen if you love vocal jazz.
keegiam
731 posts
 
O-10, once you backed off of "it was all gone, nothing remained" and went with "it was significantly depleted," my objections to your theory have turned more "meh."

One nagging thought:

You seem to assume that villages averaging 100 inhabitants were totally wiped out by the slave trade.  I'm skeptical because I think sellers and buyers weren't into rounding up every inhabitant (including frail older folks, infants that were unlikely to survive the voyage, and the physically disfigured).  This was Capitalism at its most vicious, and limited ship capacity meant exporting only the more marketable subjects.  If you have evidence that it was common for entire villages to be taken and thus wiped out, I'm all ears.

This all suggests some degree of survival of music and dance traditions throughout sub-Saharan Africa in spite of the horrors of the slave trade, perhaps explaining why we can still listen to current music and know we're hearing centuries of musical culture that was in place long before Europeans arrived.
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