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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.
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phillyspecial
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Chet Baker's album, Chet, was recommended to me as truly stunning by a few members of this forum, and I wholeheartedly agree. I don't have anything close to the depth of jazz knowledge that many of you have, but I love this album and it's now part of my regular rotation. Thanks for all the new recommendations!  

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curiousjim
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@jafant 

Im thinking my days of buying of physical media might be over. I only bought one CD this year and only listened to it maybe twice.  I have close to two thousand CD’s and about triple that ripped on a NAS.  We have Qobuz and Amazon HD, so I can listen to most anything I want and if the album isn’t on either service, then I’ll buy a copy.

And Happy Happy-Merry Merry to you and yours.

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jafant
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curiousjim,

I understand.  Let me know if you want to part with some of those CDs.

Season's Greetings!

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jafant
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phillyspecial,

Starting your Jazz journey with "Chet" is a great jumping off point.

Happy Listening!

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ezwind
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"The Grateful Dead coined the phrase "the music plays the band" to refer to this phenomena and it seems as good as any. Once experienced, it’s unmistakable and when musicians access this state, there’s no way the audience won’t be swept along."

As a veteran of nearly 100 Dead shows, I can attest that it was more than just the audience being "swept along." Members of the Dead have acknowledged many times that it was a two way street and that they fed off the energy of the audience, without which the music would not have been the same.

Of course, the Dead may have been somewhat unique in that regard. I've attended countless shows by other bands and performers from various genres, and similar experiences have been rare, at least from my perspective as an audience member. The Allman Brothers had something like that going on with their audiences, but I can't think of any others.

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