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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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Learsfool:

Thanks for the info.

Cheers
frogman
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Adding to Learsfool's definition: reverb time is how long it takes for sound to die away after it is produced. Because frequency and how loud the sound was to begin with will affect reverb time, acousticians set "60 db below the loudness level of the original sound" as the measuring point.
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rok2id
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Isochronism:

******I came across this gem: Blue Bacharach******

Nice CD, but I have three Dionne Warrick CDs. All this sounds very very familiar now.

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, learsfool, and Rok, the reason they can never get it right, or get it wrong a lot of times, is because they are working on two different sounds, one for who ever is on the stage, and another for whoever is far out into the audience. When they get the one for the audience right, people on the stage began to complain that it's wrong.

I've been there before. If the people on the stage realize it doesn't have to be right for them, they can get it right for the audience.

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10 OP
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Hey you guys, Rok, Frogman, and Leersfool, I've just discovered something that's absolutely fantastic, It's called HD Downloads. It's been fantastic for me anyway, and that's because I only use it for records I already have; that way I'm sure of the music. There is no better way to replace scratched vinyl.

I posted a thread on the Analog forum titled HD Down Load compared to Analog that pretty much covers everything. I got absolutely unbelievable results from "Soul Brothers" by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson. That HD Download had the "nuance" I mentioned on this thread that was lacking on the CD. Check it out.

Enjoy the music.
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