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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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The cover of the Lou Donaldson LP shows him walking with his AX in a case. Have not seen that in ages. :)

I have his CDs, 'hot dog' and 'alligator booaloo'. I always associated him with 'soul' Jazz.

The bell ringers were great. I was just showing how the audience didn't seem to be moved. Not even a head nod. A person could suffer from a thrombosis in the legs at a Brubeck concert.

Could not find a shot of Brubeck in concert himself with a shot of the audience.

Cheers
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O-10:

"Here' tis" very nice. He is another alumnus of Mingus and Blakey(who wasn't).

Just so happens that as I was reading your post on soulful Jazz gospel, I was listening to Gene Harris' 'In His hands'. I think Harris is in the same type music as Lou.

Cheers

frogman
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****A person could suffer from a thrombosis in the legs at a Brubeck concert.

Could not find a shot of Brubeck in concert himself with a shot of the audience.****

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GgmGLPbWU

The smoking babes are definitely digging it.
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****The smoking babes are definitely digging it.****

Curses!!! Foiled again!!

I will admit that, after placing a loupe on the monitor, I did detect movement.

I wonder how they would have reacted to Mingus and his band doing, 'hog calling blues'?

But this was a 'Playboy' crowd. Hog calling might have stunned them!! Let's not even mention Roland Kirk and his arsenal.

Cheers
frogman
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O-10, thanks for the Lou Donaldson links. Beautiful player! I hadn't listened to anything by him in a while; will have to pull out his LP's. When I listened to "Blues Walk" the first thing that came to kind was "sounds like Gene Ammons on alto". Then, looking at his discography I noticed that he recorded a record with Gene Ammons; will have to look for it.

Rok, Miles Davis is quoted as saying that one can well wether a musician can play or not by the way he carries his horn's case.
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