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
Hey, don't blame me for this. They are playing this stuff on the local PBS station as I type. Some of this dancing is actually painful to watch! hahahahahah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8

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I thought maybe The O-10 could pick up some fashion pointers from this. Then he won't have to go around looking like Spike Jones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlE-Zv4Pyhk

What do Beethoven's 5th, Ellington's Jeep Blues and Calloways's Minnie the Moocher all have in common? It will take a true Aficionado two seconds to answer this.

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Rok, Frogman; do either of you know if there were ever any night clubs with that kind of ambiance, or were those just movie sets. I've been around, but never to a night club with that kind of setting; maybe they were just in New York, and before my time?