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
Jazz Aficionados:

Entry level test given to all aspiring Aficionados.  Should be a piece of cake for you guys.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5VDMbeBsDQ[/url] 

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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcpUdBw7gs[/url] 

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3IL8q8ahWI[/url] 

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSeXzeQK7pk[/url] 

And the order of finish is _ _ _ _ _

Do not consider sound or recording quality.

Cheers
Just so rok, just so !  Few realize the role that geography plays in destiny.

One reason foreign  cities lag so far behind a great American city like 
New Orleans is poverty-stricken ,crime-ridden hell-holes like Montreal, Copenhagen,Oslo,Stockholm ,Helenski, Hamburg etc are just too far north for the human brain to develop true mental acuity .
The real reason they lag behind the U.S. is, they are not free people.

And there are all sorts of hell holes.   Some are like most prisons, noisey, violent, people acting up and out, chaos.

And then there are some that are like Super Max prisons.  As quiet as a Tomb, and just as safe.   And those places are reserved for the worst of the worst.  They break harden men.

Sort of like Finland.  The Finns even  imported and adopted the TANGO, to see if they had any passion.  They don't.  They are the antithesis of New Orleans.  So are the rest you named, with the exception of Hamburg.

I am beginning to think Schubert went to Europe and went native on us.

Cheers