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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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A good video to see who is playing what and when.   Great camera work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZDiaRZy0Ak

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, I played it twice in order to focus on the sound of each instrument; I didn't know all of the reeds; different types of clarinets, oboes, and bassoons, or were some just black wood, and others metal.
frogman
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Wind solos in order:

flute, clarinet, bassoon, E flat (sopranino) clarinet, oboe d'amore, trumpet (with flute), tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, trombone. 
orpheus10 OP
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Thank you Frogman, and Rok; now that I can see the instrument when it's being played, I know precisely what sound it makes, fortunately I like Bolero, because I'll be playing it over and over. I can pipe it into the big rig and check my speakers. Maybe this is my first lesson in "objectivity".



Enjoy the music.
orpheus10 OP
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David Pike is someone I haven't heard a lot of, or about, and I can't figure why not? I have him on a CD, "Pike's Peak", that doesn't have one weak cut on it, they all rate 4 stars at least, plus Bill Evans is on piano.


                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NHC_CNpBLk



David Samuel Pike (March 23, 1938 – October 3, 2015) was a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He appears on many Herbie Mann albums as well as those by Bill Evans, Nick Brignola, Paul Bley and Kenny Clarke. He also recorded extensively as leader, including a number of albums on MPS Records.

All Smiles (MPS, 1968)
With Herbie Mann

The Family of Mann (Atlantic, 1961)
Herbie Mann Returns to the Village Gate (Atlantic, 1961 [1963])
Herbie Mann Live at Newport (Atlantic, 1963)
My Kinda Groove (Atlantic, 1964)
Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Atlantic, 1965)
Monday Night at the Village Gate (Atlantic, 1965 [1966])
Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)

Well Frogman, according to "There's a reason they are not well Known", how does David Pike fit?




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