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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
acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGdarGXKT0
acman3
4,274 posts
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRsRo6inTM

I do like me some Taco's!
acman3
4,274 posts
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PppJOrnVtkg

I love Lester Bowie!

Lester said of Wynton, " With his chops and my brain, I could have been one of the greatest".
learsfool
1,215 posts
 
I have just spent a very interesting hour reading the posts from yesterday and today and listening to the clips of Bowie, and thinking about all of it. I had never heard of Bowie, believe it or not, and quite frankly, don't care to ever again. As Frogman said, comparison of the actual trumpet playing is pointless - he is not in the class of Davis, Hubbard, Morgan, etc., let alone Marsalis. This is an aesthetic thing, but I personally have a big problem, no matter what the genre of music, with performers who just cannot produce a truly good sound. And yes, I fully realize that he is playing bad on purpose in that first clip - BUT he doesn't really ever produce anything resembling a pure tone in any of those clips - I personally found them almost unlistenable. Based on these posted clips, I must agree with Marsalis that Bowie is just "another guy who could never REALLY play." My emphasis, though I would suspect it was Wynton's as well.

Frogman's posts are as usual excellent; I pretty much agree with almost everything thing in them in general. I do want to ask, however, if you are arguing that Bowie as a musician (as opposed to as a trumpet player) is "original" or if he is really "pushing the boundaries of the art forward." And if so, how?
acman3
4,274 posts
 
Hello Learsfool, I hope while being an interesting hour it was not too painful. I see your point of view and frankly believe most people would agree with you and Rok. Rok said he had never heard Bowie's playing, so I played some things for him and others, who also had not heard his playing, so they could make up their own minds.

I find his playing always interesting and full of humor, if not always a beautiful tone. As Frogman said, he quotes from the tradition( think Cootie Williams) as much as playing outside. Anyway, at least you now know you are not a fan. Perhaps, someone else might have found it had some
social redeeming qualities.

We all have different things we are looking for in music, and I appreciate and respect your opinions, but disagree in this instance.
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