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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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kenazfilan
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Just stumbled onto this thread and thought I'd contribute some of my favorites.  I don't know if I know jazz, but I know what I like -- and right now I'm liking the sweet sound of Art Pepper's "Winter Moon."(*) His saxophone work on "The Prisoner (Eyes of Laura Mars)" and "Moon River" is some of his finest.  Generally jazz musician + string section = an embarrassment, I will admit.   But Pepper's raw emotion and technical prowess cut through any hints of schmaltz: it's a wonderful album and a great way to start a morning.  

("Winter Moon" on AIFF 16/44.1 from CD; iTunes via Mac Pro 3.1 ToSLINK: FiOO Tashan converter to RCA; Technics SA-200; Klipsch Fortes).  
orpheus10 OP
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Ken, as long as you know what you like, that's all that counts.

"Winter Moon" even sounds like Art Pepper, dark and brooding. Although I never met the man or saw him live, I felt that I knew him, that's because of his very revealing autobiography.

It's easy to see how you could get so absorbed in Art Pepper; I've been into jazz all my life, and this is a first for me in regard to this side of Art Pepper. This proves a person doesn't have to go to the latest music in order to find something new.


Enjoy the music.


acman3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3wm2AVbdY
orpheus10 OP
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Thank you Acman for posting "Winter Moon"; this is the link to "The Prisoner" that we didn't post before.


      om/watch?v=5utT5yiQAOo

It's a continuation of the side of Art Pepper I do not have in my collection.


Enjoy the music.
orpheus10 OP
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An artist like "Art Pepper" has as many facets as a diamond; consequently we can not get into all of them at the same time, that means we have to come back to the facets we missed.

When he was alive and doing his thing, I was doing mine; now that I am old, and his thing is all I have to do, I can catch up on what he was doing, and what his thing was about.

From spending time in LA when Art was doing his thing, I know there are fantastic musicians out there I heard at clubs, but never heard of before or since; that's in regard to the people he recorded with on his many different albums that I know nothing about.

Great jazz musicians are deep individuals, and we don't know them even when, or if one is close to such a musician; but thankfully they left their music behind.

That last link didn't work, maybe this one will.


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtRNxePV5Vs


Enjoy the music.


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