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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
orpheus10 OP
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Now that everyone else has submitted their alternate groove, it's my turn. Not only do I like the music, but this goes deep into that "audiophile" thang; my tweeters are tweetin, and my woofer is woofin, all in high definition.

Anna Maria sounds like she's humpin to please on Pat Metheney's "Are You Going With Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJLN7_FaN04

On "Wildlife" we run with the gazelles and other fleet footed hoofed animals across the African veldt. (close your eyes and use your imagination on both tunes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVk-SDy8cA

Enjoy the music.
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rok2id
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O-10:

Both clips were very good. The Yellowjackets are a blast from the past. I have them on the LP, "Samuria Samba". That clip has an African tinge for sure.

Pat Metheny clip was good also. I also listened to this one so I could see the band playing. Done in Poland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUAK02_o9cI

The girl is a Fox. The tune seemed unbalanced. It opened with the vocal stuff, then Metheny did his solo, and it ended. Should not the Vocals have come back to close it out?

The audience looked like a meeting of the communist central committee. The seating, the hall, and EVERYONE clapping. :)

But both were well done. I didn't think Metheny had it in him. I have his LPs of "80/81" and "First Circle".

The women were dressed, I guess the guys couldn't get to the cleaners in time to get their suits. :)

Thanks

Cheers
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rok2id
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James Booker?

"Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah" You gotta have it!!
Check out the clips on Amazon.

Cheers
acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny-4lxVuqis
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Rok, I have 80/81 and Full Circle; didn't think too much of either one. We must have depended on the same reviewer. I noticed we have a lot of the same records that might as well be in the dumpster.

I knew a musical genius, who like James Booker was hooked just as bad; that's when no shows get to be a constant thing, and unreliability is not tolerated in the entertainment industry. "Why"? That was a question I never got an answer to. I heard his last live sets and although he'd found what he was striving for musically, it never got recorded. As good as Mr. Booker was, I don't think he quite discovered his "inner self"; that's the one I hear in between the lines. If only he had lived a little longer.

Enjoy the music.
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