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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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***** Rok, in regard to a life that's fading fast, it can not go too soon for me; the sooner the better.*****

You don't really mean that.   You just have not thought about it the correct way.

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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I don't know why critics of Wynton say one thing and fans hear another; no critic of Wynton ever said he could not play the trumpet, no critic of Wynton ever said he couldn't play jazz; every critic of Wynton said the same thing, including me; he can not create jazz that sounds good, new, and original; he couldn't do that to save his soul.


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alexatpos
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'White boys cant play authentic blues?'
I would say that 'they' play different kind. What ever you like the call either one, but one can hear and recognise distinction, in a heart beat.

T Bone Walker, Joe Turner and Otis Spann, together, with others.
Album is 'Super Black Blues' from 1969.
https://youtu.be/H2BlxoEHpBo

Muddy Waters,Buddy Guy,Junior Wells,Lefty Dizz with Rolling Stones live, from 1981
https://youtu.be/bpX7OhkWC-o

Complete concert
https://youtu.be/GOgnZAQ6jSE

It may look simple to play the blues, but it seems to me that there are lots of music and artists that are pretending to play it, but somehow it just does not sound right. I liked the posts from Rok, the first movie tells a lot about it
orpheus10 OP
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I liked the blues when I was in a "blues joint" that smelled like whisky wine and beer, with a lady who was crying on my shoulder cause her old man done left her.

In my young years there were more blues bands in St. Louis than you could shake a stick at.
Almost every weekend I saw Albert King, and there were other blues bands all over town; plus most of the blues bands presented came to St. Louis; it must have been between Mississippi and Chicago.

Even now, when I hear the the "Delta Blues" I smell whisky wine and beer.


Enjoy the music.
orpheus10 OP
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Alex, although most music is about the projection of what the artist "feels", the Blues is much more intense; it projects a way of life, as well as what the song is about. Anytime someone who has not lived that life tries to sing the blues, it comes across as what it is "imitation", because he can not supply the missing ingredient; the soul of a "Blues man" who has lived the life he's expressing.


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