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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
schubert
7,386 posts
 
You’re welcome . Just what the Brits call a simple home truth .
If the jazz standards are boring to you, in musical terms, it would be hard
to make a more banal statement .
I don’t make these general statements to be funny or a smart-ass, nor do I enjoy it .
I may well be the only well educated person you will ever encounter that was of legal age before rock existed , I know what I am talking about .
If the truth offends you it might be a good thing .
frogman
7,561 posts
 
Well... speaking for myself, sometimes my crotch informs my soul...and vice versa. Here’s a musical "little blue pill":

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYeeMcyCIk



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ghosthouse
4,340 posts
 
Who said anything about being offended? Your contribution was simply not helpful, trading as it does in hackneyed stereotype. You also misrepresent what I said (I don’t find the entirety of jazz standards boring) and miss the point of my comment to Frogman on a possible reason why that Unity recording was NOT boring to me.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
It’s OK to be entertained but the object is to learn to see/hear the truth in beauty and make it yours .
You have no way to know if its a stereotype or not , you have no means to compare and contrast. The very thought comes from others who want to make you forever a part of a mass mind which benefits them and degrades you .
I didn’t miss your point .
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Oh, and the main goal of said mass mind is to turn away from the wisdom of the elders, which has always been a cornerstone of humanity, and replace it with the folly of the young .
Its been done so well that now vast majority of elders remain young fools forever.
The medium is the message .

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