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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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dl - hahaha...I’ll wager how interesting you find the story behind my "handle" will be proportional to how UNinteresting your own life is. ;-)

Suffice it to say, it does have personal significance on a number of levels. Add to that, it’s something I can remember reliably and spell correctly!

(You are very welcome, by the way)

Before I got the Aries Mini, I spent a TON of time tethered to a DAC via USB cable from my MacBook listening to music on Spotify. Their Browse/Discover recommendation function introduced me to a lot of new, off-the-beaten-path, music. I still use it from time to time, then see if I can find the album on Tidal for more "serious" listening. I wish Spotify would up their game SQ-wise. Tidal sounds better but Spotify has a big edge on size of the library; plus it is not so in-your-face with content I don’t care about.


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ghosthouse, once an extremely earnest and seriously-minded employee, while visibly trembling, looked me straight in the eye and told me his story of eerily detailed ghost-related occurrences in an old house he rented during college. Been intrigued by such ever since, thus my inquiry.

Thanks for recommending Spotify. I will try to get it rolling.

o - sorry for my lack of decorum here. I post musical suggestions when I feel they are worthy of the esteemed company on this thread.

Dave

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o- also, thanks for sharing your story. I liked it. :)

Dave
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Again, you are welcome, dl. Hope you like Spotify. I take it you haven’t been a regular user. Well worth the $10 per month if only to avoid the commercials (the bain of the "free" version, as I recall). Plus with a subscription, Spotify Premium SQ does get noticeably better, if not yet on par w/Tidal.

Another plus for Tidal is the "blurbs" accompanying many albums. I think a lot of these come from the All Music Guide. I enjoy them.

As far as your employee’s "paranormal" experience, the handle has less to do with that sort of thing than you might expect. On the other hand, I’m no skeptic about Reality being greater than the universe experienced through our five senses.
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Dave there is no decorum here, you just do what you feel. I was speaking of the way music affects me personally; I can't hear fusion, after listening to classic jazz. When the groove is changed radically too many times, I can't hear the music; fusion sounds like noise after getting into a classic jazz groove.

Whenever the "groove" is changed, I try to go with the flow. We seem to be in an ECM groove now in honor of Abercrombie. I don't know offhand if I have anything with him as leader, but I have him as sideman.

Ghosthouse understands that "groove" shift thing, occasionally he finds some "new" music that is unappealing at that moment, (sounds like noise, but might be OK in the next moment)

If you like it, submit it. It has been alleged that I don't like a lot of new music, but that should have nothing to do with what you submit. What I don't like is radically changing of the groove (subject).

After all is said and done, I would say it's your turn to submit music, whatever floats your boat.

BTW, no one has commented on the last music I submitted.


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