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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.
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inna
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Pangaea by Miles is the only album worth listening after Bitches Brew. There were also a few good tracks, though, Time After Time is definitely one of them.
Mahavishnu Orchestra at their best were and are incomparable. Not to mention that no-one can play a guitar like McLaughlin.
orpheus10 OP
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Ghosthouse, I re-read your post, and discovered you didn't actually comment on "1000 Teardrops". You mentioned "Shadowfax" and New Age, but you didn't really comment on the music. It seems the music was nixed because of it's association with the aforementioned entities, Shadowfax and New Age.

If the music had been labeled "Old Age", it would have possibilities.        
pryso
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inna, one of the best and most memorable concerts I've attended was Mahavishnu Orchestra at Funky Quarters in SD in the early '70s.  It was a small club and we had a table up front and center.  Just watching and hearing all the interplay between musicians as they fed and challenged one another was exceptional.  A real emotional high that I remember more than 40 years later. ;^)
inna
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pryso, I envy you, I really do.
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ghosthouse
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O - I will go back and listen to all of that Shadowfax track you linked and then provide some comments.  I was mainly focusing on the music category assignments you made.  For me, I don't think of New Age as jazz.  I guess there might be exceptions...

By the way, I said I liked some Be-bop and Hard-bop along with Fusion. Probably less Be-bop and more Hard-bop and Post-bop (along with Fusion).  I was doing some reading about what those category names mean.  Reminded me about the latter parts of Eastwood's "Bird" where CP is sort of bewildered by the ascendency of R&B.  As per Wikipedia,  some music writers claim Hard-bop was the response by certain jazz musicians to this "trend".  Very interesting.  
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