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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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Frogman, you can keep your food for thought; I was speaking of thje cuts I presented that were not commented on.
orpheus10 OP
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The last 3 cut had "Pepper Adams" in common. Those of us who heard the music heard Pepper Adams.


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyOlc8BaR0A


This is Pepper Adams for sure.
frogman
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Fair enough, O-1O,  but I could not imagine that “giving the floor” referred to an invitation to comment (again) on clips that have been commented on God knows how many times previously.   Nothing necessarily wrong with that I suppose, but not exactly the first thing that comes to mind.  Very good and classic recordings (again).  
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, you didn't even read the post, and you still haven't read it, or if you did, you didn't understand it.

The post was about how significant Pepper Adams contributions were, which is part of why Rok said they were better than the originals.

You still didn't hear what I was specifically speaking of.



orpheus10 OP
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Rok, I know Wynton is your main man, but Africa in "hard-bop" is truly rediculous. That's where the trolly jumped the tracks; he might as well said that African Americans are speaking in "Ojibway" or some tribal language without knowing it.

Because I can't hear African in the jazz drums doesn't mean it's not there. The drumer doesn't know he's putting out some African beats because they're in code.


Rok, this is Frogmans paragraph, could you translate it for me?

"First, the fact that any one listener cannot “hear” African rhythms as the listener knows and understands them in jazz does not mean that those rhythms are not there; or, at least, serve as the foundation for those jazz rhythms as they are understood. It is like insisting that European based chord progressions and harmony do not exist in the music because the listener cannot hear them as such."

Call this the 'hard-bop' African drum code.

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