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Much better. Great Sax playing by both. Dizzy a little more subdued.
I wonder if there is any significance to the title.
Cheers
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.
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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Killer bebop session and definitely a must-have record. One of the best and a testament to Stan Getz’ greatness; he could do it all. The story behind the title has nothing to do with any kind of distinction between musician and listener. Rather, it was to suggest a distinction between the real players (musicians) and the wannabes. Bebop was, to a great extent, a “test” of a jazz player’s “stuff”. With the blinding fast tempos and intricate melodies many bebop tunes posed a great challenge for players and not all of them could pull it off credibly. In fact, during jam sessions players would sometimes call tunes that were especially intricate and would count them off at really fast tempos in order to keep lesser players from joining the jam session. The title’s meaning is akin to that of this other record; one of my favorite jazz record titles as well as favorite record: Hank Mobley’s “No Room For Squares”: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C6579B036180F3A |
acman3, Same way that great artists in every genre have become great in prisons, whore houses , utter poverty etc etc etc etc, by putting your mind , body and soul into your music . Simple logic determines with 8 billion folks on this planet we have no idea who is the best and if such a thing even exists . |
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