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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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rok2id
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*****because when you done heard one rocker screaming and wailing on a guitar, plus a drummer pounding my ear drums out, you done heard em all.*****


Absolutely!!   I didn't mean to say R&R harmed Doo Wop, it was Rock and Rockers.   It / they, ruined it for everyone.

All the loud noise, drugs, absurd dress and conduct, were required in order to cover up the lack of talent.  In the end It didn't work.  Most are forgotten already, but we are still talking about Mingus, Miles and Monk ertc.....

WAR:  I don't know how to classify them, but I put them in the same box as EW&F.    Since all popular music musicians seem to be put in the R&R HOF, as crazy as that is, WAR should have been there on day one.

I understand they were being considered in the same class with "Chic"   WTF!!!!

I said back in 2013 when this thread started, "we must defend the music".Everyone sneered.

Cheers

pryso
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Interesting about Doo Wop.  I never considered it a separate category from R&R, rather as a sub-set.  But to me it was clearly a contributor to and influence on the development of R&R.  This may be original to the style -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFX7aYSWIts&list=PLlO4eQ-H8vrYcuBmzG1a1lKbGjDJDIHuj

And here is the transition -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpmmbhHo2rk


I grew up on this stuff!


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rok2id
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Wow!!!   I just assumed I was the only person on this thread that had ever heard of The Persuasions.   Great group.

Doo Wop is Rock & Roll for sure.   One of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPKnHy6i2Wk


Cheers

pryso
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Now, "All the loud noise, drugs, absurd dress and conduct".  For me, that was the description of the '60s.  And while I certainly agree with rok that many times with music it covered up a lack of talent, I believe that is too much of an oversimplification.

The "loud noise" developed from a couple of things.  First, the transition to more electronically amplified instruments.  Second, as rock grew in popularity it commanded larger and larger venues for performance, which in turn demanded more electronics.  That wasn't only rockers.  Young folks were demanding to be heard.  Consider the evolution of Dylan.

"Drugs" were certainly a contributor to the development of R&R during the '60s.  That had been some part of musical development and presentation previously but not to such an extent.  But was that not a "chicken and egg" situation of the culture of the times?  Tune in and drop out was not a musical expression.

Similarly, "absurd dress" was part of the search for identity among young people in the '60s.  So dress, speech, and hair (facial and otherwise) were simply outward manifestations of separating youth from their parents.  Music and musicians went along with that, but they were far from exclusive.

And "conduct" of young people may be considered as an overall manifestation.  Free speech, sit-ins, flower power, question authority, don't trust anyone over 30 did not evolve from R&R.  Those attitudes utilized music as one other form of expression.

The fact that jazz partially evolved during that decade, but still survived intact decades later is a testament to its underlying worth.

Can you tell I was young in the '60s?  ;^)
pryso
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rok, I only have a couple of their albums. Here is one, but I couldn't find a link to the entire record, so this self-explanatory number will have to do -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H16fKUAqm0g
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