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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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rok2id
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Today's Listen:

Thelonious Monk  --  THE THELONIOUS MONK ORCHESTRA AT TOWN HALL

Pepper Adams, Charlie Rouse, and Phil Woods comprise the Sax Section.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd5rGoDqTyE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvXOcLi47TY

While in the Army, I served in Korea, with a member of Monk's family.  His last name was Monk, and he was a dead ringer for the great man himself.  Even from NYC.  Of course we all know of the great wide receiver, Art Monk, of the Washington NFL football team.  Also kin to Thelonious.


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@pryso 


While attending school in Atlanta, a college friend of mine played that MJQ LP to introduce me to Third Stream Music.   If would have helped if I had been familiar with streams one and two.

He was from NYC and he made it his mission to educate us poor southerners.   A really cool guy.


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pryso
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rok, I have that album among my somewhat large Monk library and play it fairly often.  I always thought Overton did a great job transcribing Monk's music for the larger group.
I knew the recording time on a single LP would not likely include the full concert, so I always wondered if it had all been recorded and if so, were the remaining numbers available elsewhere?  So looking for more along the right side of your first link I see one for (Full Concert) with a time of 1:05:30 which got my hopes up.  But going to that link I found it contained several screw ups, i.e. not really all from the concert -

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

So if anyone has a lead on more from Town Hall please post.

Also, interesting about Art Monk.  Never heard about that before. 
pryso
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rok, you may have later seen this, but in case not -

In 1961, Schuller defined Third Stream as "a new genre of music located about halfway between jazz and classical music".  Schuller insisted that "by definition there is no such thing as 'Third Stream Jazz'"
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Seems to me that a lot of the music of George Gershwin would qualify as fitting the definition of Third Stream.   Think of Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris.   Porgy and Bess?


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