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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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Miss Dee Dee doing an old Brubeck tune.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIsrwDT93ZM


Cheers

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frogman
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**** Surprise, Surprise!! ****

Surely, you can do better than that.  How about something just a wee bit more insightful?

Now, Brubeck part of the cultural war?  Seriously?  Kindly explain.

Re “soul”:

That’s the problem with labels.  First of all,  the term “soul” was first used to define a specific popular music genre and was not typically used in connection with jazz until the sub genre “soul jazz” came to be.  

One can’t have it both ways (there’s those contradictions again).  If “soul” in jazz “has a special and very specific meaning. It carries with it the suffering of African Americans throughout a history of suffering” only, then I guess Dave Brubeck’s jazz has no soul.  Imagine that,  a jazz piano player who is claimed to be “a giant among giants” who has no soul in his playing!  How does that work?







acman3
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https://www.pbs.org/brubeck/talking/daveOnCritics.htm

https://www.pbs.org/brubeck/talking/daveOnRacial.htm

http://mingusmingusmingus.com/mingus/an-open-letter-to-miles-davis
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, you have become a "Troll"; as in a blog Troll;

In Internet slang, a troll (/troʊl, trɒl/) is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses[2] and normalizing tangential discussion,[3] whether for the troll's amusement or a specific gain.
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