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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 I knew you could explain this much better than me.

****Why were all the East Coast guys black and all the West Coast guys white?****

"West Coast guys white"; that even went for the music, the Black guys even sounded White; I thought Buddy Collette was White for the longest. His good friend Mingus, even said his music sounded White.

When I was in LA, I talked to musicians who could have been famous if they left LA, but since they could make a good living there, why leave?

West Coast jazz reflected the lifestyle there; laid back and cool, always casual.

I have nothing to add or subtract from your post, it was complete.


acman3
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I wonder if music is like language, in that while going up in Texas, and working on farms and ranches as a teen, then working in Dallas for 40 years and losing my twang, for the most part, when I hang out with my East Texas friends, I actually hear my twang come out more pronounced. 

Do musicians develop a sound like the people they play with?
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Acman, either that, or they like to play with people who talk like them.
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rok2id
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East Coast vs West Coast:

When I asked the question I was thinking more along the lines of (sigh), nuts and bolts. :(

A composer is given the task of writing two Jazz tunes, one that would be considered West coast and another that would be considered East Coast.  He might decide to write the same tune for both.

What would he add / subtract from the tunes to make them East or West.

Both posts from The Frogman and the OP were great.   Have never known  the OP to be so Precise and Concise.

You both told us why the music is different. 

Hollywood, Movie themes, CA life style, (they were and are different from the rest of the US), little if any influence from black music.

The question is:
*****Does this make it jazz that is less "real" and the other more real?****

The jury is still out.

Cheers


 


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rok2id
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Great tune.  Check the trumpet playing around 5:30.  If that don't move you, git outta Jazz.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5krFNUMQHI   


Cheers

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