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

True in a country with more guns than people evil people will lay their hands on them.

What can be done and has been done in other countries is confiscate all semi-auto military clones with 30 round magazines etc.

 With severe penalties for those who keep them in case Chinese Airborne troops land in their back yard and/ or a Democratic president sends a company of marines to burn their house down because they fought off the blacks that drove 300 miles from Chicago to assault their wife .

Two kids killed in a school is better than a dozen .


But the problem is clearly the hearts of men running cold in current people, apart from the creator. There were guns in my high school parking lot, in gun racks, never thought of as a weapon against others.

Mehldau sees this, he just looks at it through different eyes and worldview. 


Funny, but true, on subject (not jazz)

https://youtu.be/0rR9IaXH1M0

second part is even better

https://youtu.be/a9UFyNy-rw4

Speaking from different perspective and part of the world, we have very restrictive laws about guns.
Also, it is safe, for people and children to go anywhere at any hour, during day or night, despite the fact that average income is low (compared to other EU countries) and there are lots of people who struggle.

Maybe its a kind of cultural or traditional thing, but blunt robbery of another person is considered to be a shamefull thing. Of course, that in normal, every day relationships, business or private, there are scams, like everywhere, but 'resolving' such issues rarely involves use of weapons.

Not long time ago, we had mandatory army service that lasted around one year and every male person had some sort of military training.

We had a quite savage war 25 years ago raging all over the country and wider  for 5 years and losts of people still do have illegal arms, including bombs, anti tank missiles, land mines, heavy machine guns and so on, but there is no much use of it during crimes and we do not have much heavy crime at all.

Perhaps becuse the biggest criminals are the ones in suits and the biggest robberies are done in silence and even the strees thugs know where the real money is.
If you want the piece of action and best loot, you should join some political party or better,government body at any level.

Education ,including university is still free and health care as well, for all the people (with or without job, retired, etc (despite some problems that such system creates)



alex those links were excellent....I'm still laughing. Personally I have only one gun in my house and it is a 12 gauge pump action shotgun. It is all you need for "protecting you and your family"..... I'm still laughing!
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