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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
pjw81563
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frogman I definitely hear the connection between "Foggy Day" and "Milestones" I have the Milestones album and have listened to it hundreds of times but I do not own "A Garland Of Red" so I never could have picked up on that having heard Foggy Day to few times to remember. 


I do know that the  beginning of a song by Horace Silver sounds a lot like the beginning of a Steely Dan song (to me anyway)


Silver:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWeXOm49kE0


Steely Dan:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZWp-hGCdA
frogman
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Funny, acman3!  
frogman
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Classic “borrow”, pjw.  Both great tunes.
pjw81563
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mary jo I watched both Tyson/Holyfield fights and in both fights Tyson showed his only vulnerability, and subsequently, the way to beat him.

Now don't get it twisted. Tyson was a great fighter. One of the best heavyweights of all time but far from contention in the best ever.

Tyson had heavy hands and could knock out any boxer even one who was recognized as having a "great chin." Tyson's power was intimidating. As Tyson himself once said and I quote "Every boxer has a plan [against him] until they get hit. I would even go so far as to say a handful of Tyson's opponents were already beat before they climbed through the ropes.

Evander knew his weakness. Stand in there with him through the early rounds and weather the storm. Keep him at bay with jabs and clutch him on the inside. Make the fight go into the later rounds or the "championship rounds" as they are called. If Mike was not having it his way by rounds 5 -8 he was beatable in the championship rounds (9 -12).

Now that I taught mary jo a thing or two about boxing its jazz time.


acman3
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https://jenniferwharton.bandcamp.com/album/bonegasm
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