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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 agree with your assessment  of Creed Taylor's (CTI) overly produced/engineered and tinkered with recording methods.

While "Salt Song", in which I have listened to a few tracks now, is not something I would add to my collection I do not regard it as elevator music either. That term should be reserved for the likes of Kenny G and other "smooth jazz" artists.

The Turrentine albums "Sugar" and "Cherry" were also produced and engineered by Creed Taylor (CTI) and both of those are in my collection. "sugar", IMHO, is a masterpiece at 5 stars while "Cherry", although not as good as "Sugar" I still consider it a very good album and I would give it 4 stars.
pjw81563
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mary jo thanks for the elevator joke : ) 


pjw81563
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orpheus10 thanks for the Mingus moanin'

Very intense!
pjw81563
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Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar" live:

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

And "Cherry"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHGrCCYIkck
orpheus10 OP
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Jazz projects universal emotions as complex as physics and deeper than the Pacific; no wonder it's not for everyone, just for those with the ability to hear with the inner ear.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1j4mN7OT0


This musical combination defies description; it's a mixture of music from far away places with strange sounding names that existed at the beginning of time. This was conceived by one of the original creators of modern jazz.

There are those who are tuned to this frequency, and there are those who are on a different wavelength.
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