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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
pryso
1,986 posts
 
schubert, I'm a Viet Nam era vet, but not a Viet Nam vet.  I saw much of that country via aerial photos but thankfully was never there.

I was in college for just over two years before joining the Navy.  That included being on campus the fall of 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  There was great patriotism on campus then with many talking of dropping out of school to join the military if necessary.  Compare that to the fall of 1966 when I returned to finish my degree, attitudes and society seemed to have changed completely.  When I started school the Student Veteran's Association was a respected group.  When I returned, even though some students wore military surplus fatigues, anything otherwise military was shunned.  The societal changes over that four years were so great it was stunning.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
pyrso, Vietnam was a totally unnecessary war where 50,000+ Americans and several million innocent Asians died for no reason other than the one
President Eisenhower warned us about , the greed of the military-industrial complex .

Hardly a surprise that those in Universities caught on to this . Patriots see what is wrong and try to fix it , Militarists go the "my country right or wrong "
route which is the path to hell .

As soon as I left the Army in "68 I talked and ACT- ed my way into the
University of Minnesota though I had never gone to high-school and had
been in the Army since age 16.

First day of class I stood on the bridge over the Mississippi that joins the east and west of the campus and watched several thousands of students have
one hell of a uproar against the war . That was not my way , but I thought"good on you kids " .








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rok2id
7,859 posts
 
Today's Listen:

Sonny Criss -- PORTRAIT OF SONNY CRISS
with / Walter Davis, Paul Chambers, Alan Dawson (drums)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msn4OA8YNww  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHoeH2oZsl0  

Cheers






orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

I'm a Nam Era vet who never went to "Nam", but I had a friend who went, and we celebrated all night long when he came back in one piece.

Just like in "Apocalypse Now", he had to go back. When he returned for the last time, he was so messed up in the head that no one hardly knew him. I had to do some research in order to find out why, because every time he started telling me about things, he broke out in tears and was never able to finish.

My research revealed things too gruesome to repeat.
nsp
654 posts
 
acman3 thanks for the Chick Corea Trilogy vids.  these three guys have such a chemistry and  locked in when playing together. The cover of the album says it all with the  smiles on their faces.  this happened frequently at the concert with them smiling while playing together and it was obvious The Joy they have performing live.The classical compositions career performed whereby a composer named D Scarlatti, oh I never heard of. Maybe some of the classical listeners on this forum will know who he is.



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