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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
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rok2id
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Christmas Music for the Devil's Music errrr I mean Jazz Crowd

Battle, von Stade, Marsalis, Previn  --  A CARNEGIE HALL CHRISTMAS CONCERT -- DVD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIjGei8zG8  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2nEPpFgpz8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnygAf8mG-k

Jazz at Lincoln Center Otchestra  --  BIG BAND HOLIDAYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6mvjnhwrEs 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67BEFZt_njA 
This arrangement violates some law of music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnshBIuu97Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBt9DQJOO-4

Oscar Peterson  --  CHRISTMAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1MKbmCkEYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oUs_lul9lE

Nate King Cole  --  THE CHRISTMAS SONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mP9T8BQ_bQ

The Temptations  --  SILENT NIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA44kLu_VB0

Cheers

Btw, this year's Jazz at Lincoln Center Christmas CD will be released very soon.

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rok2id
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The case is in fact CLOSED.

Artists of all stripes are better trained, educated, and have easier access to better materials, instruments, and places of learning than at any time in Human history.

When the next Mozart, Bach, Parker, Mingus, Monet, or van Gogh  shows up, call me.

Cheers   or    better yet      CASE CLOSED
alexatpos
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Creative genius...it is definitely the matter of perception and of ones standards, I guess, but I would not recejt Op's words like as they are nonsense.
With todays sea of information its possible that is harder for such content to become more known or influential, but one cant argue that in past were more prominent and obvious examples in different forms of art, or music in this case...
Even here, aldo we are kind of split between the ones who like older stuff more, there is enough room for anyone to post better or equally interesting music of today or of more recent past and aldo such music is shared and displayed, still I ve got the feeling that it has not got the 'power' as 'older' artists had.
Maybe with time we shall be able to see it better....


Woody Allen pictured that thought very well in 'Midnight in Paris'
here is the scene...
https://youtu.be/XbkKirBSQnI
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, reality is what "is", not what "ain't", and no one speaks for reality, it speaks for itself. As a matter of fact our posts on this thread have been speaking "reality"; they have been saying "what is", not "what ain't"; they have been saying "Old school is the only school", and even you have been confirming this with your posts.
orpheus10 OP
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If Thelonious Sphere Monk had wanted lyrics, he would have written lyrics. He plays his composition "radically" different every time he plays it; if he had any lyrics in mind while he was playing his composition, he wouldn't do that.

People want lyrics to "abstract instrumental music" because un-imaginative people like to be told what to think; they even like coloring books with the numbers so they know what color to paint.
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