rok , are you related to MacArthur ?
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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.
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.
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Today's Listen: Stanley Turrentine -- HUSTLIN' with wife Shirley Scott on Organ. Burrell on guitar. I was just looking thru my computer printout of all my Jazz LPs. I no longer have a turntable setup. I was surprised to see that the artist most represented was not Miles nor Trane, but Stanley Turrentine. Let's see what all the fuss was about. Interesting to see how your tastes change over time. Great album cover. Blue Note was a master at that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9O4a-2D3Vk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mu1aoHoo9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHEuBge5z8 Cheers |
***** rok , are you related to MacArthur ?***** No, but he was the Greatest General this country has produced. Recommended for the Medal of Honor twice. Was a general in the First World War Was Army Chief of Staff before world war 2 retired and ran the military of the Philippines. Recalled after Pearl Harbor Wrote the Japanese Constitution which is still in effect. Defeated the North Koreans in the Korean war with a master stroke at Inchon His strategy in the southwest Pacific was to, ’hit them where they ain’t’ If he had commanded all ground forces, including the USMC, it would have been a different war. A lot more guys would have made it back home. Cheers |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It depicts a typical day in the life of a inmate, or Zek, in the Soviet Gulag during the time of Stalin. If The Frogman had lived in Russia during those times, and with his attitude, we would be reading "One Day in the Life of The Frogman". Cheers Btw, Solzhenitsyn served many years in the gulag himself. Crime? He criticized someone / something, while he was a Captain, in command of a Red Army tank unit fighting in Poland towards the end of the war. You must not only obey big brother, you must also love big brother. |
If Frogman lived there during those times his intellect would have been more than enough to adapt to the conditions of that time and place . In our time and place our the credit bureau knows more about us than the Gestapo and KGB ever knew about any German or Russian . I was at an all-night vodka fest once back in the 70’s with 6 Russian Profs who had fled the USSR .One , a Harvard Russian Lit prof said to me "We were in danger in Russia because intellectuals are respected in Russia , we are safe here because they are not ." P.S . I don’t drink .P.P.S Nothing stays the same but God . |
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