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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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T-Shirt weather here.

Local news:
https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Killeen-Thousands-of-wreaths-placed-on-graves-at-veterans-cemetery-501185081.html

Cheers
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rok2id
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Scratch  The Crusaders:

Wow,  like seeing a family photo.   I have that album on LP.    I was really into The Crusaders back in the day.

Nice clip.

Cheers
mary_jo
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All nice songs guys, thank you...

16 of something we had here yesterday. Same today. Sunny and obviously warm. Off to go to pick some olives. It's that time of year. Pursuing pure peasant look today. Bunch of man with typical man's language and me. No place for ladies with good manners.   

Ron Carter today
I Fall in Love Too Easily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUaSSe0SlS0
frogman
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(I was there:)
https://youtu.be/_PwVBEcUUzk

“I am optimistic about the soul, therefore I am optimistic about Jazz”-  Sonny Rollins

https://youtu.be/G0p1rz8Qc_s

https://youtu.be/3bL3ptLicX0
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, nothing can compare to seeing, and hearing a great musician in a relatively small space perform.

I've had that experience exactly three times, and each one of them has stayed with me until this day.

Sometime it seems that the audience can somehow project something that causes the artists to perform way over their heads. (not in the case of Sonny Rollins, but what I am about to reveal)


I saw where this group was going to give a live free concert and went. It was an outdoor event on a perfect summer afternoon, and since this was a new group, I didn't expect so many people, but there we were, sitting on blankets in the grass.

These artists performed like they have never performed before or since. I know, because I bought their records, and none of those records compare to that outdoor event where they performed before an appreciative audience.
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