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

Rok, in those days, everybody who wanted a job had a job, the only difference being that some jobs paid more than others.

There are times when I don't have a clue as to what you're talking about, but I've noticed there is always something in regard to welfare in it.

"Welfare" is what makes southern whites feel superior, when in fact they are the major beneficiaries of welfare.

Rok, I've read Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Conner, and William Faulkner, plus that, I've spent time in Texas, Mississippi and Georgia; not to mention that Missouri is in reality "the south"; consequently, no body knows southern "code talk" better than me. Nobody knows the desperate need for white lower middle class southerners to feel superior to Black people, and that's why you always mention "Welfare" or "Food stamps".
I am quite sure there are more white people on welfare than are black people.

I am quite sure white folks use drugs as much as black folks do.  Maybe more so.

Meth is creating a disaster is white rural America.

Do these facts make you feel better?   I didn't think so.

Cheers

rok2 ids ,

My take on Bell is he a fantastic player who is about himself more the  the music .
Sort of like a musical Ayn Rand but not profoundly evil and insane like her .
Bad analogy really, as I’m sure Bell did not take meth every day for 20 years+ or thinks Hitler was the greatest man who ever lived .
***** Sort of like a musical Ayn Rand*****

Speaking of Incredulous!!   Can't quite see Ayn, say, on Tenor Sax.

FYI, a lot of people in Europe and America thought Hitler was great, at least prior to the war and the genocide.

Cheers