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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
schubert
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I have sympathy for your feeling , but in truth only Gods knows that .
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rok2id
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Nomad:
Sort of ’soundscape-ish’ in my opinion. Nice playing, but did not move me.

Mysterious Maiden:

Much better. Reminded me of some of Quincy Jones’ type stuff.

Conquistadores:

The best. That’s the cover I was talking about. Not quite as I remembered it, but that’s it.  I have it on LP.  The percussion work was outstanding, then I see it’s Willie Bobo!! What else could it be. Szabo was great again. He does have his own sound.

Great Clips. I have a new found respect for Hamilton after all your posts.

Thanks

Cheers
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geoffkait
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schubert
I have sympathy for your feeling , but in truth only Gods knows that .

>>>>>Wow! So The Beach Boys were right, after all!
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, another reason you may not have a lot of Chico is because he was hardly ever "mainstream jazz", he was "off center"; that's what I liked about him, his music was a change of pace from the rest of my collection.

The records I have are not on "you tube", nor are they on CD, and I'm not going to recommend that you get into analog, it's quite expensive. Presently I'm out of commission because I require tubes that cost $600 a pair for my phono pre. Whenever I have enough to justify that expense, I can listen to records again, but since I have them on computer hard-drive, I'm not suffering.

So much for Chico, enjoy what you can find on CD.

         
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rok2id
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***** I'm not going to recommend that you get into analog, it's quite expensive.*****

We all remember where we were when big events happened.   I remember where I heard a CD player for the first time.   The PX, in Furth, Germany.   A Sony rep was demonstrating their player.

I remember saying, thank you Jesus, I lived to see this.  But, I have noticed the ridiculous price increases in all things analog.   

$600 for tubes??   No thanks.   When I worked for IBM in Atlanta, they gave us classes in tube theory.   The instructors, from Georgia Tech, thought it was a waste of time to teach this outdated tech.   Three things from the classes still stick,  1. tubes have very high distortion, 2. tubes start wearing out as soon as you turn them on and 3  they generate heat.

You can get a Marantz CD 6006 for 500.

Cheers
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