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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Rok, my uncle bought a 57 Plymouth Fury in 57, and he wanted to visit some people in Cape Girardeau, MO, which is 117 miles from St. Louis. My older cousin drove us down there and back on a 2 lane highway.

We partied with some people he knew until just before daylight, and I climbed in the back seat and went to sleep on the way back. I woke up with the wind whistling past the car like a tornado; I looked over my cousins shoulder at the speedometer, and he was doing a solid 110 on a 2 lane highway. The wind was whistling but the car was rock steady, those high fins functioned like fins on an airplane at high speed. I went back to sleep with the thought that if something goes wrong, I'll never know it.


"Christine" was a Plymouth Fury;


            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4koPfEQVo44


            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZgklIqKG1g


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4rv3kMUBf4&list=PLcBCx_cNK4RQgYKg7AyWkgDZW-DLOSPSX


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikt5kHFUYcg


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWCIZvD7PxY


          https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1958-PLYMOUTH-FURY-CUSTOM-2-DOOR-HARDTOP-81936
O-10,

'Pledging my Love' and 'Little Bitty Pretty One' are still on my playlist in the F-150.   Last heard just a few days ago.

My passion wagon, back in the day, was the Ford Galaxy 500.

Cheers