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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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Some Memories and associations:


Away from home for the first time at college. Some guys in the next room played this all night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAlVasHbipo

On the corner, outside a university hangout in Atlanta, in a crowd, listening to Mohammed Ali rant. This was playing in the drug store / soda shop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKhqL3xS0Dw

Anything by these ladies brings me back to C-9-2, Ft Bragg, North Carolina. The year, 1967.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw

Club Mexicana, Frankfurt, Germany. Year was 1969.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgGHeT9U9g0

Cheers



orpheus10 OP
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Santana was playing when I clicked on your post;


                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AELE1a-3Bxo


He was playing in the background of 1969;


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


That was the summer of "Smoke outs" in the park (Forest Park); what a delightful year. "At ease soldier, smoke em if you got em"
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rok2id
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OP,

St Louis is not alone.   They don't need guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6-GeJLhrPI

Cheers


orpheus10 OP
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Rok, the effects of psychology, sociology, and economics are intertwined in a fashion that only highly educated people who have studied these things understand. Most people now days start off with answers before they ask questions, and politicians have answers that benefit them personally, which many people believe.

My short answer is to begin with economics and proceed from there. One can use "google" for that purpose.
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ghosthouse
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Greetings earthlings.

Pardon the interruption for some music.

As periapsis is approached on an increasingly eccentric orbit around your domain, the following seemed worth sharing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfVCCsgbX14

Not only a superb drummer (playing with Miles at 18!) but an excellent composer as evidenced by every single track on his recording “Civilization” recorded with the post-fusion, hard-bop quintet he put together after returning to acoustic jazz and Blue Note (thank you All Music Guide).

Difficult to understand why it is out of print. Never the less, many tracks on YouTube and, so, something to sample here.

You will not mind how far up in the mix the drums are.

Tony was not shy! :-)

Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Ciao. We must be on our way.


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