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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
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, SS Amps go downhill, CD players function on chips; either they're working or their not. Give those dinosaur amps to the goodwill.

            https://www.parts-express.com/cat/home-audio-amplifiers/106

I've had 3 of these, they sound very good with a tube pre. The first one I bought cost $139. now they're a little higher. They have one downside, air vents are on the top of the amp, and if one drop of water falls on top, you got a smoked amp. Been there done that, no water gets within 100 yards of my amps.


    https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-apa150-150w-power-amplifier--300-812


If you want to be in the big league, or at least knocking on the door, you have to have a "tube Preamp" they last a long time.


Happy shopping.



pjw81563
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Speak for yourselves... I have my Emotiva XPA - 2 for seven years now. No issues. SS all the way.

https://www.audioholics.com/amplifier-reviews/emotiva-xpa-2
orpheus10 OP
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One of the most remarkable musical events I have ever witnessed in all of my life was when I saw "Andreas Vollenweider"; I was transported to another time and place in my life.

We got the mezzanine front and center seats; it was like being in the center of a huge speaker, plus I brought two sets of binoculars, one for wide angle, and another long range to zero in on details.

Andreas's music is somewhere between fantasy and angelic. When I was a child, my aunt read me fairy tales from a big white jewel encrusted book (looked like jewels to me) and took off her big diamond ring that I turned different ways to watch it sparkle all the colors of the rainbow while listening to "Hansel and Gretel" or whatever fairy tell she was reading. This music took me back to that happy time when I thought that life would be one long fairy tale.

Andreas looks like a cherub plucking his harp, and the music he makes could only come from a cherub. His band consisted of such an incredible cast of characters who made a sound that could be called "otherworldly".

This is the same music I witnessed and I want to share that experience with you;


                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me6aASTOglE
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geoffkait
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orpheus10 OP
One of the most remarkable musical events I have ever witnessed in all of my life was when I saw "Andreas Vollenweider"; I was transported to another time and place in my life.

We got the mezzanine front and center seats; it was like being in the center of a huge speaker, plus I brought two sets of binoculars, one for wide angle, and another long range to zero in on details.

>>>>>>Yeah, mescaline will do that. 😳
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, for a tube preamp, I recommend a CJ PV-10; I bought one new many years ago and it's still going strong every day. It sounds best with a pair of NOS 12-AU7 A tubes.
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