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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
mary_jo
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Today.

This is inspiring voice.

Aretha, Try a little tenderness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjyr7l6FsfA
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Thanks for Aretha Mary_jo; she reminds me of better times, like when I saw her in the most elegant club I had ever been to.

This was in 66 when she was a young and pretty. That was the first time I had ever gone to a club with valet parking plus coat and hat check girls; that was only in the movies.

It seemed that everybody in Detroit drove a brand new car at that time, plus they lived in nice homes with "Rathskellers" for entertaining. I was so impressed with the town that I thought about moving there. As a matter of fact, I put in an application where they built "Greyhound Buses". A week or two later, I received a telegram to come on board. Detroit was too cold at that time, and it always seemed to be snowing, so I remained in St. Louis.
orpheus10 OP
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Does LA have smog? Does a dog have fleas? I recall flying over the Grand Canyon on a day so clear that you could see that "pot hole" in detail; not a cloud in the sky, and that's precisely what it looked like from 40,000 feet; just like a pot hole, not even a very big one at that.

Not long after that the "fasten seat belt" light came on, and they announced that the temperature in LA was a balmy 75 degrees. The temperature in St. Louis was 6 degrees below 0 on that very same day, so I was really looking forward to LA.

Shortly before landing, I saw an orange cloud down below us; we flew down through that orange cloud, and that was LAX. St. Louis at 6 below was better than LA at 75; you could breathe in St. Louis.
orpheus10 OP
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Now that we're under "lock down" all I've got to do is share my memories with you; aren't you happy? What? OK I'm just sharing my memories with Mary-jo, blah!

Another time Mary-jo, I recall flying into LA on a clear night; that was fantastic, LA might be the only city where you actually can tell that you're flying over a city, that's because it's so big; plus you're traveling at 600 MPH which means you can cover a lot of ground real fast, it's the only city I recall flying over.


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9vNFk-JjSU


  (I could live without the music)
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

I've got some more music for you Mary_jo;


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cHHjXV6kTM&list=PLjb5kMzP2zomy5vptpury3tLk3qeL09Gd


You know people are going to talk if we keep meeting like this.
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