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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
pryso
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o10, many thanks for that link to the Beethoven/Monk overlay by Brown and Almeida. I heard that performed live years ago by Almeida and Bob Magnusson, plucked, no bowing. It was mesmerizing but it was not recorded and I never found another good rendition until this one.

Now, for anyone here who may not have seen the video of the process of shooting the "Great Day in Harlem" photo, here’s a link -

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hsimp=yhs-att_001&hspart=att&p=A+Great+Day+In+Harl...
frogman
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O-10,

https://imgur.com/gallery/UzMvG
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rok2id
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I couldn’t get The Frogman’s post to magnify.

I may have misspoken. The paragraph about Mile’s wisdom was actually made by the liner notes writer, Robert Levin.

...."Paul, too, has benefited greatly from his association with Miles. No musician with any degree of sensitivity can work night after night behind the "great man" without absorbing some of his profound musical wisdom, and the results of Paul’s exposure to Miles can be heard in his music".....

More recent notes from / for the Gelder CD, by Bob Blumenthal, go into greater detail about the connection between Miles and the music on this disc. Also points out that modern recording techniques favor the bass more than in the past. (?)

Reading all this you would think Miles actually played on this session. In a sense I guess he did.

Cheers

Btw, there appears to be an actual title "Bass on Top". First held by Jimmy Blanton of the Ellington Band.

orpheus10 OP
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Rok, I'm more curious about "Miles the person". I talked to his childhood friends, the ones he went to school with, played football and basketball with, went swimming with; I wanted to know about Miles the person, not Miles the musician.

All of the people I talked to loved him like a brother. I know for a fact that when he invited these people to his home for a party, none of his musician colleagues were allowed; those parties were just that private. They (colleagues) verified that.
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rok2id
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Everything you need to know about Miles can be found in Nica's book.

Cheers
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