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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.
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mary_jo
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Billie would say now:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouuRsRz8syM

More love and sorrow in just one song one can rarely find.


mary_jo
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It’s beautiful day today.

A man once said: I laughed so much that I felt tears rolling down my cheek. I figured I must not stop laughing, because if I do, only the tears will left.

Wish you all, nice, nice day...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhFlE4mFqA4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe6JTHAWDT4
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geoffkait
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schubert
In Memory of Little Richard, just found out he passed . R.I. P.
Two forces of Nature .
I never liked rock but stuff like Little Richard , MO-Town and much of R&B
to me is Folk Music .

>>>>>Yeah, let’s say Little Richard’s Lucille and Keep a Knockin are Folk Music. 🙄 Me thinks you might be a latent rocker. 🕺🏻
orpheus10 OP
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Mary_Jo, I was probably 25 when I heard that song, and you must not forget, I didn't make myself, others had a hand in that, and that's the way they made me.

However, before that "turn around incident" she and I did have a long and beautiful relationship.
orpheus10 OP
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Pryso, Miles Davis was not born a celebrity; one older lady remembered Miles as "The little dark skinned kid who was always trying to blow the trumpet" (little dark skinned kid was not meant to be disparaging, just a matter of fact description)

The neighborhood had not changed when I was a child and I walked the streets within the boundaries of "My neighborhood". I was preschool and walked those sidewalks without fear. Everybody knew me and I spoke to people sitting on their front porches and even stopped to chat. (that was usually good for a nickel or a dime)

People didn't have AC in their houses, and when it got really hot, everybody made a pallet and slept on their front porches. That was big fun, people next door talking to one another in the night until somebody complained that they had to go to work and wanted to get some sleep.

Life was a lot different then.


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