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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a state where the school History books are censored by a panel of neo-nazies .

Textbooks in large parts of the country, esp the South, are determined by what books the people in Texas decide on. Numbers bring the costs down. Printing different books for each State would be costly. They are neo-Texans.

felt shamed every time I went through the gates of Bases named for traitors .
It appears as if that may change soon. Unless they go too far, and thereby lose public support. There’s always that danger.

Cheers

Schubert I'm sorry you had to witness such atrocities, that scars a person for life.

I've seen the movie many times, but I didn't post it for a highly significant reason; it was in response to Rok saying "Someday this COVID 19 thing is going to end" and in the movie I recall "Someday this war is going to end".

In addition I've read more about the war than has been reported, and even talked to someone who was involved in one of those "unGodly" massacres; he was never right in the head after that; drunk his self to death.

I hope you're coping better than most with what you witnessed.
Vietnam Perspective:

Pales in comparison to both of the world wars.  Both of which  produced death on an industrial scale.   The difference, they weren't televised, the media supported the government's war effort,  and we knew what winning was.   Not the case in  Nam.

Cheers

You're absolutely right Rok; I had one uncle go crazy in Burma because of the snakes, and believe it or not, snakes still kill more people over there than car accidents here.

Another uncle was in "The Battle of The Bulge", and he told me when the order was given to charge, heads were exploding to the left and right of him, and he was certain his would be next, but they kept moving forward.