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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
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Rok, I had a problem with my right channel being louder than the left channel. Since I'm an electronics technician who put this rig together with attention to detail; how could that be possible?

That problem nearly drove me crazy, no matter what I did, the problem remained. It wasn't until I had a hearing test that the source of the problem was revealed. Ages ago, in the Air Force, my left ear drum was injured in a rapid decompression incident, and as many injuries, they get worse with old age.

The only solution is headphones, and I hate headphones (can't wear them for long). Now that I know what the problem is, I simply live with the louder right channel.


No, turning up the other channel only makes it worse, because you will hear that sound bouncing off the opposite wall.
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Frogman, have you ever been to anyplace where they have all those funny mirrors that make you look fat in one and skinny in the other; I think you should have your mirrors checked?
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Frogman, I'm not dishonest, nor am I a politician; yes, you almost single handed saved this thread from the deletion bin, but you didn't do for me, you did it for Frogman. Without this thread, you would almost cease to exist.
frogman
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The clarinet doesn’t get a whole lot of love in Jazz. It’s not a particularly sexy looking axe; in spite of its shape 😊. I think, though, that a lot has to do with Jazz fans’ association of the instrument with “Dixieland”; or, what some consider Dixieland to be. Talk about unfair bias. In spite of all the justified appreciation and talk about traditional New Orleans music and blues and its earthiness and soul, the role and contribution of the clarinet in all that seems to get short shrift.

When most Jazz lovers talk about the clarinet in Jazz, the names that usually come to the fore are names like Shaw, Goodman, DeFranco, Hamilton and more recently Eddie Daniels. All great players and more than deserving of their fame, but they all followed the earlier great and very influential clarinet players.

Today is George Lewis’ birthday! One of the earliest and most important:

https://youtu.be/tKL-RJDPH3w


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I do believe the pertinent facts have been established; consequently, I'm declaring a truce and suggest that we get back to the music.
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