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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
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, I'm two days older than black pepper, I've been around. I've heard a lot of records, and seen a lot of live performances, but not once have I heard a record that compared to a live performance; I'm sure Alex's live experience when he saw Abbey was better than anything on record; it can't be fixed that much.


What provoked you to say that?
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rok2id
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Some might say it’s very “New Yorkish” 🤔. IOW, hip as hell.

Thus spoke a New Yorker.


Cheers
frogman
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Not playing, O-10.  Read what I said again and don’t read into it.  Easy. 
orpheus10 OP
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Except for the studio/live part.  The studio always benefits those with lesser vocal instruments; hence the expression “We can fix it in the mix”.  


Frogman,  those were your words; explain to me what I misinterpreted?


mary_jo
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These are the modern times. We can’t live without modern technologies but we are surely paying the price of using it. The picture of a group of a friends in a cafe bar, sitting at the same table, not talking to each other but using their smart phones instead, is a picture everyone’s familiar with. C-19 made it worst. Now the friends are doing the same, just this time their mouth and half of their faces are covered with mask. One can give a smile to another, with eyes only.

Funny, I thought modern times will make us, due to fact that we know more and that we are able to reach for more, more liberated, more free of the chains, but instead we are being trapped in every possible way. Economically, politically, socially and personally.

I vote for old times, old music, if music is able to grow old at all.

I find more happiness in all shapes of life, in older times. Some of you might say that I talk like that because I was younger back then and that kids even today or many years ago, feel the same, joy and play, regardless of the time they are facing but I would disagree. You can agree to disagree but I do not care or I might disagree with you to agree to disagree.

Yesterday I watched movie "Hector and the Search for Happiness" and the movie was often very funny. Pity the end had happy end, what over-sweetened the movie but till that point it was quite laughable and watchable piece.

From the movie:
"Lesson no. 20: Happiness is a certain way of seeing things."

This could be the right conclusion for the above mentioned words.

Enjoy your day and...

let the good times roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYB5vLzEHvI

and roll...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9RM6kARNh8

He says:
"Put on a happy face." I guess everybody has its way. But these guys did not count on masks for sure...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6yvp6f-Dr4

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