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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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Mary_jo, plague or no plague, I was living in the past before it struck. Covid 19 is just an addition to all the present jive BS.

I was just thinking about you, and like magic here you are in the beautiful living flesh. I'm going to write something especially for you; I don't mean that it pertains to you or that it is about you, but here it is.


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpgBgaR01Mk&list=RDmpgBgaR01Mk&start_radio=1


This is one of the saddest songs ever written, that's because gigolo and gigolette are thinking of the lost love of their lives while they are dancing down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams; they kiss without regret because even then they're thinking of someone else.

The more intense they attempt to make their affair, the more they think of that someone in the past, but when you're dancing down "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" you gotta do the best you can.




mary_jo
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Isn’t that something we should do regardless of anything? Do the best of what we can, even though things do not meet our wishes each time or shall I say, most of the time. Should we aim to learn to ask for less or is it just as it should be, never knew that answer.

But you know what, I do believe in broken illusions. Broken Dream sounds too heavy to bear, it is almost as serious as Broken Heart. Broken illusion is something easier to handle with. You break what is breakable anyway.

Thank you for beautiful song, O-10.
mary_jo
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And I think true love cannot be broken. I expect from my second half never to give up on me. And if he is right one, he will not. If he is not the right one, it really does not matter what he will do, true? ;--)

darn that dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eql278rz_Vg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8rTOg92wCk
mary_jo
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Speaking of love...

lover man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi0We6gGajQ
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rok2id
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Today's Listen:

Cassandra Wilson  --  NEW MOON DAUGHTER

Another Hipster from Mississippi.   At one time she was a Jazz Diva.
Very eclectic song selection.


love is blindness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4n86NTraQg   

skylark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tILneduz14    

death letter (best sung by a male, she's no Son House, but who is.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc2xKfAiCvo   

last train to Clarksville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7mflO9osdk
    
i'm so lonesome I could cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBvVwgEjRsM 

Cheers   


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