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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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Here are notes by Michael Cuscuna:

One Summer afternoon in 1980, I was driving through the town of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Rudy Van Gelder was my passenger. I popped in a cassette of Ike. After a tune, Rudy said, "That's lovely, who is that?" I replied, "Well you recorded  it, it's Ike Quebec."

Rudy looked out his window in silence, then finally said in a soft tone, Ike always played beautifully, even at the end when he was dying...I mean literally dying.
pjw81563
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I would say that Ike always made the organ and the guitar, which he always had either one or the other or both in his recording sessions, compliment the songs he payed perfectly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFuPpsc5q-w

and as alec said 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL3lJITPb8U&list=PLBZmD4G_qXo7L5uVFpP9ZBnu4t1R8WU9D


alexatpos
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https://www.allmusic.com/album/bossa-nova-soul-samba-mw0002847484
pjw81563
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And another excellent sax man who also incorporated the organ and guitar perfectly into his "juke joint in the swamp" sound the one and only Illinois Jacquet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFNkUkUNFU
frogman
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Great stuff, pjw. Thanks.

Let us not forget the funkiest sax man of them all; and he was married to the excellent organ woman (😊), Shirley Scott. With Kenny Burrell:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvxWibFr0wiKO7JIkDSpL6WPt2XcrENX-

A little more modern. One of my favorite guitarists and one who doesn’t get nearly enough attention here, Pat Martino. With Eric Alexander:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m2wkf1wB9DhvoSVAgxWxGWArBjQLm6Qoc

Back to funkiness and speaking of getting little attention. Not as a leader here, but playing with organist Jack McDuff and a very young George Benson, tenor man Red Holloway:

https://youtu.be/SvFuh-o2w7E
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