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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
acman3
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Cuba?

orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Dafnis Prieto melds Cuba and classical jazz perfectly.
 

I'm ready for Cuba and Salvador. I never found what ever I was looking for. Anybody else ready for Cuba and Salvador?
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

I have a lot of Chico Hamilton that's not on "you tube".


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW9ZvqdLlUE


orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Although I'm in search of ancient African music that was transported to Brazil and Cuba which no longer exists in Africa, it goes with the religion that was transported with the music, and I can't find one without the other; consequently, I have to accept that fact.



              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oapiog1Nltc


                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24lHSU35Aqs



frogman
7,532 posts
 
O-10, I hope that there can be disagreement without things turning sour.

That is a premise that you have expressed many times here. I don’t understand why you make such an assertion. While it is true that African musical traditions were transported by slaves to the countries you mention (and others), it is highly unlikely that those traditions would then simply be erased from native African culture. While millions of Africans were removed from their homeland, many millions more remained behind to continue those musical traditions. It defies logic that those traditions would disappear.

I hear the impact of those traditions in current African music; and I am no expert on African music, nor have I been to Africa to walk around the villages on a Saturday night. We can disagree about that, but consider the fact that there is no reason that the music in Africa would not have evolved just as Jazz, America’s ethnic music, did; incorporating those old traditions into a more modern sound. This is the way it always is with any ethnic music. Moreover, just as there are “retro” Jazz artists still playing Ragtime and Dixieland, I have no doubt that there are drummers in Africa that can still play in the style of those centuries old drumming traditions.

Interesting stuff.
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