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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, do you hear that rhythm at the beginning of this movie? That’s from Africa, and there are other spots in this movie with rhythms brought there by slaves that have been passed down over generations, the same as the religion, the same as "Senteria". A rose by any other name is still a rose, the religion is "African", not Spanish.


       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blJ8v-Q2Zb4
      



Maybe being able to distinguish various African rhythms is partially in the DNA, and some got it, and some don’t. Rhythms that you won’t hear on the African continent because they left on slave ships.





orpheus10 OP
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTlh7Ogi4ac



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisner_Augustin



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYN4XMzWE5s


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b_n598_atQ
frogman
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O-10, there is no point in arguing about this. I don’t believe your premise is based in fact. That’s fine, we are all free to believe what we believe. Must be my inferior DNA, but I hear nothing particularly unique about any of the music in that music score; some of which strikes me as being akin (in authenticity) to that in some Hollywood depictions of “Native American music“ in old Westerns.

BTW, Santeria (with an a) is not found in Africa.  Just like the mysterious and “unique” music found only in Brazil it is a BLEND of practices; a blend of the African Yoruba religion and Roman Catholicism.

Thanks for the clips.
orpheus10 OP
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I understand.
frogman
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Re a recent comment on Fusion.  My favorite Fusion band:

https://youtu.be/sF9kW-8NPqs

Great, but I think I prefer the melody on soprano.  

https://youtu.be/BYyxvFZBeqc
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