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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
pjw81563
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alec That  Tord Gustavsen with  'Blue Church Choir“ was awesome. And the German city of Dresden, where they performed that moving composition, could not have been a better suited place for it.

Dresden, a city with no strategic targets (armament factories ect.) was bombed by the Anglo American Allies in WWII killing approximately 25,000 civilians including women and children.

Casualties of war. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkMo1_rWM0
pjw81563
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alec re Johnny Griffin 

I have a large selection of his albums including, of course, his "shootouts" with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omR-3SCfjHQ

You can definitely and clearly hear "Lockjaws" husky tone as he takes the first solo and then the sweeter smoother tone of Griffin who takes the second solo.

BTW I do not have the Griffin album you posted. I will search it out.
pjw81563
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O10 That Shango "Drums of Passion" is an outstanding example of a modern day African drum and chant songs recorded in 1960 100 years after the end of the centuries of the cross Atlantic slavery migration. I am going to try and find a copy on CD.

"Shango (Chant to the God of Thunder)" is a track from Drums of Passion, an album released by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji in 1960. "Shango" is the title of a Hugh Masakele track on his 2016 album No Borders. The song "Que Viva Chango" by Celina y Reutilio refers both to Chango and to Santa Barbara.
orpheus10 OP
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"The spirit of the drum is something that you feel but cannot put your hands on,"

Babatunde Olatunji, had the spirit of his Nigerian ancestors; that says it all; "Drums of Passion " is my favorite.


          https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TVRNWAI/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_8
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