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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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Keegiam, Pjw, and Schubert; would you guys kindly respond to Frogman's post for me?

It's important to me that you respond first, I don't want to seem offensive.
frogman
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I find that request to be in bad form.  As always, hoping for reasonable dialogue; even if in disagreement.
keegiam
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O-10, I feel like I'm on the spot and not sure why.  The 1995 JSTOR piece frogman posted is interesting, but I don't intend to post some kind of lengthy analysis.  Maybe you should posit something and get the discussion going in the usual sequence.
orpheus10 OP
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Before slavery in the 1600's, a typical African village consisted of about 100 people. Since there were 12 million slaves imported to this hemisphere, that means we can divide 12 million by 100 to determine the number of villages that were transported on slave ships. That means there were 120000 villages transported to this hemisphere on slave ships.

Each village had it's own rhythm and dance, that means 120000 different African rhythms and dances were transported to this hemisphere. It's for certain the US forbid the drum, that means that all rhythms transported to the US were lost. Only rhythms transported to South America and the Caribbean survived. Since dancing made slaves happy, there is the possibility "African dances" were forbidden, maybe the slaves were allowed to do the "Turkey Trot", or square dance.

There is a possibility that the village next door copied some rhythms and dances, that means those remained in Africa, but that continent still lost quite a few drummers and steppers, along with their steps.

Kunta Kinte, Alex Haley's ancestor, was born 1750 in the Mandinka Village of Jufureh, in the Gambia. He was most unfortunate, his masters forbid him to play the drum and changed his name to "Toby". Times were tough for a slave, but they were even tougher in the US.

By sheer mathematical probability, a lot of song and dance, rhythm and boogie, left Africa that was not replaced.
frogman
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Seems like an appropriate time to post this again. Interesting Grammy Award winning large scale work by one of the most talented members of Wynton’s JALC Orchestra. The interludes featuring famous presidential speeches makes the work particular interesting.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kUrSXjrpOD_Y7Cpnl7F2dAqJal8eZ8ubY



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