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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
frogman
7,561 posts
 
O-10, even after all this time it is a mystery to me why it’s not possible to have intelligent disagreement with you, without you feeling that you have to respond with at least some degree of personal negative comment. So you think it’s Jazz and I said, I’m not so sure. You draw the genre line at a different place than I. SO WHAT! Did I say it wasn’t good? No. As usual you miss the forest for the trees by leaning on the “label” aspect of it all; something that ultimately doesn’t matter. Who cares?! Regardless, let’s see......hmm....

Wynton?, O-10?, Wynton?, O-10? Wynton?, O-10?, Wynton?..........
yup!

Btw, Donny McCaslin “stereotypical”? Seriously? Give me a break. 
https://youtu.be/cWGvsyeayFk
keegiam
731 posts
 
frogman, it definitely settles into 4/4, but the beginning is way over my head time-wise.

I did get into Return to Forever way back when but soon stopped putting it on the platter.  I think I relegated it to the fusion category, which, while I respected the levels of composition and musicianship, was so frenetic I didn't often play it.  (You may recall my fondness for Larry Coryell, but I never listen to 11th House).

When I get my SOTA/SME back online, I'll have to revisit my ECM Corea vinyl.
frogman
7,561 posts
 
Slower tempos are always much harder than fast ones.   Still just 4/4.
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rok2id
7,859 posts
 
O-10:

May I suggest Beethoven’s 9th. Esp the 4th movement. Some folks consider it the artistic height of Western Civilization. Try it, You will like it.

My current, greatest ever, for this week.

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

Cheers

It's like Jazz in many ways.
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Rok, this is the best I can do on Beethoven;


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MFbn8EbB4k
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