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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
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Peterson, Basie and Pass clip:

Very informative and funny.  When Jazz players talk, they will usually have you in stitches.  Notice how Basie's hands just seem to float over the keys.  What a touch.  These are accomplished Jazz musicians.  No rush, no wild movements or gyrations.   When I see Basie, I always think, in contrast,  of Chucho the 'pulverizer'.   Who is also great.

I had to LOL at the comment Joe Pass made about having played three tunes and then noticing that only 6 minutes had passed.  And there you are on stage, alone, with a guitar.   Hilarious!!

Great Clip.   Thanks.

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Well, I can understand how a man raised all his life on Rib-Eye and T-bone, might have a hankering for neck bones in his old age.

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orpheus10 OP
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Rok, this music is new to me; I don't know how that can be, but there it is;


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qgF5Vd1mi4
     
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this music is new to me; I don't know how that can be, but there it is;



That's because you think you have heard all the Jazz from the Golden age.   You have not.  I doubt if you have scratched the surface.   Just like the rest of us.

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orpheus10 OP
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Now that I think about it, you're probably right. The only way I knew what was happening was from other aficionados and the record store.

The radio played more popular music than anything else, and when they played jazz it was what was "popular" and everybody already knew about it.

Just like this fantastic music by Machito & Charlie Parker that I've never heard, there's a ton of other "boss jazz" that has eluded me. When you think about all of those years that went by without a "You Tube", you realize how much good jazz went by without any kind of alarm being raised.

In my time, you had to buy an album to hear what it sounded like, and I paid for a lot of losers, which made a person not want to take chances; but Machito & Charlie Parker, I would have purchased had I seen it, without fear of it being a loser.

Now that we can listen to all these killers before we buy, there is no limit to what we can acquire.
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