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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
mary_jo
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O-10, that is very kind of you but I have to disappoint you because I am definitely not the type you're looking for. Alex saw me in live, I am not his type, Fro saw me on the internet while performing, he says that I am ok, but every woman with a proper make up and under proper light looks ok. So, with an average look and very bad temper, this woman advise you better to run and hide while you still can. :-) Only the men that like my specific type (I do not fulfil this first condition with you), older than me, very wise and extremely self-confident can handle all this, others I simply "destroy". Ok, not like that but it is not far from that.

Other than that, I am quite lovely. :---)))
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rok2id
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Today's Listen:

Marcus Roberts  --  IF I COULD BE WITH YOU

Excellent notes, but very difficult to read.  "....I would eventually like to be able to play two solos simultaneously that evoke contrasting moods.  For maximum freedom, I would like to be able to do this at any velocity.  I think that would be a true contribution."

As the OP might say, no comment.

Thankfully we aren't there yet, soooooooo

preach, reverend preach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBzd31BrFE&t=97s 

mood indigo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5i7yyjv_j8   

just a closer walk with thee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAwmwM9WMew  

carolina shout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYpfsD71Mo  

country blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk9BNPtD5kM  

keep off the grass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2StOt7-Yqg  

And 14 more!  All short and sweet.  Some are very close to the Jazz Big Bang.

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Mary_jo, you sound a little bit like one of my "ex-wives", but nobody could be that bad; she was bad to the bone, and her name was not Christine.


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAb81olgCNs



I love that car. True story; my uncle bought one fresh off the line that same color, and he decided on a road trip a little over a hundred miles south of St. Louis, with my cousin driving. On the way back, my cousin said he had to drive fast to stay woke.

I went to sleep in the back seat, and the wind whistling woke me up, but the car was moving along as steady as a rock; I looked at the speedometer and it read 120. Those fins functioned as stabilizers at high speeds, the same as an airplane.

I went back to sleep with the thought, "If anything goes wrong, I'll never know it".
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Rok, Marcus Roberts is a re-incarnation, he's been here before; that's why he can play that music better than the people who wrote it.
mary_jo
1,525 posts
 
Bbbb bad to the bone. That is very nice car.
p.s.
No, O-10, I am not bad, I only can be a bit unpleasant sometimes, meaning too straightforward. Men do not like that.


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