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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
keegiam
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Thanks O10, I don't think I'm going to need a better DAC than the one in my Oppo BDP-103, at least for now.  This newfound fondness I have for watching and listening to historic performances is something that, for the time being, is, via the Oppo, going to be the best I can do.  I might get a slight audio bump from Greyhound's suggestion of paying for the higher YT bitrate (in cases where it helps the original recording), but my dilemma will not be solved in the near future.
I'll remain in two worlds for now: vinyl nirvana for pure listening, and the Oppo for enjoying the filmed performances on YT.  Life could be worse!
frogman
7,565 posts
 
https://youtu.be/CNKAv1aa9IA

Listen to the end:

https://youtu.be/Jbs_-BobfOs


Badass:

https://youtu.be/hqb_QUsnKbg

https://youtu.be/23sah6aWk3A


😊 :

https://youtu.be/xAz_t2Ybvmc

https://youtu.be/ZgcOTFNzw9A


” Personality is everything in art and poetry” - Goethe
whipsaw
775 posts
 
Thanks for the Teo link, @frogman 

Good stuff!
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rok2id
7,859 posts
 
Very interesting.  If they were 'normal', they wouldn't be who  / what they were.  I wonder how the entire Jazz way of life affected their ability to obtain financial success.  No one seems to ever talk about money in a serious way.

Thanks

Cheers


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rok2id
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Today's Listen:

The Jazz Crusaders  --  LIGHTHOUSE '68
Wayne Henderson(trombone), Wilton Felder(tenor Sax), Joe Sample(piano), Buster Williams(bass), Stix Hooper(drums)

Informative booklet tells of the band's recording history.  Includes this: 

"Coming from a part of the country that did not spend a lot of time debating over what was Jazz, what was Blues and what was R&B, they dipped freely and seamlessly into all of their roots."

Had to LOL at that.  Dropped the word "jazz" from their name in the early 70s.    Recorded 1967

eleanor rigby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZkh8UkDY7k  

oogo-boo-ga-loo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5wm8xBCM7A   

never had it so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWeAF8gNXLM  

tough talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvxsbyB7vLM  

Cheers
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