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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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ghosthouse
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@keegiam
Thanks for your follow up comments re HH’s The River: The Joni Letters as well as that "making of" link. Tastes definitely differ. Me personally, never heard of Corrine Bailey and honestly wasn’t taken with her voice on that recording. No offense intended, but too much of that little girl "thing" going on which seems a popular style these days. I’ll pass.

Once again the prescient Mr. Hancock has something pertinent to recent discussion:
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk-QKm0Nkcc&list=PL8a8cutYP7fpt6kgfknQfP_ospmVm8Ftl&ab_channel=MichaelSpencerMichaelSpencer

(Who’s that singing The Man I Love?!)
mary_jo
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skyscraper Mike, thank you for sharing your story. :--) I love it! 
mary_jo
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’Sweet and Lowdown’ directed by Woody Allen from 1999.
Can’t remember anything from it. Is it possible that I did not see it? (Please spare me your kind of irony here. :--)) I have watched so many Woody’s movies. But where suppose I should watch it?
mary_jo
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Obviously, we all have different tastes, but seriously, there is a huge difference between saying one doesn’t like a style of playing and saying “he can’t play”. I think it’s important to separate the two things before making grand statements like that which can easily be disputed by objective (yes, objective) criteria which define a music.
well said, fro
acman3
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8nEOeWxlxT0
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