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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
orpheus10 OP
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Moanin' is a jazz album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1958 for the Blue Note label and released in 1959


According to Frogman, there was a "Great but mysteriously controversial Lee Morgan solo"

Tunisia” is from the same concert as the earlier “Moanin” with the great, but mysteriously controversial Lee Morgan solo.



"Moanin" was popular on the radio, and on juke boxes in cities all over the country, and this is the first time I heard of this "Great but mysteriously controversial Lee Morgan solo"


I would appreciate it if Frogman could amplify, expand, and clarify that statement.


I've been listening to the album since 59, and this is the first time I heard of a "Great but mysteriously controversial Lee Morgan solo"


frogman
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O-10, I fail to see how a solo on a live version of the tune has anything to do with the solo on the record. Having said that, I will try and clarify even further by rewriting that sentence:

** “Tunisia” is from the same concert as the earlier “Moanin” with the great, but mysteriously controversial (HERE!) Lee Morgan solo. ** 

No additional controversy intended when I wrote the first version of the comment. It was done simply to explain which clip I was referring to. So I think we can move on.




orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Unless there is a significant difference between the live solo and the record, we can not move on.

Are you saying this "Great but mysteriously controversial Lee Morgan solo" appears on the live solo but not the record?
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

If you state this was heard by you and Keegiam, but give no proof that it was heard by others, that's good enough to move on.
frogman
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O-10, you know by now that I enjoy dialogue as long as it does not turn contentious and insulting.

Of course there is a significant difference between the two solos; and yes the solo in question appears on the live recording, but not the record. They are entirely different solos. As they should be. That is the whole point of Jazz improvisation, no?

I never felt his solo was controversial in any musical sense. It became controversial HERE for some reason which, as I see it, was totally unnecessary: your objection to what I wrote re the character of a part of that particular solo. My opinion, not yours; or are we not allowed to have opinions that may differ from yours?

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