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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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rok2id
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I can't help it. Hell, it's Terry and Jackson!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KNj9ctgvO8

Cheers
frogman
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Acman3, that clip is an absolute gem; thanks for posting it. A TV show about Jazz that even teaches the viewer about some of its fundamentals!! Amazing! And what a great reminder about our changing times. George Russell's comments at 14:15 are especially good. Biggest surprise: A young Doc Severinsen (before he was Doc) improvising on the first tune. Who knew?!
frogman
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****She absorbed jazz cerebrally, that's the only way it can be understood.****

Huh? O-10, please explain; that comment seems to go counter to others by you. An honest inquiry; thanks.
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, you are definitely back on the track, especially with Kenny Dorham; but you ain't heard the blues until you hear them in a "Juke Joint". Albert King liked juke joints so much, I believe he regretted becoming famous; even after he became famous, he still lived in "Lovejoy, Illinois" which was in close proximity to a lot of juke joints.

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10 OP
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Who is Frogman? There are many Frogmen inside "The" Frogman, all stored in the recesses of his mind. When the music is resonant to some memorable experience, it will excite that memory.

Frogman doesn't make a concentrated effort to hear the music, he lets it come to him. That's when it will excite the emotion associated with the memory of some long forgotten event. That's what listening cerebrally is about.

Right now "Last Tango in Paris" is on my rig, it's the lush one associated with the movie. I see Marlon Brando and his lady without a name doing the Tango in Paris. This music excites all the memories I can associate with that movie. I made no conscious effort what so ever for this to happen, the music excited the memory it was resonant to; that's what listening cerebrally is about, it's letting your psyche do the listening.

I'll respond if this needs clarification.

Enjoy the music.
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