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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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Hall and Zoller:
Nothing to criticize here. Hall is his usual, brilliant,. stone faced, immobile, self. Wouldn't hurt to see him get 'into it'. After all, he ain't playing country music.

Zoller's first name is ATTILA!! As in HUN!! Good Grief.

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****You couldn't get into his music because you didn't have an adequate mode of transportation to get to the "Misty mid region of Wier";*****

I think that mode of transportation is ilegal here in Texas. But in the 70's, a lot of folks traveled via that mode.

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O-10:

You do have eclectic taste.

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Review of Donald Byrd's "Places and Spaces"

"This is not an album designed for people who want to hear ONLY hard bop, post-bop, or other styles of "JAZZ jazz". It's not designed to showcase stunning, transcendent horn playing. It's for fans of sophisticated, plush, funky R&B."
--Amazon Reviewer.

Well said. Check out the Jazz jazz comment. Gotta love it. You have Fusion-Jazz, Rock-Jazz, Funk-Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Free-Jazz, Avant-Grade-jazz, and now we have Jazz-Jazz., Brilliant!! Thats the kind we all know and love.

I will use this from now on.

BTW, the clip was nice.

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Frogman, according to some, "Fusion" is not jazz. Since I'm not in the defining business, I'll leave that to you, and anyone else who's posting on this thread; but, the 70's most certainly was the decade of "Fusion". When almost all of the "high profile" artists in jazz were engaged in some form of fusion, even Horace Silver, just not the same kind as Herbie, how can you call it any other way?

Enjoy the music.
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