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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.
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After doing nothing but complain about current jazz releases, I discovered something I like; it's relaxed and easy to listen to. While many current artists require the listener to work, "Harry Allen" makes no such demands; although he's only 48, his music is reminiscent of live sets I enjoyed at clubs many years ago, the city skyline on the album cover sets the stage perfectly.

The title of the album is "For George, Cole, And Duke", and there isn't one weak cut; once you settle back, relax, and get in this groove, before you know it, the last cut will have played, and you've just gotten comfortable.

Although I'm unfamiliar with the artists, I like the music, and that's all that matters. This is too precious a gem not to share with fellow "aficionados", that's why I'm posting this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4M8a1z24RI

Enjoy the music.
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Can anyone report on the Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch CD: ----LIVE IN CUBA----

I hope it's as good as it sounds.

Cheers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4BC3vErvpc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqMvGtjyWSw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEmvBdRLg4k
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So I wonder what new is going on in Jazz these days? Its always been an evolving form. World music influences, particularly Latin American seems to be more common these days. I am not up to speed and do wonder. jazz as a pure art form of its own seemed to "Jump the Shark" with a lot of the more Avantegarde forms of the late sixties and early seventies. Since then it seems more about mixing in elements of other music forms. Not a bad thing in my mind, but a lot different than Jazz in its pre-60s/70's heyday.
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