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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 knew Mississippi was backwards, but that's stretching it, even for Mississippi.*****


Well this was 1956.  Mississippi was probably no more backwards than any other rural state at that time.

I have always felt I had the most wonderful childhood.

Cheers

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rok2id
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*****rok, would that have been in or near Oxford*****


No, this was in the delta area of the state.   Land of cotton and the blues.

I think the Mississippi intellectuals, folks who could read, write and figure, lived up around Oxford. :)

Cheers

pryso
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"I think the Mississippi intellectuals, folks who could read, write and figure, lived up around Oxford."  Great line! ;^)

When I visited my friend and his wife in Oxford we took a side trip to Clarksdale.  I just had to see the famous blues "crossroads".  But the devil was nowhere in sight.  We had lunch in a funky old bar where I'm certain I would have heard some great blues had I been there any evening.
schubert
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rok2id, I disremember the musician I heard say it(Andre Previn ?)but I never forgot it .
" Rock and Roll, the Hamburger that ate the World "  .
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, I'm sure you had a wonderful childhood in Mississippi; I recall visiting relatives in Wynona when I was only 5 years old. There was a sweet and very fragrant aroma about the place in the grasslands that I will never forget, although I don't know what it was.

I remember watermelons fresh out of the patch, churning butter, incredible food, and lizards; a snake here and there, but mostly lizards; everywhere I was taken, a lizard seemed to be scampering across the dusty road.

There was no electricity, and at night they told ghost stories. Fortunately, I always slept with someone, because I was scared to death after all of those ghost stories; I could see "haints" coming to get me.

There was nothing more fun than fishing and swimming in creeks, plus chasing rabbits with dogs. I can very well understand how you had a fantastic childhood in Mississippi.
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