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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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***** that assumes that the ability to analyze intellectually and the visceral experience are mutually exclusive. *****

Once again, we are into straw men.   They are not mutually exclusive, but they are certainly not the same thing.   In listening to, and enjoying a Jazz performance, the visceral  trumps any 'intellectual' considerations.  

In fact, I don't understand why 'intellectual' has any place in the playing or appreciation of Jazz.   Or any other genre for that matter.

That intellectual stuff is for the noise-makers in the school house.

Cheers
frogman
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Starting?  I've made that comment several times before.  That's alright.  I understand where the outbursts are coming from; it's all very transparent, really.  The shame is that the gratuitous negativity and posturing about everything from the need to "protect" jazz to the role of people like Hentoff is only a lot of chest thumping and accomplishes nothing.  That is why I liked moto_man's posts; to the point, but evenhanded and non-judgmental.  

acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sONfxPCTU0
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rok2id
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The Frogman has gone psychoanalyst on us.
moto_man
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Now, now . . . we all know that everyone has different preferences in music.  Aside from my love of jazz, which my wife doesn't like at all, I love Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Pink Floyd.  She hates ELP, but loves Pink Floyd.  Why?  No real way to explain other than I like it or I don't.  Same thing here.  Some people like atonal jazz, others like dixieland or swing.  Doesn't mean that one LP sucks and another is epic.  The only thing that is subject to intellectual analyzing is perhaps the skill of the musician, which most can appreciate regardless of whether they enjoy the music. So the visceral experience is taste dependent, while the intellectual analysis of the music attempts to impose some sort of objective framework on music, which is just not possible when it comes to one LP being "better" than another.  Just my opinion . . . YMMV.  :)


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