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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
frogman
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Chazro, that was going to be one of my recs to Jafant eventhough it's a couple of years old, but I wanted the dust to settle.  Thanks for bringing it up.  Beautiful and very poignant recording with a great lineup that includes Kurt Elling, another great current artist.
frogman
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****I've posted this more than once, why have you failed to acknowledge it Frogman?****

Hmmm, let's see...... Busy with work? Maybe lots of other posts came in around the same time and yours fell through the cracks? Maybe I was busy arguing with Rok? Maybe you posted around the time that my dog (Artie) ate my IPad's charger? Or......

O-10, I didn't think that anyone would be taken to task for not acknowledgimg a post.  With that in mind, should I point out how many of my posts you never acknowledged? Would be kinda silly and petty, no? BTW, one of those was clips of Carmen Lundy.  If you like Charenee Wade I suspect you'll like Lundy; she writes her own material too. Finally, winter weather in NY!  About time.
frogman
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Ohnwy61, I used to ask myself that question.  For me it's really a lot less about Rok than it might seem to be.  I find that there are a lot of mistaken ideas about musicians, their culture and their craft.  It's an opportunity to bring a different perspective to issues that come up.  From my vantage point, the better we understand musicians the better we can understand, and hopefully appreciate and enjoy their music 💡
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, don't waste your time writing a good long post; it doesn't matter what we come up with, they're going to shoot it down.

My last two posts were of good, current jazz CD's that I had purchased and reviewed; they simply overlooked them and kept on harping about us not posting current music.

This is a coalition of the negatives; I call it "Attack of The Negatrons".

Spend your valuable time listening to the good new music we have acquired this year, and now that we have so many of their photographs in Nica's book, we can enjoy their music even more. Have a "Happy New Year" and don't forget "Enjoy the music".
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rok2id
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@orpheus10 

"attack of the Negatrons" --   BRILLIANT!!!   I wish I had said that!

The root of the problem?
The phrase "Irreconcilable Differences" comes to mind.  I had already decided to throw in the towel.  I too, am tired of the negative.   This thread is getting to be a little too 'audiophile' in character for me.

I was sitting here, trying to 'see the light', as I listened to some of their clips on the computer speakers, then I noticed one of the CD players in my rig was playing, so I turned the volume up, and there was Billie singing "Fine and Mellow" (Sound of Jazz).    I just laughed out loud, for real.  I asked myself, can this 'new' music even be of the same genre?  No way!!

WTF was I thinking?   To each his own.   Am I living in the past?   Of course I am.   All Southerners are.   Down here,  past is not only prologue, it's  present.

Cheers


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