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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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cleeds
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rok2id " ... Could you list in order of difficulty to play, the brass instruments in an Orchestra.   And speak a little about what makes them more or less difficult."

I think the French horn is, hands down, the most difficult to play of all of the brass instruments. That's because the same valve fingering can produce multiple, often closely spaced, notes.
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Oliver Sain:

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

Was he practicing?!?

Lord help us all.

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, thanks a lot for that supporting link on Oliver Sain. He looked the same as he looked on that interview the last time I saw him; he was in the hot tub looking fit as a fiddle (however fit that is) and we talked for a long time about when he was on the bandstand, and I was in the club where he was playing, having a ball. Although we didn't know one another during those times, we were in the same space at the same time, that made us feel like long lost friends; especially considering those times spanned so many years.

(pardon me if I pass on that absurd question) Half of the south is named 'Sonny Boy'

He was so easy to talk to that he felt like a long lost friend. Late 90's is as close as I can get to the last time I saw him. Thanks again for that link.




Enjoy the music.

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cleeds:

***** I think the French horn is, hands down, the most difficult to play of all of the brass instruments. That's because the same valve fingering can produce multiple, often closely spaced, notes. *****

That's what I thought also.   That's why I could not imagine anyone playing it as a solo instrument in Jazz.   At least any 'cookin' Jazz.

Thanks for the post

Our Classical oracle will speak soon.

Cheers
pirius
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DEXTER GORDON: IMO, the most-under appreciated tenor in all of jazz. Faithful, prolific yet always pushing the Bebop envelope. My favorites

Doin' Allright (1961), Blue Note
Dexter Calling... (1961), Blue Note
Go! (1962), Blue Note
A Swingin' Affair (1962), Blue Note
Our Man in Paris (Paris 1963), Blue Note – with Bud Powell
One Flight Up (Paris, 1964) – Blue Note
Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux (Prestige, 1970) – with Junior Mance
Generation (1972) with Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton and others – Prestige
Swiss Nights Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
Swiss Nights Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1978])
Swiss Nights Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])
Something Different (SteepleChase, 1975)
Bouncin' with Dex (SteepleChase, 1975)
Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (Columbia, 1976)
Sophisticated Giant (1977) with 11-piece big-band including Woody Shaw, Slide Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson – Columbia Records
Gettin' Around (New York, 1965)
The Squirrel: Live at Montmartre (1967)
Both Sides of Midnight (Black Lion, recorded on July 20, 1967, released in 1988)
Take The "A" Train (1967)
A Day in Copenhagen (MPS, 1969) – with Slide Hampton
The Tower of Power! (Prestige, 1969) – with James Moody
Round Midnight (1986), Columbia Records
The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986) Blue Note Records
Awakenings (1990)
Live at Carnegie Hall (1998), Columbia Records – Recorded in 1978


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