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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.

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orpheus10
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, would you please read that post again.  Maybe you can answer how the records got to Japan.  What the holy smoly does Prince have to do with Grant Green,  Since you threw in The Beatles, why quit there, lets throw in the Pope.

Just because he was from St Louis and had a rough life does not make his music any more than what it is.

Who said he had a rough life?   Bush of the beer Bushes is from St. Louis; everybody from St. Louis did not have a rough life.  What's a rough life got to do with his music?  Miles Davis is from St. Louis, and his daddy was a dentist; Miles got almost anything he wanted.  His daddy paid for Juilliard  school of music plus expenses, he was from St. Louis.  I don't get the connection of music and rough life, could you elaborate?

In regard to staying focused, I can plainly see that; you're not focused enough for me to know what you're talking about.


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frogman
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****What the holy smoly does Prince have to do with Grant Green, ****

A: Everything. Collectors (Japan?) sometimes have a different motivation from that of music lovers. The fact that a record is coveted by collectors is not necessarily an indication of its artistic worth. Much to extrapolate from the following:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Album_(Prince_album)

http://the-black-album.info/1987-release.html
orpheus10 OP
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Now that you've made the Prince connection, can you make the Pope connection? 

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rok2id
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***** Who said he had a rough life? ******

You did.  He died young, strung out on drugs and broke.  Ooops, almost forgot, he was cheated and made to take drugs by the folks at Blue Note.

*****  What's a rough life got to do with his music? *****

On this thread, everything.  You don't examine his music so much as feel sorry for him.

*****  What the holy smoly does Prince have to do with Grant Green,  Since you threw in The Beatles, why quit there, lets throw in the Pope.*****

My way of saying, that if GAME CHANGERS, like Prince, The Beatles and probably every artist that has ever recorded, including Elvis, Chuck Berry and Miles, can have unreleased material, what is the big deal about a run of the mill R&G guitar player from St Louis having the same?

It and he are not that significant.   He did not change the direction of Jazz.   He was not Charles Christian.   Not Miles.  Not even Chuck Berry.   If he had not lived, how would Jazz be different today?   It wouldn't!

Made a few nice albums, but a lot of 'lame' LPs in the 70's.  Not my words, professional reviewers say this.

Get over it.  He was not that important.  He should thank Blue Note.

That's what I meant to say, or words to that effect.

Cheers



orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, and Rok, I never realized how good Grant Green's records were until now. I knew he was a good jazz musician, but I didn't realize how good until now. Maybe it's because I had heard him live without paying a fortune.

I don't know when or how he became a "junky"; I "strongly suspect" it had something to do with his associates at Blue Note records. Why did they, the junkys that is, wind up "poverty stricken"? Although they were some of the most talented jazz musicians who ever lived, they wound up poverty stricken. One of the reasons for certain is; they became junkys, but junkys with good business managers don't become "poverty stricken"; therefore I advise all junkys to get good business managers, and set a little aside for that "need a fix bad" day.



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