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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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****Apparently he or she is completely outside of my musical awareness. Is that good or bad for "Enigma".?****

O-10, my moment was not a judgmental one.  It seems to me that when a musical group that is declared to be:

****the most creative musical group to come along in decades; they have presented a new form of artistic expression with mystic and experimental components which enabled them to sell 700 million records world wide.**** (!!!)

..... that the inclusion (sampling) of the opening of one of the (the?) most popular twentieth century Classical music works would be highly relevant.  Fyi:

"Carmina Burana" is collection of medieval poems in Latin set to music by the German composer Carl Orff.  Throughout the "Enigma" clips that you posted medieval music is a strong component.

jafant
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Jazzy Christmas tunes!
frogman
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"moment" = comment . Sorry.
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, I appreciate your very informative post. I never approached music from an academic point of view, it has always been from an emotional, or resonant stance; meaning if the music is in harmony with my inner vibes we, (me and the music) go into a state of "resonance" . Enigma affects me in that fashion.

The music we like is a composite of who we are, that includes all of our various lives before we reached our present state of awareness; in other words, I might have been one of the Knights of the Round table in one of my previous incarnations; that would most certainly explain my affinity for Enigma.


Enjoy the music.
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rok2id
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Folks on this thread do seem to listen to music as if they were music critics, instead of music lovers.

Cheers
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