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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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Those reactionary chauvinists in Vienna and Berlin had better look over their shoulders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXDT4GtKK88

Cheers
acman3
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Frogman,
In the whirlwind of sounds of the quartet and the quintet [ Sanders], I always could find " grounding" in the chords Tyner was playing. I think a player like Calderazzo would have been overwhelmed in that sound, but McCoy could always be heard. I always thought the other players heard the same thing. Maybe not.

It could be the way my mind dealt with the dense ideas happening all at once,
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rok2id
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Well, after Tyner left, they did seem to fall into the Abyss. Maybe 'Black Hole' would be more descriptive. I wonder why Tyner left?

Cheers
acman3
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If my memory serves me, the problem started when Coltrane started bringing in other players. Mccoy left 1st and then Elven Jones left shortly after when Coltrane started using Rashid Ali, as a second drummer. One report on Wiki, said McCoy could not hear himself, with all the sounds. Maybe someone else can add some more.

I read or heard an interview a long time ago where Mcoy and Elvin said they just had problems with the direction of the music. I tried to find it on the internet, so you could see their own words, but I did not find it.
orpheus10 OP
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Acman, you and Rok are both correct; while it's not so apparent on records, at a live performance it was quite clear; "Trane" would take off to parts unknown, he seemed to feel, "If you wanted to hear what you heard on a record, you would have stayed home and played the record".

Tyner would stick with "Trane" as long as he could, but was quick to realize when it was futile, and that's when he would just make a solid foundation for the rest of the group to get behind.

According to Miles, Trane played for Trane on live sets. When this happened, only the musicians in the audience seemed to know what Trane was doing and where he was going.

Yes, Tyner was the glue that kept things together when Trane decided to go on one of his excursions, and Trane must have known that when the muse hit him, and he took off to another galaxy, that McCoy Tyner would keep things together down here on the ground; otherwise, as Rok stated, the music would have slipped into the abyss, and Trane knew that Tyner wasn't going to let that happen.

Enjoy the music.
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