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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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Consider this:

Max Roach never existed.   What impact on  Jazz??

Louis Armstrong never existed.   What impact on Jazz?

Try the same for Miles, Coltrane, Ellington, Monk, Mingus etc.....

See how easy that was?

He was hall of fame, but not one of the most important ever.

Cheers

BTW the NYT is the outfit that hyped Stravinsky.   Maybe the first Classical Composer to benefit from modern media hype.   Had he lived in Mozart's time, we would not know his name.    


frogman
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As always, so unfortunate that this thread has to sink to this level instead of aspiring for better.

**** Had he lived in Mozart's time, we would not know his name.****

If you could understand why this comment says it all, and I mean ALL, perhaps there could be some interesting discussion about the greatness of Oliver Nelson instead of this nonsense.  Too bad.  Hint:

"Had Trane lived in Jelly Roll's time; we would not know his name"


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O-10:
Grant Green:

I have that CD.   Listen to it often.   I will always buy any Jazz CD that contains Spirituals or Gospel music.   One of my favorites is Ellington with Mahalia Jackson.

Nice clips.

Cheers
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***** "Had Trane lived in Jelly Roll's time; we would not know his name"*****

Well, we can never know, but I think genius always makes itself known.   Maybe Old Jelly would have started be-bopping.   I cannot think of any Jazz great that could not have played in New Orleans at the beginning.  IMO, of course.

Cheers

I wonder who sells the most CDs today.   Mozart or Stravinsky?   Hmmmm
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, every thing is sliced up in time; when you look at rings on a sawed off tree trunk, that tells you it's best years. I'm of the impression our favorite jazz is related to our best years. I believe our declining love for music as it becomes more current is an indication of our age, more so than the quality of the music.

Since we can not look at ourselves from the outside in, it's impossible for an individual to judge himself.

Today has been the best in a long time in regard to "new" music from the same time era. It's quite apparent that so much "jazz" came out at one time, that we could not have even known about it, much less bought it. I've said time and again that our present knowledge of this music is a result of current PC communications; I know I'm really enjoying it, and a side benefit is friends you don't have to feed or buy liquor for.


Enjoy the music.
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