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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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Frogman, there is more than one segment; RMAF16: Analog Tape: The Ultimate Format Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, plus the future of vinyl should be in analog, while the other segments would fit in different forums; Misc audio sounds good for the rest of the segments, why don't you post it there.

My opinion of that whole thing has been stated; for example; there is no better waste of money than a $200. turntable, unless it's for a child.


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***** I have never seen so many, talk so much, and say so little; "Is it is, or is it aint, will it will, or will it wont"; that's all I wanted to know, and I never found out.*****

EXACTLY!!   I did not get any info from the three or four I watched.   Fermer said "we have to get the people who can afford high end, to buy more of it." WTF?

I don't think music was even mentioned.

One guy said his amps sold for 185,000 dollars U.S.  I think that demands some explanation.   I bet it did not cost him much more to build that amp than it did Harman Kardon to build my $300 receiver.

A good opportunity missed.  All the gurus in one place and they say nothing.   Perhaps there is nothing to say.  It is what it is, the most lucrative business this side of the drug cartels.

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, after going through R2D4, I noticed there was no current or even fairly recent jazz there. While there is good music being made currently, good jazz is so debatable, that it's not worth the debate. Mediocre, yes; but good would be stretching it a bit. Mediocre is fine for live, if that's the best you can get.

Nothing falls in or out of existence without a reason; the kind of jazz I call "fantastic", only exists in the past. If you can find some current jazz, that I would call fantastic I'll agree to that.



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Rok, those amps over $100K get into something that has nothing to do with audio; that gets into people who are bored, and they just discovered "High end audio". While stuff like that is nothing new; I ask you, "Why is it that all of a sudden, we have so much of this stuff"; that tells me there has been an increase in the number of people who can buy such stuff, and it comes along at the same time as an increase in poverty?
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***** that tells me there has been an increase in the number of people who can buy such stuff, and it comes along at the same time as an increase in poverty?*****

Good point.
I am finally coming around to the view that the system is rigged.  There are too many people making too much money by doing absolutely nothing.   They produce nothing and they create nothing.   If you can make millions or even billions by punching a few keys on a computer, or shuffling a few papers around, then a $185,000 stereo amp is nothing.   After all, you didn't have to work for it.

How can we have a system where hedge fund managers can bet against the market, then spend all their time making sure the markets fall, and then they makes millions.  All these so-called 'instruments' are just creations someone came up with to get rich.   Not based on market forces or economic performance all.  Schemes.  Scams.   There will be a reckoning.

But all systems 'correct' themselves when they get too far out of balance.  Russia in 1917, Germany in 1930's, China in the 1950s, America in _____.  Hope I'm not around.

Cheers
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