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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.
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.
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This is a good time for me to show my appreciation for artists that have given me so much pleasure over the years; in this case, a specific sideman. When I think of a record by Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, or Charles Mingus, I never think of the sidemen who worked so hard with their unique talents to make that record a hit. One side man in particular I would like to feature is "Pepper Adams" and the part he played in my favorite records. I heard these records on the jukebox when I was living the life that only allowed you to assess the music from what you heard because there was nothing to read when the music emanated over some clubs system from the jukebox. Donald Byrd, "Here Am I"; focus on Pepper Adams baritone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewhwrPi044 Here again we hear Pepper Adams smoking baritone, but I for one, didn't think much about because it was Lee Morgan's record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo0P2YugUnU&list=PLEE6B352B63B2B0CC Listen to the way Pepper Adams smokes this tune on the LP headlined by Mingus; my point is, Pepper Adams was one dynamite sideman on baritone that I didn't give the credit he was due. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY Enjoy the music. |
Love is an intense feeling of affection and care towards another person. It is a profound and caring attraction. On the other hand, lust is a strong desire of a sexual nature. Young people go into a state of "lust" whenever they see another beautiful person with a boss body. "Love" is a passionate feeling towards another person that's developed over a period of time. A "true" crime of passion is one where the perpetrator had not an inkling of a thought they would commit such a crime against the person they loved just prior to the event. I'll give you a scenario; the woman is cutting up chicken, she has a long butcher knife in her hand (naturally). Words are exchanged ( they are having a lovers spat, but are not yet married, which is something she wants) For some reason, he says "There is no way I would marry you"; she twirls without thought or hesitation, with the (unconscious) intention of plunging the knife through the center of his heart. If the guy was agile enough, he deflected the knife and wound up with a slight scratch; but if not, there was a corpse on the floor with a knife protruding from it's heart, and a woman wandering how it got there. Lust involves the satiation of desires that are of a purely sexual nature, and could involve deviant people that are already off the "normal" chart who could have a proclivity for murder. The person who commits the "true" crime of passion is as normal as sunshine; somebody said or did something that unleashed the passionate love they felt, and turned it into a violent rage that was on automatic, and could not stop before the deed had been done. |
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