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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O-10, after four years of this thread it’s obvious that you need to periodically stir the pot and create some sort of controversy peppered with judgments of a personal nature; judgments that you have no business making. Perhaps it is having nothing better to do. Perhaps it is loneliness and the need for interaction of a contentious nature. I don’t know and frankly don’t care. What I do know is that you don’t know me and if you think that interaction on a thread like this can lead to knowing someone then my guesses are probably close to accurate. I assure you that whatever you think about me is totally off the mark...as is much of what you write here. Shame on me for taking your bait again. I hope I was able to, if only for a short while, fill some sort of void for you. Feel free to fire away, but don’t expect any further response. Btw, if this doesn’t prove the error in you assertion that ** Any thread, every thread, is a good one to discuss things of this nature. **  I don’t know what would. Over and out.
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