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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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ghosthouse
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Always a pleasure (and privilege) to make introductions.  

O - Debbie Harry was lead singer in Blondie.  You might know them (unavoidably!) or otherwise from a bunch of top 10s they had back in the bad old '80s days of Studio 54 and the like.  Her singing with them didn't lead me to expect something like Weird Nightmare. 

pryso - JB and Summers both have something to offer.  Of the two, Beck might be more firmly anchored in the blues.  Check out Beck's "Performing This Week...Live at Ronnie Scott's", if you haven't already.  Andy was guitarist in The Police but as good as some of his licks were playing with them, I pretty much prefer the solo stuff he's released in the years since they disbanded.  Much more varied and interesting, I think.  

Peggy's Blue Sky Light is a Summers' album of Mingus covers that contains Weird Nightmare with the Debbie Harry vocal. 
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We have strayed a long way from "classic jazz", which is exemplified by "Clarence Shaw", to "Weird Nightmare", and "Saigon Phunk", but I think that if you are a "serious listener" you can appreciate them both more because of the contrast.

Billy Bangs "Chan Chan" is about as far from classic jazz as you can get, but I enjoyed it even more after listening to Clarence Shaw's "Breakthrough" which was the epitome of "classic jazz". Instead of just listening to the one cut that was posted, I discovered that if you just let "you tube play" you could get into where the artist was coming from.

On Yo! Ho Chi Minh is in The House, I got into the oriental aspect of the music, especially Bang's violin; but serious listeners settle in for the long haul, and complete enjoyment of the music, including the setting, which was "Vietnam" on this one.

Out of all the music that's been posted, could you let me know which one you did some serious listening to?
orpheus10 OP
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Ghosthouse, I remembered the name "Blondie", but since I wasn't into it, that's all I remember.

If I had known what you know, I would not have posted that documentary.
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Sorry O - I'd missed the documentary link you posted when I was writing that 1:30PM post.  No problem.  Sometimes it's good to hear things in a wildly different context.
pryso
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Did someone mention Oriental?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkYLilWfqzs&list=PLxFVuKFhagCvfnVF_OeqlblN7wqYP_ZUE

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