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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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O - that's too funny.  I spent a good little bit of time looking at that exact photo.  Didn't even need to look it up to check what you meant.  YUP his girlfriend is looking none too pleased whilst he is looking "smitten"!  Great call.  

Have to say, Doris Day is quite the looker too.  Only knew her from those movies with (Rock Hudson?).  Never that taken with her in those.  
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PS...
O - In case you haven’t discovered this yet, if you click on a photo to make it larger, then hover your cursor over an individual, a little box will appear showing their name. Not in every case but often…esp. in group photos.

One other thing worth commenting on:
Everyone wearing jacket and tie...the guys, anyway. Night out and all that, I suppose. Still, whether or not you think manner of dress is symptomatic, you don’t have to convince me about the general coarsening over the last several (5?) decades leading to our present time. No use bemoaning the fact. Gotta play the hand that’s dealt ya’...Still, would love to have a time machine to go back and visit what were really the coming of age years for my parents.
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Ghosthouse, I enjoyed going to "Red Lobster" when men wore jackets and ties there, although they were not required. That made me feel like going to a more expensive place where they were required.

Gotta play the hand that's dealt you.
pryso
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ghost, I didn't make it through all 17 pages of Gottlieb's LOC photos, but I enjoyed looking at the first part.  It struck me how many shots I'd seen before without knowing who was the photographer.

A bit of trivia - Jack Crystal in that photo in the Commodore Record Shop is Billy Crystal's dad.

Also, about the transition from jackets and ties.  In college in the early '60s it was common to wear a coat and tie on a date, even when attending football games.  Then I dropped out of school, spent three years in the Navy, and returned to finish in 1966.  The change over that brief time was astounding.  From coats and ties to work shits, denim jackets, or fatigues.  The "Summer of Love" and Viet Nam protests were obvious signs of great cultural changes in the mid-'60s.  Music in general, and certainly jazz, changed during that time as well.  Miles went electric.  That may not have generated as much controversy as Dylan doing the same thing, but only because Dylan had a bigger audience.
orpheus10 OP
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I wasn't quite in my teens when "Bird" died at Nica's apartment, and nothing but horrible things were said and written about her. Of course I believed them because that was all you got.

Now that I can gather all the information, and think for myself, I realize who the really horrible people were.

"Bird" never claimed that Nica was his girlfriend; she was a friend who he always treated with respect. All the jazz musicians who knew her, gave her the respect that a "Baroness" deserved.

Now, I also forgive myself for believing the things they said about Nica at that time.


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