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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
mary_jo
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///mary-jo, in America, pronounced "Merica", the vast majority of people are total morons when it comes to politics, and they bandy about words like "Socialism", and "Communism" without a clue as to the actual definition of the words. We "Mericans" have been taught those are bad words, by the people in Washington, and we always believe what the people in Washington DC tell us. That's why they can rob us and loot the treasury; by the way, they punish snitches like me; maybe that's why the citizens choose to stay dumb.///

Orpheus, have nothing to add. The same here. 
mary_jo
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Acman
/// All forms of government fail because we as a species are selfish.///

So true.
frogman
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Ding, ding, ding!!!  We have a winn....!  Well, almost.

mary_jo is correct; it is Miles.  Excellent!  However, the question was who can identify the music; not just the player?  Aside from the sound of Miles’ trumpet, the music and the way it was recorded has a very distinctive vibe which was an immediate giveaway for me.  

Hint 1: That music was recorded somewhere geographically closer to mary_jo’s stomping grounds than to the USA.

Hint 2:  “5th floor, ladies’ lingerie!” 😊
orpheus10 OP
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Today, I've been groovin on "Jimmy Smith" organ, and it's easy for me to imagine being on the set, because in my town, so many house bands are based around the organ.

This is one of his grooviest jams.


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpKGKF7_XY
frogman
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**** Why didn’t she come back in after the trumpet solo. Seems like something is missing. Part of the tune left off. ****

I get what you mean, but it’s simple; it’s the chosen arrangement. Dealer’s choice, so to speak. I suppose we’re used to having a vocalist sing to the end of the arrangement, but that is certainly not always the case. She sings the song (lyrics) in its entirety; there is no more to the lyrics than what she sings. For her to sing again after the trumpet solo would mean she would have to repeat some of what she already sang, or write new lyrics; not a good option in either case. In fact, they used the old Count Basie arrangement with the addition of an extended trumpet solo toward the end. THAT is probably why you had the reaction that something was missing. The trumpet solos for several choruses followed by the band’s final ensemble statement to finish the tune which makes it all seem like an eternity since the vocalist last sang. This is Basie’s original recording of the same arrangement, but without the long trumpet solo at the end; we don’t miss the vocalist nearly as much:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WEua4jhCBRo

Hope that was enough “agenda” for you 😊
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