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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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rok2id
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The more I hear her, the more I like her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkBkAtaHFDI 

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Nina Simone:

I like some of her stuff.   A lot of it is borderline whining.  Never thought of her stuff as being particularly sophisticated.   Was it even Jazz?   But like Dylan, she was great, for and at, a certain period of time.   I think the civil rights movement killed her career.

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Frogman, you are a professional musician, and you have exhibited your knowledge of music, time, and time again, but you are not a "Connoisseur" of the very best jazz; that requires taste comparable to the best wine stewards.

When Nina Simone goes deep into her piano bag, she is no longer Nina Simone; she is Eunice Waymon, the girl who spent her entire life training to become a classical pianist. Only the most knowledgeable aficionados can hear this.

I have presented to you, Frogman, the jazz epicureans piano delight, although you may not appreciate it; such is life.

Maybe if you start at my first presentation, and listen to them as being that of the pianist Eunice Waymon, you can appreciate them more.

It's only when you separate Nina Simone from Eunice Waymon, can you truly appreciate her piano.

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