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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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I like the second "Song For My Father" but I didn't like the first one; it had nothing to do with the music, but it was taken too far away from the original; that's my "idiosyncrasy"; singers should write their own lyrics or just go "scat" crazy and not have lyrics. That's a reverent song Silver wrote for his father, and all fathers, but other than that, it was OK. The second version is better.

I will definitely have to get some more of Dee Dee, I liked her group.

Lynne Arrial and her group was nice too, I liked them all; they put a new twist on an old song.

Bobby reminded me of when I drug that cotton sack down dem long rows, ain't no shade in a cotton field. (I went to church on Sunday back then)

I bought Dee Dee's tribute to Silver when it came out.

Enjoy the music.

acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sz9G0xBnl4
acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEQmtTLC6vE
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rok2id
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William Parker Quartet:

(1) "He is a prominent and influential musician in the New York City experimental jazz scene",.....wiki

(2) He also wrote a book entitled, "Who Owns Music?".

Pretty much sums him up. Not Jazz-Jazz, but simple, and pleasant enough, "Experimental-Jazz"?? Whatever that is.

Nice drum playing on both cuts.

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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I have an LP by Billy Bang titled "The Fire Within" that was inspired by books written by Carlos Casteneda. These were some really weird books that were supposed to be true; I found them very entertaining, but hardly believable. That sets you up for the music on this album, with William Parker on bass; it's definitely different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CQ2wtSACmA

Enjoy the music.
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