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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.
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***** Agree with the first commnet.  I will tell you that I have heard/read Zappa reffered to as a rock musician far more than as a jazz musician, so who is it that calls it jazz?*****


"Zappa is the first, and so far only, artist to be inducted into both the Jazz and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame." -- google

Apparently someone calls it Jazz.   Esp since he went into the Jazz hall first.  Think of the players who are NOT in the Jazz Hall of Fame.

But this goes back to what I said, and to which you responded "huh?"  They say his music was hard to categorize, so into the Jazz bin it goes.  The catch-all dumping bin.  My point is, it Just shows a lack of respect for, and understanding of,  the music.

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***** Mingus:  I would call it great music.  I don't much care to classify it.  What does that prove really, if one thinks about it?*****

Not trying to prove anything, but since we were talking about 'modern' Jazz, just wondered if a tune like 'Hog Calling' was an example of Modern Jazz.
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***** I think all this goes back to what is really important and what I tried explain in my previous post: it's really knowing how to identify really good music making that matters most. *****

This is not what matters most.  Identifying and sharing music that a person likes, or even dislikes, is what matters most.


Good vs Bad music:

Ravel said "there is no music there' referring to his composition 'Bolero'.   I'll admit it did cause riots in Paris.  People took their music a little more serious back then. :)
Tchaikovsky didn't think much of '1812'.   I think he said he was sorry he wrote it.

So, sometimes, declaring music bad, for whatever reason,  could be just one person's opinion.  Even if that person composed it!!  The great unwashed may beg to disagree.

The Bey Sisters being prime examples, on this thread,  of how greatness can be trashed, in  the name of technical correctness. :)

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*****  Time and time again I have seen music posted on this thread that fits into a poster's favorite style and it seems that simply by that virtue alone that posted music gets automatically bumped up to "good" in that poster's mind when it is simply mediocre or worse.****

Some examples would be nice.

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*****   It really is true:  "there are only two kinds of music, good and bad".  *****

In the ear of the listener,  this is absolutely true.   And I think this is what the quote means.   There is no definitive 'list' of the good and bad.

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