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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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Learsfool:

Article in the local paper about a Local jazz duo, consisting of Piano and Mellophonium.

The horn player talks about how difficult the horn is to play.  He calls his, 'Attila The Horn'.  It was designed to bridge the gap between Trombone and Trumpet.  Stan Kenton used them in his band.

It reminded me of the exchange we had about the French Horn and how 'nimble' it was to play, which was my way of saying it could not be played fast.  You corrected me.

Could you list in order of difficulty to play, the brass instruments in an Orchestra.   And speak a little about what makes them more or less difficult.

The article goes on top say the Mellophonium has not been manufactured since 1977.   Made by Conn.   They said that like it meant something.

Thanks

Cheers
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rok2id
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Oliver Sain:

Wow!  A lot of names from the past.   I remember people talking about Willie Love in Greenville.   'Living Blues' magazine did a nice article on him a few centuries ago.

Most of the people you mentioned crisscrossed my neck of woods in their heyday.  Little Milton was a regular.

You do realize there were many guys named Sonny Boy Williamson.

That's part of the charm of the blues.   Everyone is buried in several different places.  Killed by several different means.   Charley Johnson has at least three tombstones in three different places.

And of course US Highway 61 will carry you to Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles or New York.   What a road.

Welcome to the Land of The Blues.

Cheers
cleeds
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rok2id " ... Could you list in order of difficulty to play, the brass instruments in an Orchestra.   And speak a little about what makes them more or less difficult."

I think the French horn is, hands down, the most difficult to play of all of the brass instruments. That's because the same valve fingering can produce multiple, often closely spaced, notes.
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Oliver Sain:

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

Was he practicing?!?

Lord help us all.

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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Rok, thanks a lot for that supporting link on Oliver Sain. He looked the same as he looked on that interview the last time I saw him; he was in the hot tub looking fit as a fiddle (however fit that is) and we talked for a long time about when he was on the bandstand, and I was in the club where he was playing, having a ball. Although we didn't know one another during those times, we were in the same space at the same time, that made us feel like long lost friends; especially considering those times spanned so many years.

(pardon me if I pass on that absurd question) Half of the south is named 'Sonny Boy'

He was so easy to talk to that he felt like a long lost friend. Late 90's is as close as I can get to the last time I saw him. Thanks again for that link.




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