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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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Today's Listen:

Duke Ellington -- LATIN AMERICAN SUITE

If, like me, you thought this would be The Duke's band with 30 guys on percussion instruments  and 40 'Latin' trumpets, you would be wrong.

Written soon after his Band toured South and Central America.  It was originally going to be called "Mexicanticipacion".  Mercifully, the name was changed to "Latin American Suite".

This music shows why this man was such a special composer.  He heard the sounds and rhythms of South America and expressed them in such a delicate and sophisticated way.  With a lesser person, this could have been Santamaria on steroids.

This tune was recorded in 1970.  So there was Jazz being made and played during the 70's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W1vR3D6S4w   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD5PVfMyvUs 

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***** Orpheus and Frogman agree on something*****

Birds of a feather.  What else is new?

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***** If there was an award for the most "stereotypical" jazz of the year, Wynton Marsalis would win it every year.*****

Well, adding your opinion to that of The Frogman's, doubles the total number of Wynton Bashers in the Jazz world.

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frogman
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C’mon Rok, we’re all big boys (and girls?). It IS possible to have interesting discussion about something without complete agreement. There was no "bashing" in anything I wrote. However, in that comment is found the real issue; the swing (pun) to an "all or nothing" attitude. Wynton is great in so many ways. But is he deserving of total and complete adulation and worship? Is there no room for disagreement about specific areas?

Me and O-10, "birds of a feather"? Yikes! I don’t think so. We may agree about Wynton in a very general sense, but that’s about it. What I mean is, I don’t consider Wynton’s playing "stereotypical" AT ALL (!). I (and many) just don’t think his jazz playing is very interesting by the standards set by the great jazz players of the past.

Ellington:

Fantastic! Your description of that music is spot on. The Duke was brilliant.

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I suspect that In the not too distant future, I will click on the latest you-tube from JALC, and there, in the Tenor Sax chair,  will sit, The Frogman. At that point all the boos,  hisses and cries of outrage directed at Wynton will cease.  Wynton, at that point, will be The Frogman's boy.

Stay tuned.

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