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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:

Grant Green / Sonny Clark -- The Complete Quartets

The OP's boy.  Well, he can play.  Every tune well played by both Sonny and Grant.  Great tone on the guitar.   Lots of standards.   And I think this maybe be why the OP was sort of disappointed.   Well played standards, but nothing that really reached out and grabbed you.  No 'Senor Blues' type tunes.


Too Many like these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9R--KOCgUo  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTD-4AozN5o  

Not enough, or none, like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4qLD3c2rGA  

But, a very nice record.  Cannot fault his playing.

Cheers
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You people will have a lot to answer for one day.  When, or if, you reach the pearly gates, you better hope they aren't manned by Pops, The Duke, or people of their ilk.   If so, you are all in deep doo-doo.

Cheers
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People who want to play Jazz, should play Jazz instruments.  Picture the NYPO with all the violins replaced by guys on electric guitars, wearing tank tops with rings in their noses and baseball caps on backwards. I don't think saying "We be advancing the art" will sway anyone.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnqzBqMYPYU
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Wynton:

When Marsalis arrived on the scene, the epicenter of Jazz was in NYC.   Full of hard, bitter, angry, drug addicted Jazz players.  They played music that reflected this condition.  Forgotten was the warning from Pops that,"If you  can't dance to it, it ain't Jazz".  They were all advancing the art.   They advanced the art so far that they left the paying public behind.

Enter the Jazz savior coming up from the birth place of Jazz.  Virtuoso, clean cut, drug free, and very articulate.  He called them out.   Showed them they were washed up, and had lost their way.  Saved Jazz.  That's why folks like Miles resented him.

Jesus cleansed the Temple, and you see what they did to him.  So Wynton has survived relatively unscathed.

Cheers




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