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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
foster_9
1,610 posts
 
I hear you on Julie London Foster 9, beyond doubt the best american female ballad singer.
05-02-14: Schubert

Thanks Schubert. I've listened to recordings by many other females and in the past months for me her sound has passed them by. It's all about her "sound." Her recordings may not be jazz per se but she certainly is a "jazzy" woman. I did not know she lacked confidence in her talent. That's ironic. She was remarkable in her talent.
schubert
4,867 posts
 
She really did, I've read dozens of her friends and colleagues and saying this.
Also, they all said she was as nice a person as they ever met and it was not the usual false praise of the dead.
She also gave great amount of money to Child Charaties, just a great human being.
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rok2id
4,494 posts
 
The Frogman / Learsfool:

Minnesota is now back in business. Part of the agreement allows for an increase in personnel from 77 to 84.

What does this mean? What sort of players could they now need, that they didn't have before?

Minimum base salary is now $102,284!!

Wow!! nice gig.

Cheers
learsfool
1,206 posts
 
Rok, several Minnesota orchestra players left to go to other positions during that very lengthy lockout they had, so they now need to be replaced, including more than one principal player, if I remember right. Certainly the principal clarinet left, one of the most high profile ones to do so - he took a position in the LA Phil. I assume that is what this probably refers to - it may not be an increase in the actual number of positions, just filling the open ones they have now. I can look it up fairly easily if you really want to know, though, just let me know. FYI, some of the very largest orchestras in the carry have over 90 musicians.
schubert
4,867 posts
 
102 K for someone who worked harder and longer to prefect their craft than the average doc or dentist is not a lot of money. A simple middle-class home in Twin Cities is 300-400 K.
Minnesota is one of greatest bands in the world, to play there you are like the Doc's at another Minnesota icon, the Mayo Clinic, the best of the best.
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