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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
alexatpos
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Orpheus, the one I got is Lucky Thompson, Impulse edition, recordings and line up as I mentioned them.
It is on cd, as well as the 'Lucky Strike'
Here is the link from Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Tricotism-Lucky-Thompson/dp/B000J3IHJO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid...

It would be nice to have all those albums on vinyl, but many that I look for are not or will never be printed again,(for some, lp-cd, is the opposite way) not to mention the difference in price.
So, the cd's are best solution, for me. I am not fan of pc audio either, I like to have a 'solid' feel to records that I own

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ghosthouse
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Okay, Frogman. Listened to Atlantis. I could hear why you thought it would appeal to me. It’s got a contemporary sound and I do like the chord progressions and arrangements. Jury’s still out for a final verdict. Have to listen more to see whether a connection gets made or not.

Did a little reading about Mr. Shorter. Quite a prestigious career. Had no idea he was a co-founder of Weather Report.

From Atlantis, Track 3 (The Three Marias) was familiar to me.
Here’s another take on that composition (and where I’d first heard it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IxLpCk7atA&ab_channel=ffrangcon

Also, an interesting piece about WS and "the Dan" here:
http://www.jazzwax.com/2011/07/how-steely-dan-got-wayne-shorter.html

Thanks for the suggestion. Got some trombone music to check out.

Hey O - I DO remember when you’d sit through a not so great track rather than get up to move the needle and skip it. Something similar applied to TV before remotes, i.e., back when there were only 3 network channels + the public station (Channel 13 growing up in the shadow of the Big Apple; deadly boring to a kid).

That A/C article might have been in The Atlantic but right now I can’t view it on-line because I’m running AdBlocker...so not certain if it was the one I’m remembering.

Keepin’ It Cool: How the Air Conditioner Made Modern America - The ...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/...it...air-conditioner...america/241892/

Jul 14, 2011 - Air conditioning hasn’t just cooled our rooms -- it’s changed where we live, what ... But the effects of air conditioners reach far beyond atmospherics to the ... Many of the central changes in our society since World War II would not have ... The December 2016 issue of The Atlantic includes my article on these ...

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rok2id
4,494 posts
 
In celebration, I think I hit the Muscatel a little too hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH01FhqMdc8

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
5,988 posts
 

Alex, I'm sure I have those LP's; I got them at a time the CD was unavailable, but my records are so disorganized that finding anything is a job.

That was a very interesting story about Wayne Shorter; it's amazing how the different genres crossed paths.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dxchN_rsRY

Another nice version of "Tricotism"


Rok, we're both celebrating the same event for different reasons.


Enjoy the music.


orpheus10 OP
5,988 posts
 

Ghosthouse, "The Three Marias" sounds like fusion; I have to get into that "mind set" to appreciate it.

I only recall slices of life without AC; hadn't really thought about how it changed us, but that tune "Something Cool" reminds me of when the neighborhood bar was the coolest place in town.

That "track" thing was one of the reasons I quickly fell in love with CD; there were tracks on albums that I hated, could never understand why the artist even put that track on the LP, but I had to sit through it or get up.


Enjoy the music.
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