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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
orpheus10 OP
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"Sonny Rollins Strikes me............ Now I'm going to strike him;  Bam! He done been struck.

Inna here's is a Sonny Rollins record you should have in your collection for the recording quality alone; it's the same as having the purest sounding saxophone you ever heard in your listening room.

Thomas Conrad (Stereophile) said he cued up "Way Out West" up on his Thorens turntable, and suddenly he was in a room with Rollins, Shelly Manne, and Ray Brown. It was recorded by "Roy DuNann" who some say was better than "Rudy Van Gelder". I'm sure that name rings a bell.

The CD is on the JVC XRCD label, and I'm sure there are multiple vinyl renditions.


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rCZcTfr2s&t=2145s


Any time you can hear the quality of the sonics on "You tube", you know it's boss.
orpheus10 OP
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bdp24, does "Ode To Billy Joe" qualify as "Country Music"? It's one of my favorite tunes regardless of genre.

The first time I heard it, I was crossing a bridge spanning a muddy river near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and I just knew I was crossing that Bridge Bobbie Gentry was singing about; "The Tallahatchie Bridge".


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNB8AKMdqiQ


             

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0RCdSKogeI
orpheus10 OP
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        HAPPY THANKSGIVING !
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jafant
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Happy Thanksgiving!
pryso
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Lots to be thankful for today, including the wonderful heritage of jazz as it has progressed from its creation in America in the early 1900s.

I'll add my welcome to luizfcoimbra.  Your country has made some nice additions to the lexicon.

I was going to offer "Way Out West" as another counter to inna's position but o10 beat me to it. ;^)

For a long time I had little tolerance for "country" music.  Only a few artists like Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline interested me.  And BTW I consider mountain music/blue grass/string band music to be separate from country.  So Doc Watson, Alison Krauss, the Dirt Band, etc. have been on my playlist.  That label applies more to the commercial Nashville product in my mind.  But then I happened to attend a George Jones concert with a friend (I'm leaving out the longer story of how that came about) and was truly impressed.  That opened my eyes, and ears, to some of the more traditional country artists who are worth listening to.
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