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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
schubert
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Frog, you can download it from PT show and/or listen to it
on the second hour bar of listen today , just click on Bach Concerto.Just click on the photo of the QT and they start another piece,these guys are really special.
I know many musicians retire in Bloomington and IU is drawing top students from all over the world.
frogman
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Schubert, I listened to the Kenari Qt. on PR. Very impressive quartet by any standard; and especially for a student group. As has been mentioned it is really amazing the level achieved by young players today. They are truly an ensemble in that they listen to each other very well and do something that eludes many young players: the seamless continuation of a musical line, particularly in the fast tempi. Their intonation is excellent. Nitpicks: typical for a young group, they really shine with the fast tempi with nice forward momentum; somewhat less so in the slower tempi when they move a bit too quickly through some of the phrases and especially the ends of the phrases. The musically strongest players are the soprano and baritone and this is also reflected in a bit of imbalance with the soprano being a little too prominent at times; one wishes for the two inner voices to fill out the harmonies a bit more. This may be in part a result of the way the group was recorded. All in all a very impressive group. Thanks!
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rok2id
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My closing statement:

https://jazzdox.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/wrongjazz/

Read it. He nailed it. When you speak of Jazz and current players, you are talking about people that 'learned Jazz' in a classroom. They play it that way.

Cheers
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rok2id
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Just in case you missed this part. :)

A big misconception about Jazz is that you need to know something about it to enjoy it.

The truth is when someone hears music with this sizzle, crackling with suspense, and breathing like a living entity, it will stop you in your tracks. In fact, this applies to all forms of music. It’s the reason why some music grabs you and some doesn’t. Duke Ellington said there are two types of music: good and bad. It’s that simple. Jazz at its finest is like really great sex, or the best food in the world, you will want more and you damn sure wont be texting anyone in the middle of it.

Cheers
frogman
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Nothing new under the sun here. The bullshit cliche about jazz and the classroom is just that, bullshit and a cliche. Sure there are some players who sound that way; so what? There are plenty of players who learned jazz in the street who sound like shit. Why do you insist on lumping those in with the good ones with your blanket statements? Rock, it's pretty obvious by now how you will react when backed into a corner. Your generalizations simply don't hold water. Look, no one is saying that you need to "know" anything to enjoy jazz. But, if you think that Paterson sounds like he learned jazz in a classroom (whatever that means) while continuing to extol the virtues of an emotionally dry player like Marsalis, all I can say is that something is wrong. Cheers.
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