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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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rok2id
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*****Not exactly Coleman Hawkins*****

The Frogman has a great gift for understatement!

I did the WIKI thingy on the guys you said took over where Trane left off.

Trane 'left off' about 2 light years South-East of the Orion Nebula. These guys 'started off with 'Rock-Jazz'. (WTF??)

Media hype to the contrary, they are not seminal figures is Jazz. They followed the money and probably made a good living. Probably the smart thing for them to do.

Trane's heirs? Not exactly!!

Cheers
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rok2id
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We can all be thankful Kenny G does not have a 100 mil laying around.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/arts/david-geffen-captures-naming-rights-to-avery-fisher-hall-with-donation.html?_r=0
acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQGR9BgPiKg
acman3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHh5xNdmuek
frogman
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All niceties aside, and with all due respect, Rok, when it comes to the "guys" that you refer to, you don't know what you are talking about. Those guys did not start off in jazz-rock. They started off as obsessive students of Coltrane and built on that legacy. They are serious jazz players, NYC legends and heros of the tenor saxophone world. Nobody said anything about being a seminal figure. And, please, don't be so darn predictable. I challenge one of your premises (the "popular" thingy) and you lash out with irrationality. If you would just chill for a moment you might learn something about the lineage of an instrument that can fairly be said is the only wind just instrument in "fusion" and practically defined the sound of an entire genre. We are supposed to be lookjng at the decade "in detail"; remember? Wiki? Are you f¿£®¢g kidding me? How about letting your ears tell you what a player is about. If you can't hear that Liebman is the direct descendant of Trane, or if you can't hear the brilliance of his solo with Elvin, what can I say. Re attire: c'mon man, of course it matters. But, again, if you have to resort to cheap shots like that and miss the forest for the trees, not to mention the substance of my comments, then these discussions really are pointless. I am willing to try and perhaps even "lead", but as I said previously, I think we need to dig little deeper; or endure yet more clips of Wynton and Clapton.

Cheers.
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