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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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This is further expansion on the concert in 1968 where Miles, Herbie Mann, and Nina Simone were on the same bill. While we might be Miles fans, Nina Simone was the star that day, and she got the biggest reception.

This was in the Summer of 68. Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. This concert occurred about three months after that; you know Nina was on fire.

"Nuff Said" is an album by Ms. Simone, that was recorded three days after Dr. MLK was assassinated. Naturally, this is what she performed at that concert.


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI4T_dIsqD0&list=PLX-Rp84RbxLBkQEWiQj0MiLY47A096lIC



              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UQhlBL5WIU


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npIPKP0zreI
orpheus10 OP
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"It was the best of times and it was the worst of times". It was the best of times for us, four guys in their twenties roaming the exciting streets and neighborhoods of Chicago in the Summer of 68.



  https://www.google.com/search?q=chicago+in+1968&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjkiOywzIDmAhXDJ6wKHT51C_...
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rok2id
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Today's Listen:

Coleman Hawkins  --  DESAFINADO
Hawkins with guys I never heard of.  During the Bossa Nova craze.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spp2Pe9Whik   

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

it's not what, but how you play.  Jelly Roll was right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyhl-K5_Rvk  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FX_60garHY  

Cheers
orpheus10 OP
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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OBvnOpUI44


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAtIEsVtTG8


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n96ENOZhX8E


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpg4QTBGozk


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBFn52OFcww


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDooPtE_mi0


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkzWe_atDs
schubert
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Ok, I will frogman . I deleted it because he grew to be perhaps the greatest
general intellect ever born in the USA which gave him many enemies .
If you said it on a reservation it might not go over well but no one on here
knows you to be nothing but a gentleman in general . Keep in mind this is before the Cambridge neural network explosions . He has some after that that cover the world .

https://youtu.be/hdUbIlwHRkY
I once stopped a class of about 30 where I was arguing that your language has a lot to do with your music and everyone else disagreed with one sentence . " Will every one here who is a fan of Chinese Opera please raise your hand’ . (I was a student )
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