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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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Most people are just not serious about music of any genre . A rock concert looks like a sheep farm to me, not that I ever went to one .More of a "social"  outing  than a musical  event .Pass the dope please.

Any study I've ever seen has 5% of US population listening to jazz and classical combined , comes to about 10% in the few major cities
where choral music  is big . NYC, Mpls., Chicago and Seattle basically .
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schubert
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Of course even an old fool like me has to bow to those in the "force of nature" category .
This artist is that in the pop/crossover world, and is one of my favorites. .
All know his lovely voice and skill on guitar but doubt if many know his other instrument .
The song was written by a famous rock star about a place in Scotland .Me being mostly Scottish has nothing to do with it(cough) .
IMO this is the greatest performance I ever heard from him and
I am certain it’s because , like myself , he was fiercely proud of his Scottish heritage !

https://youtu.be/cT7t3WNbK3Y?t=2
And you may be certain that  the   Celtic  audience   had something to do with it .

orpheus10 OP
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A nice attractive young lady introduced me to fusion (boring isn't it). She suggested "Sextant", "Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy" and "I Sing The Body Electric". There is absolutely no way to compare what this same music sounded like then, and what it sounds like now.

I've already presented "Sextant"; let's try something from "The Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy", followed by "I Sing The Body Electric".


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqYXt6IV_nc&list=PLdywAdbqFISsoPbzYPeb0K8LPw6aVWMxZ&index=3


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eng3NsrAt7Q&list=PL8a8cutYP7fpVzOlBYtpU6oXBv3NCx8tM



I must admit in all sincerity, the way this music sounded depended on whether or not I had engaged my pipe filled with exotic blends of Turkish Tobacco or not. Quite often after a hard days work, I lit the pipe. (I like exact reconstruction)


No matter how hard I try, I can't hear it the same way now, as I heard it then; all I can say is that it was really fantastic at that time, but it still sounds good now.


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rok2id
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Today's Listen:

Gene Harris  --  ANOTHER NIGHT IN LONDON

Only 6 tracks, all standards, but they stretch out on each one.  Gene is his usual brilliant self.  However this recording illustrates the perils of touring Europe without your own group.  The drummer and guitarist are ok, but the drummer must have thought, since I have all these cymbals, I should beat the hell out of them.
Made some of the tunes almost unlistenable on my 'audiophile' HD 660s.  Better on speakers.  But they, the trio,  all play too loud.  The folks came to hear Gene!!

Recorded at the 'Pizza Express' in London in 1996.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9CFL37y5E   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcG0wZuCTRE  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsPeJVJb4V8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5C6GkvmN8  

Cheers








orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Rok, as much as I like Gene Harris, I can live without that one, but at the same time, I can understand that a fellow has to earn a living.
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