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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
8,668 posts
 

Deep in the groove;


             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWEvjzbTLR4
keegiam
730 posts
 
Vietnam led me to distrust my own country.  Later on I learned a lot more that made it worse.  Please don't ask, at least not on this forum.

My original anthem wasn't jazz:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qkQewyubs
alexatpos
1,169 posts
 
Keegiam, here we use a sort of funny expression, that translated goes like this: 'After I caught myself in a lie, I learned not to trust anyone'...
Not meaning to go in a long rant, but looking at the state of public affairs, in my country, it is painfully obvius when there is corruption 'on top, that transcends all the way to the 'bottom' of all society, meaning, that in everyday life one has to be careful with dealing (in business and other affairs) with others, as everyone is looking for an 'angle' that will benefit him at the expanse of others. It is sad but more depressing is the fact that after a while you are not even surprised when you hear or read about different 'mishaps' that are occuring on daily basis. The result is that everyone are more or less ready to 'beat' the system and constant and ever present mistrust in any of official institutions...and ever present need to 'know a man' (even in a case 'just to be sure') in dealings that are requiring some sort of public services that are more or less obtainable.
 Its been said, that the revolution is opium for the intellectuals, but I would not object one, even on the smaller scale


https://youtu.be/wRXKHTTzayU


frogman
7,356 posts
 
Speaking of “opium for the intellectuals”, being “deep in weirdness” and lies (fiction).  O-10, you may find this interesting:

https://www.straightdope.com/21343536/did-carlos-castaneda-hallucinate-that-stuff-in-the-don-juan-bo...
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Frogman, "lies" is a word best used for our politicians; fiction is the word best used for someone who claimed to observe another reality while under the influence of hallucinating mushrooms with an old man, who eventually reveals himself to be a Yaqui Indian.


The book was a New York Times best-seller, and it - along with its sequels - sold over 10 million copies in the United States.



Me and a few other people considered his books good entertainment.



When someone watching a dog drink water, claims the dog became like an X-Ray picture and he could see the water going out into the dogs hairs, while he was under the influence of hallucinating mushrooms; was that a lie, or was it fiction?
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