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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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fire_water
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As some of you know I'm a huge fan of Bobo Stenson and Tord Gustavsen.  I just browsed through my Playlists today and rediscovered a couple gems:

Vijay Iyer Trio "Uneasy" quick and dynamic and explosive 

Jakob Bro "Gefion" spacious atmospheric jazz that prioritizes texture and space between notes that is very ethereal. Definitely late night listening.

I was also recommend this by AI today: ​Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin "Llyria" which is different from what I listen to but incredibly interesting. I like it but I need more time with it to understand it. 

tyray
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@fire_water,

I'm a big ECM fan also. It's amazing that the level of recording/engineering is still and always was/is top notch. May I ask what medium are you listening with? Vinyl, CD, stream or all the above? Just because you may not get a response sometimes when you share, doesn't mean we're not listening. Keep posting.

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fire_water
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@tyray I only stream as I got to this hobby late in life.  In my earlier days I had a  variety of vinyl, CDS and cassette recordings of the likes of KISS, Bonjovi,  Queen,  lol but i never had a quality setup.  But now I'm hooked. A lot of these great ECM jazz recordings that I thoroughly enjoy aren't available on vinyl so I'm determined to focus on the digital end. I've tried a few streamers and DACS but I currently have an Innuos Pulsar and Accuphase DC-37 Processor DAC which I'm replacing with Accuphase's flagship DC-1000 unles someone here has a better suggestion for me.  

tyray
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@fire_water,

That’s interesting. This may make you laugh but my first experience with ECM, I was actually crate digging. It was Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group w/ Lyle Mays, Mark Egan, Dan Gottlieb ECM Records 1978. Produced by Manfred Eicher and the recording engineer was Jan Erik Kongshaug

This was a few years ago. I didn’t even know what I had at the time but I was really  into Pat Metheny and I realized I had stumbled onto some of his earliest works. It was in pristine condition, a completely flat vinyl album and I bought for believe it or not $2.00 US. To this day it’s one of the best original pressings I own. Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group (1978) ECM Records

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curiousjim
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Listening to The Stanley Clarke Trio. (2009)

Stanley Clarke - Superior Acoustic Bass

Hitomi - Superior Piano

Lenny White - Superior Drums 

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