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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.
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pjw81563
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@stuartk 

I’m guessing you’ve seen this...

No I had not seen that Pepper documentary and I watched it this morning. Thanks for sharing that.

stuartk
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@pjw81563 

You're welcome. 

pjw81563
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@alexatpos 

Paul, I have the Contemporary (OJC Classics) editions of Shelly Manne And His Men " Live at the Blackhawk" albums, but I have 5 of them. The last one (the 5th) has all previously unissued music. If you don't have it, you should get it. Here it is, check it

The original 5 LP volumes of Shelly Manne And His Men at the Blackhawk were able to fit onto the 4 CDs in the box set I have. So I do have Vol. 5 already.

As for the Kamuca, he has never made (at least for me, or as far as I know, an album of exceptional beauty, like some of men that we have mentioned)

I think Kamuca has a great tone but maybe its because I am a digital guy who likes his 1s and 0s with a high end DAC and you are a vinyl analog lover. 

Do you have a couple different turntables and like to switch back and forth with phono pre amps - moving coil & moving magnet as well as swapping out cartridges? I heard that is what a lot of vinyl enthusiasts do. They also love tube amps for that "warm" & "organic" sound (which is really distortion that sounds good).

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@pjw81563 

Thanks for sharing this video!

Percy Heath.  I’d love to have been his neighbor. The stories, I could listen to him for days!

alexatpos
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@pjw81563  Paul, no, I do not use turntable. I have lots of lp records from the past, but all my listening is via cd player, Burmester 089 and into Burmester 956mk2 amp. Looking forward to buy a new (sh) preamp, but the one I am aiming is still quite pricey even in sh (Burmester 088) Burmester in general sounds best when its all full loom of its components. This is my second all Burmester system, minus the speakers, as I prefer other brand (Sinus Faber and in recent years Franco Serblin)  . During my 'audiophile' journey I had an all tube amp and preamp system once as well,  as well as combination of tube preamp (ARC Ref 3) and ss amps (with another cd player Dcs Puccini with clock) but I would not name all tube gear as 'warm'. Do not use pc audio or streaming of any kind and still buying cd's. Call me old fashioned. 

But, enough of that 'audiophile' stuff. Kamuca has a nice tone, no doubt, its only that I said that I do not know any of his albums that could move me as some of the previously mentioned (from Getz or Quebec) did.There are lots of players with great tone and some great albums, but only few that I can remember that are reaching directly to the soul of listener (or at least mine)

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