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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.
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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But too bad if some gentleman never treated you to a romantic, candle-lit dinner.pryso, we are just joking. Oh, I had dinner(s) but the history has shown that the most non-romantic person and no candle-lit type has eventually shown himself to be the kindest one. So what’s the use of candle-lit dinners on a long run? :--) |
So nice girls with so nice voices. "She was a nice girl, obedient, polite, socially acceptable. A bit too reticent, some might say, but so very pleasing nonetheless. A really nice girl. from L. Hybels, Nice girls don’t change the world. |
A woman that puts her bare naked soul in her voice and gives all that to us. For free. With no expectations in return. Someone like Billie. She had so many impressive performances but in my eyes this one describes her the most: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouuRsRz8syM Was she nice girl? If yes, to whom? To others? What about being nice to yourself? Wish you nice weekend guys. |
Cosa nostra... No... Il ballo del qua qua is chicken dance in italian... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsCwa80xKM4 |
...questo è solo per Rok. Il ballo del qua qua ...ciao, ci sentiamo... |
In the same mood, something that gets you up from the chair again: https://youtu.be/seB5BYvkMXk More about it: http://oldtimeblues.net/2016/05/11/okeh-41393-carl-webster-and-his-yale-collegians-1930/ |
Very interesting, Grammy Award winning documentaryI have just watched it. What do you think fro, do one needs to be (ab)normal if (s)he aims to do ab(normal) staff? In any case I think you have to ’stand out from the crowd’ in personal life, as well as in your profession, you have to be either weirdo or something else, powerful enough to be noticed or hard to live with. I have read about Artie. I see ladies spoke about him as difficult man, emotionally abusive one. |
Here we are talking about lists, and The Jazz Queen is patiently waiting, all dressed up, with her dancing shoes on, and it’s Saturday night.It was still too early for her to go to the club, the night was still young. She made him a dinner. And a bit later there she was, all dressed up waiting for her lover to come. The lights were dimmed. She took a look at the table. His favorite food was there and already too chilled wine in an ice bucket. She smiled the way lovers do, with impatient glow in the eyes. The sound of Bill Evan’s piano was coming from another room while the curtains were swaying in a summer breeze coming from the half opened window. ~ Time already slipped away when she realized that it was quite dark outside but refused to worry, he said he would come, he was just a bit late. She changed the music, took of her shoes, decided to rest a bit on the couch until he comes but fell asleep. He never came... my funny valentine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj_r0-Nio38 my foolish heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLlS7B3GiY but beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6aEZ47AVs you’d be so nice to come home to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHHJ9KJWF4E |
Isn’t that something we should do regardless of anything? Do the best of what we can, even though things do not meet our wishes each time or shall I say, most of the time. Should we aim to learn to ask for less or is it just as it should be, never knew that answer. But you know what, I do believe in broken illusions. Broken Dream sounds too heavy to bear, it is almost as serious as Broken Heart. Broken illusion is something easier to handle with. You break what is breakable anyway. Thank you for beautiful song, O-10. |
These are the modern times. We can’t live without modern technologies but we are surely paying the price of using it. The picture of a group of a friends in a cafe bar, sitting at the same table, not talking to each other but using their smart phones instead, is a picture everyone’s familiar with. C-19 made it worst. Now the friends are doing the same, just this time their mouth and half of their faces are covered with mask. One can give a smile to another, with eyes only. Funny, I thought modern times will make us, due to fact that we know more and that we are able to reach for more, more liberated, more free of the chains, but instead we are being trapped in every possible way. Economically, politically, socially and personally. I vote for old times, old music, if music is able to grow old at all. I find more happiness in all shapes of life, in older times. Some of you might say that I talk like that because I was younger back then and that kids even today or many years ago, feel the same, joy and play, regardless of the time they are facing but I would disagree. You can agree to disagree but I do not care or I might disagree with you to agree to disagree. Yesterday I watched movie "Hector and the Search for Happiness" and the movie was often very funny. Pity the end had happy end, what over-sweetened the movie but till that point it was quite laughable and watchable piece. From the movie: "Lesson no. 20: Happiness is a certain way of seeing things." This could be the right conclusion for the above mentioned words. Enjoy your day and... let the good times roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYB5vLzEHvI and roll... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9RM6kARNh8 He says: "Put on a happy face." I guess everybody has its way. But these guys did not count on masks for sure... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6yvp6f-Dr4 |
And I think true love cannot be broken. I expect from my second half never to give up on me. And if he is right one, he will not. If he is not the right one, it really does not matter what he will do, true? ;--) darn that dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eql278rz_Vg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8rTOg92wCk |
I like this song so will post it again, this time with The Shirelles. https://youtu.be/cnPlJxet_ac Where are songs like this today? Tell me, where? Nowhere... |
Another Voice, rarely mentioned here. Amy. Amy ~ Will you still love me tomorrow https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jYMMTb0XU Amy ~ You know I'm no good https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b-I2s5zRbHg Amy and Tony ~ Body and Soul https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok |
Jumping from The Shirelles to Marty Robbins. But continuing in the same mode. Love is blue https://youtu.be/jNoQ_XAevmQ |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVx1C73o8k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVAD51UCpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x2e2zBI16s An old seaman that sailed the world and met women of all types, once told me: Mary, you have to remember once for all what we, men, are facing with. It is simple. I’ll tell you. "No money, no honey." Ok, I understand, I said, but of how much money we are talking here? :--) Because, there is the difference. Of all the things on the world, the worst thing that happened to "humanity" is, money. Too much money, to be more precise, because you have to live out of something, air is simply not enough... "The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees, now give me money." Too much money twists people that much that you can’t tell anymore is that a person you are talking to or something that used to be person. What a waste of talking. Where have all the people gone? I need two cows, three sheeps, few chickens and a donkey. Come to think of it, this could be a song title... I am count on you guys to buy my new CD. |
I have just heard a good one... Do you boys know what stress is? When I grew up, if you missed the live Tv show, you missed it for good. That was stressful. No chance of watching it again, the possibility given to you today in the shape of Mr. YT. song for my father https://youtu.be/NFjmWI-d6d4 |
O-10, you ask for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaNFGBWI7Qg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6bdvxbei7E Moderators, this is jazz. |
I have just read news where person, so called musician just bought himself a new lamborghini and the name of the musician is in translation Grandmother the Pig. I suppose you can guess what type of so called music he makes. Nur nevermind, maybe it is time that we all change our profession. I figure we all together can’t be worst than G. the Pig. I have already named the song title in one of my previous posts. Now it’s your turn. |
O-10, yes, I liked the song. And thank you for asking, I am quite fine, a bit busier than usual, meaning I have to get up very early, and be under the marina’s sun for half of the day, etc...And usually it goes something like this: Somewhere at the mid of the day, when I feel the sudden urge to talk Swahili, I realize that too much sun is hitting me in my head and that I should stop hanging around and should go back home. So as you are probably guessing, "speaking Swahili" is one thing but writing is another. So once I get home, I just skip all the written word that I can. ;--) :--) By the way, love all the music that you guys are posting lately, thank you. |