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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
tyray
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@stuartk,

Apparently, I was more familiar with Jorge Strunz than I thought. It turns out he was one of the founders of the Latin jazz band Caldera.

'Caldera combined jazz, funk and rock with a wide variety of Latin music, influenced by 1970s fusion explorers like Return to Forever and Weather Report.

The four albums Caldera released did not sell (well), and the band called it quits in 1979 (though three out of their four albums have been reissued on CD and digital except for their third album Time & Chance).'

Of the four albums: Caldera (1976), Sky Islands (1977), Time and Chance (1978) and Dreamer (1979), I have three in my lp collection. Here is a wiki synopsis of Caldera's biography.

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audio-b-dog
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@tyray, I have an album I'd all but forgotten about called "Mosaico" with Jorge Strunz, Ardeshir Farah, and L. Subramaniam" that you reminded me of. I'm about to play it. I can't remember it, but it must have impressed me when I bought it.

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mahgister
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A jazz thread which refer to L. Subramaniam please me a lot...

 

cool

stuartk
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@tyray 

RE: Caldera, I like "Dreamer" best but it’s very rare and hence, very expensive on CD. 

I’ve started listening to Joyce. Her voice has a fresh, invigorating quality I enjoy very much. "Feminina" has a nice variety of moods and tempos. 

 @audio-b-dog 

Thanks for further elucidating your point. 

I typically listen at an average of 65-75 dB. I may approach 80 dB at times for short interludes but with my system, in my room, that’s plenty loud enough for me. Having abused my hearing with guitar amps for decades, I don’t want to risk doing any more damage at this point.  ;o)

 

tyray
760 posts
 

@stuartk, @mahgister and ​​​​@audio-b-dog,

Yeah the band Caldera didn’t get hardly any promotion by the record company Capital even though they had some monster producers such as Wayne Henderson and Larry Dunn of Earth Wind & Fire.

And what little I did listen to of Neotropical Nocturnes now I see where the Flamenco style guitar playing comes from. I’m going to take some time this week  and really listen to it some more. @stuartk, your Spanish is impeccable, I didn't even know you could use a translator in audiogon. Thanks for the rip Stu.

 

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