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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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It's Saturday. Time for blues. Slim Harpo Baby, Scratch My Back https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ezJY_qqz_x8#searching |
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You can take the boy out of Mississippi, but you can not take Mississippi out of the boy. When Albert King was performing in the St. Louis area, he lived in "Eagle Park Acres". That's a suburb of Lovejoy Illinois; you will think you are back in Mississippi if you go to Eagle Park Acres at night, it's so dark, that when you're driving down a road there, you'll wonder if you're headlights are still working. He lived in a good size white house, not too big not too small, but what was striking about the place was the big front yard and the big back yard. He had planted some kind of crops in the back yard, it looked like a miniature farm. Folks from Mississippi have got to have their gardens; ask Rok, I bet he got a garden. Albert King was my favorite Blues singer, that's because I saw him every weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SP5JHLqXM8&list=PLl9_0E72fu9uTqRmzSRenHb-7gd6svwXG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_IOv6jldDA |
So, on that matter, I am with you, Schubert....’sensitive kind’...This should stand for women toward men as well. |
For all the old folks in Croatia. Esp Baka Mary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_CbNITJY_s From back in the day when Rock could have been somebody, it could have been a contender. Alas, it took the wrong road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hINtx2E6y6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0BCUumCEFY 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmvatii7pL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luur5d1Wjec Cheers |
Club Mexicana, Frankfurt,Germany, 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgGHeT9U9g0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFvLDAU6EhA Cheers |
I make no apologies to no one for the way I lived; while you ninnies were sitting on the sidelines I was living. Whatever I did, I would do twice as much of it if I had to do it all over again. An old man once told me, you better use it cause you gonna lose it whether you use it or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRazR0ZSgSc It was sad for me when that time came, but the handwriting was on the wall. |
Jazz is many things musically, but modern jazz is an expression of various emotions and events in life; "So Tired"; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEFaBKok1jg I'm "So Tired", but for what ever reason, I got to keep on pushin. "Can you feel it in the beat and the movement of the music?" |
alex, sorry for the delay in replying to your question of the state of jazz in the US when I was growing up. First, three qualifiers: I don't pretend to have expertise on this so it is strictly my perspective; second I grew up located between Detroit and Chicago, but in a much smaller community so I didn't have the greater exposure either of those cities might have afforded; and third, I was born in 1942 and graduated HS in 1960, so that is my framework for "growing up". As a pre-teen my musical exposure was mainly recordings played by my parents. My step-dad was in a small dance band when young and favored popular jazz from the '30s -- Armstrong, Teagarden, Nichols, Hot Club of France (ones I remember). He would sometimes sit down for a "record session" from his 78 album collection after dinner, just for relaxation. That's probably where I got my own listening habit. My first concert was at age 10 or 11 when my parents took my brother and me to hear Louie Armstrong and his All Stars, an experience I still treasure. All this was during the late '40s and early '50s but I didn't have any exposure to the jazz being produced at that time. I only offer this for personal background. By the mid-'50s I became a teenager just as rock and roll was emerging as the dominant popular music, and I became a fan. However by the time I was in HS my musical horizons were expanding and that included contemporary jazz. For one thing, there were a few detective programs on TV plus movies that featured jazz-themed scores, "Peter Gunn", "77 Sunset Strip", "I Want To Live", "Anatomy of a Murder", etc. You might sometimes hear jazz on the radio, "Take Five", "Poinciana", songs from the "My Fair Lady" album by Andre Previn, Shelly Manne, and Leroy Vinnegar (best selling jazz LP for several years). But jazz remained at a second level in popularity behind rock and roll, pop music, even soundtracks. Into the '60s, rock became even more dominant in the overall music scene, enforced by the British Invasion. Jazz slipped in popularity, in both record sales and concert attendance, which forced many musicians to alter their style. By the end of the decade even Miles changed when he formed a band based on electronics and released "In A Silent Way", followed in early 1970 by the game-changing "Bitches Brew". Other musicians followed that lead by forming fusion bands which typically were a blend of jazz and rock. So the musical style most accredited to America never became considered our most popular or influential music. In fact a look at popularity by musical style finds jazz perpetually down the list, struggling along with classical to maintain some sort of foothold. For those of us who love it that is a sad situation. Yet it is encouraging to find recommendations here for young musicians who obviously are carrying on the tradition of the music. It may not be overall a strong state, but it seems to retain the strength to be a steady state. I hope that was of some value in providing answer from my perspective. |
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a state where the school History books are censored by a panel of neo-nazies . Textbooks in large parts of the country, esp the South, are determined by what books the people in Texas decide on. Numbers bring the costs down. Printing different books for each State would be costly. They are neo-Texans. felt shamed every time I went through the gates of Bases named for traitors .It appears as if that may change soon. Unless they go too far, and thereby lose public support. There’s always that danger. Cheers |
Schubert I'm sorry you had to witness such atrocities, that scars a person for life. I've seen the movie many times, but I didn't post it for a highly significant reason; it was in response to Rok saying "Someday this COVID 19 thing is going to end" and in the movie I recall "Someday this war is going to end". In addition I've read more about the war than has been reported, and even talked to someone who was involved in one of those "unGodly" massacres; he was never right in the head after that; drunk his self to death. I hope you're coping better than most with what you witnessed. |
You're absolutely right Rok; I had one uncle go crazy in Burma because of the snakes, and believe it or not, snakes still kill more people over there than car accidents here. Another uncle was in "The Battle of The Bulge", and he told me when the order was given to charge, heads were exploding to the left and right of him, and he was certain his would be next, but they kept moving forward. |
Thanks pryso for sharing your perspective of the jazz genre through the years. I will continue to listen to jazz no matter what others around me think about it. Jazz is alive and well thanks to all of the young and talented musicians that picked up where Miles, Coltrane, Armstrong and all of the legends of the 30’s 40’s 50’s and 60’s and forward into the 21st century. Some Jeremy Pelt released in 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ai9C1BEOic&list=OLAK5uy_mj8nTcforEzf48-9ZGQfy5VQHstudswwc George Cables is fantastic on the piano! |
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For all the old folks in Croatia. Esp Baka Mary.Son, Granny Mary is not that young as you might think so. The fact that she behaves in a silly way is because she knows that few rare things, among which is laughter, are given to humans so that they can pass more easily through this valley of tears (schubert would say) and she tends to use it. Sometimes clumsy, sometimes less clumsy but always with good intentions. Saturday’s music is great as always, thank you. :thumbs up: |
To our OP:Lol... ;--) |
Working Sunday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ZSKE38lTU Absolutely great song for dancin’, even ih high heels. |
Good morning "pepper pod", I see you're still hot, plus you picked the hottest "Disco Queen" ever, Donna Summer. That gal incited more lust in me than I knew I had. You have a vivid imagination, and I've got a "Star Kite", we'll take it for a spin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZqX7rT1qEU |
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"As with all stories of the First World War, the take away is the appalling indifference to the lost of human life. Mankind has changed in this regard." You have got to be kidding. Rok, I'm beginning to see how you paint that picture book of yours any way you want it with total disregard for truth. Nothing was more inhumane than the atrocities that occurred in Vietnam. |
O-10, at the end of hard working day, the only hot thing I could think of, would be nice and warm cup of tea. Wish you nice evening, with Louis. https://youtu.be/Fd_JDrnBMMA |
I know and trust that the Good Lord would not put more on me than he knew I could handle. Nothing was more inhumane than the atrocities that occurred in Vietnam.Where did you read that, in Pravda? You must have dropped out of history after the first page. If you take the time, you will notice I was speaking of combat losses in a war, not 'atrocities'. If you list the most horrendous 'atrocities' that man has inflicted on his fellow man, Vietnam does not even make the list. May I recommend the 1915 genocide against the Armenians by the Turks. Just as a starter. After that, try the Japanese occupation of Nanking. The Belgians in the Congo perhaps? I'm sure you get the drift. Cheers |