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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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I always liked that Coltrane tune. How about this? No, not Coltrane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6R5wb9iY6I&list=FLHAEL8Iwz684WaGFx1rQchA&index=57&ab_ch... |
Thank you, guys.Again, very sweet. If you ever decide to breathe summer air near the sea, just let me know... https://youtu.be/EqhjDAWJr4s |
Kid is happy, that's important. Birthdays should last longer. Now back to regular schedule... pjw, those are awesome clips you posted, you do know I like those dynamic duo, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and I especially admire her, she is very confident when playing fast and her stamina, the ability to play well for a long period of time is respectful. And of course, the grandmasters... |
You have no idea how precious this is to me; https://downbeat.com/news/detail/john-coltrane-out-of-obscurity I bought this album shortly after it was released in 1960. There is no way I can find words to explain how different this album sounded to me then, and how it sounds to me now. Then, I had a one piece wooden record player with an astatic cartridge. Now, I have an "audiophile" rig that would take a whole page to describe. That album sounded better to me then, than it would on the worlds best audiophile rig now. Here is the album I'm talking about; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6NCx0wcrC4&list=PLC9h9deIXsDsBiB50lJRZjdPkU51c1gfF |
pjw, thanks for the McLaughlin/deLucia/Coryell at Royal Albert Hall. It always makes me both sad and happy to watch, having later learned that Larry was nearing the bottom of his substance abuse and was barely functioning. John soon asked Di Meola to replace Larry. But the performance is sheer joy to watch. Just after Di Meola joined in 1980: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFlDf7Ck-N4 |
O10, I have heard of that phenomenon of not being able to bear normal life without the rush of combat, but have never met anyone that had that going on. That must have been a real eye-opener. "The Hurt Locker" dealt with the same subject, although I never made it all the way through that one. That Billy Bang stuff is beyond cool - thanks! |
Keegiam, it makes my day that you shared my appreciation of Billy Bang's music he created that was inspired by his Vietnam experiences. Billy Bang explored his experience in Vietnam in two albums: Vietnam: The Aftermath (2001) and Vietnam: Reflections (2005), recorded with a band which included several other veterans of that war. The latter album also features two Vietnamese musicians based in the United States (voice and đàn tranh zither). Bang died on April 11, 2011. According to an associate, Bang had suffered from lung cancer. He had been scheduled to perform on the opening day of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival on June 10, 2011. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. I just discovered another album that I was unaware of; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGiej-o1pp8&list=PLZz6KJ6RIvgaiIH4vIWUHfEEXiOw-YMuE |
Keegiam, I was at a New Year's Eve party bringing in 69, sitting across a coffee table from a guy sitting on a couch. He was a well dressed, soft spoken, good looking fellow of about 27. This was early in the evening before most of the guests had arrived and any serious drinking had begun. It was certain that I would know most of the guests at the party, but I had never seen this guest before. He was talking and making the kind of small talk people make with people they don't know. I listened, and when I looked into his eyes my blood froze and I experienced extreme fear. (What the he--) He wasn't talking loud or mean; he was soft spoken, he wasn't rough looking, he was well dressed, I hadn't had hardly anything to drink, so let me look away and try this again. I looked away momentarily, and then responded to the small talk. He had a soft smile that never changed, but when I looked into his eyes I experienced fear; that's when I found someone else to help make this new guest comfortable. I discovered he was just back from Nam. That experience was so weird that I never figured it out or even talked to anyone else about it. |
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My Vietnam experience, music wise. Experienced at Fort Bragg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqGPb9qnvWQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4z2iubQPgo It is Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFt0EMHPTG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQdy0ueGzW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eeb1MTkUY Cheers |
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Billy Bang's "The Fire Within" was the first album I bought by him, It was at a time when I was deep into this weirdness; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teachings_of_Don_Juan Billy Bang drew inspiration from this for that music. William Parker Violin trio is on order. |
Vietnam led me to distrust my own country. Later on I learned a lot more that made it worse. Please don't ask, at least not on this forum. My original anthem wasn't jazz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qkQewyubs |
Keegiam, here we use a sort of funny expression, that translated goes like this: 'After I caught myself in a lie, I learned not to trust anyone'... Not meaning to go in a long rant, but looking at the state of public affairs, in my country, it is painfully obvius when there is corruption 'on top, that transcends all the way to the 'bottom' of all society, meaning, that in everyday life one has to be careful with dealing (in business and other affairs) with others, as everyone is looking for an 'angle' that will benefit him at the expanse of others. It is sad but more depressing is the fact that after a while you are not even surprised when you hear or read about different 'mishaps' that are occuring on daily basis. The result is that everyone are more or less ready to 'beat' the system and constant and ever present mistrust in any of official institutions...and ever present need to 'know a man' (even in a case 'just to be sure') in dealings that are requiring some sort of public services that are more or less obtainable. Its been said, that the revolution is opium for the intellectuals, but I would not object one, even on the smaller scale https://youtu.be/wRXKHTTzayU |
Speaking of “opium for the intellectuals”, being “deep in weirdness” and lies (fiction). O-10, you may find this interesting: https://www.straightdope.com/21343536/did-carlos-castaneda-hallucinate-that-stuff-in-the-don-juan-bo... |
Frogman, "lies" is a word best used for our politicians; fiction is the word best used for someone who claimed to observe another reality while under the influence of hallucinating mushrooms with an old man, who eventually reveals himself to be a Yaqui Indian. The book was a New York Times best-seller, and it - along with its sequels - sold over 10 million copies in the United States. Me and a few other people considered his books good entertainment. When someone watching a dog drink water, claims the dog became like an X-Ray picture and he could see the water going out into the dogs hairs, while he was under the influence of hallucinating mushrooms; was that a lie, or was it fiction? |
You just continue with doing of whatever you are doing, I just had strong urge to tell you (in addition to O-10 last post) that I like to observe dog as it is. Provided that we are not talking about this: https://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/Philosophers/Russell/Problems/russell_part01.html |
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It was Billy Bang's music that took us to Vietnam, and it was his music that took us to Carlos Casteneda, and "Another Reality", as he called it. Music can take us many places, that's because music explores hidden caves in the mind, and the mind is that strange world where the word impossible does not exist. |
Ayn Rand died in 1982, that was long before "capitalism" was replaced by "Corporatism", which is the present "World Order". My house would be bigger, and my high end higher, had not they changed they game on me. Just when I caught on to one game, they went to one eyed jacks wild, and I didn't have any. Just joking about the one eyed jacks to make a point. With this new "Corporatism" game, only the super rich win, but since there was no headline stating that fact, the multitudes are left believing the game is still being played by the old rules. |
Chico Hamilton is a major player we haven't covered extensively. I always regarded Chico as a horse of a different color; that was certainly true when I got into jazz in 59. He was "West Coast", and that certainly made him different. I began with Chico because he was different, not because I was over smitten. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9E4t3VqL_M Chico evolved in many interesting ways over the years; I'm just suggesting we check him out. |
Schubert, there are millions of poor and very poor people in Germany France and Spain. And it is getting worse by the day, has been getting worse. Still not as bad as here but the direction is not all that different. And the UK is a total mess. Scandinavia is another matter but even there there are certain tendencies. Orpheus10, not only super rich win, there are many who are well-heeled but not super rich. Even if many of them do serve super rich, one way or another. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Hamilton On some of these pictures, Chico looks like a very old man, I'm not used to seeing him that way; this reminds me that I had better not look in the mirror. |