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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
nsp
653 posts
 
pryso
Right ! Little Willie John's "Fever" was probably not a national hit maybe just local.
Your post is a classic hit and a classic car. Is that a 58 Chevy?

maryjo mentioned liking Elvis's "Fever"
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OSeyfWTLnWg#
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0gApye34low

orpheus10
+1   Wardell Gray
I think maryjo posted a cut by Norah Jones. This cut and a cd of hers I borrowed from my library sounded like she leans towards country music style. Has she done any thing in the jazz idiom?

 
nsp
653 posts
 
acman3
I liked Tierney Sutton's "Fever" . She can do no wrong as far as I am concerned.
 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ey3Kw6CihEc
supertweak
90 posts
 
 Do not forget perhaps the most creatively unique jazz album of all time; and to me its one of the finest  too.It's an album called Mysterious traveler by the group Weather Report.This was the album where the  sound of Weather Report began to gel and come together into the most unique sound in jazz.In fact,this album is so unique that it may take several spins before it starts to gel on you. Zawinuls keyboard arrangements are excellent and quite unforgettable,Wayne Shorter plays his saxophone in a very unique and unusual way, entering in and out as a team player, adding texture rather than virtuostic highlighting of his skills.Jaco Pastorius was the best on bass, check out "Cucumber Slumber".Even the quiet low key last track on side 2 which sounds like filler on first spin becomes something really ingenious on further listening.I have a rare white label LP promo copy,the rare SACD and am looking for the Nimbus Super Cut LP,if I can find a great copy for less than a hundred and a half.

acman3
4,263 posts
 
Welcome supertweek, One small correction. Alfonso Johnson was still on bass during Mysterious Traveler. Jaco took over midway through Black Market. Great music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3sBSHEivzs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDtx2LTDT5s
frogman
7,457 posts
 
Yes, welcome supertweak! Great record, “Mysterious Traveller”. I like and agree with your descriptions of the record and the playing on it.

**** Do not forget perhaps the most creatively unique jazz album of all time ****

Pretty bold statement and while I would agree it is definitely one of the most creatively unique, I’m not sure I, personally, would say “the most of all time”.   Like other uniquely creative albums their uniqueness has everything to do with the time period. I prefer a broader context.

You mention Wayne Shorter, one of my very favorite jazz musicians and highly underrated as a composer as far as I am concerned. So much of his concept as a composer has shaped contemporary jazz. As a player, as you point out, I have found it fascinating how his playing has gotten more and more concise; say the most with fewer and fewer notes.

Great composer:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XvJFW0DHbU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRkGglLe-U

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z3qXILIfPuw
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