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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pryso also not worried about the new talent in jazz. Enjoyed the Kawaguchi cut but as orpheus10 said not digging out 80 bucks for that cd( or any other). He was also on the money when he mentioned the group sounding like RTF- I listened to clips from another Senri cd A La Mode and it too sounded like RTF. Enjoyed the Oscar Peterson clip- funny and informative. Thanks for the Coltrane article --now I am interested in the new "lost" album. Been wanting to post some R Coltrane -has he been discussed previously? http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=apKIMbhW9vY http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLCoLVRCmk |
acman, thanks for the Coltrane post. From the other listings along the right hand side it seems maybe the entire album is now available on YouTube. My local jazz FM station featured it last week and gave away a few copies. nsp, my reference to concerns about new talent was mainly tongue-in-cheek. Not so much here but I've seen a few articles saying jazz is dying due to the lack of new talent. I don't happen to agree. And like you and others, I certainly heard references to RTF in the Kawaguchi cut. Nothing wrong with that, it is somewhat of a jazz tradition (at least for some musicians) to quote other tunes inside a solo. |
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