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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.
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trentmemphis
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I listened to The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery again last night.  Been a while. 

I don't know how I hadn't noticed it before, but does anybody know why Wes and the pianist flip sides on 2 of the tracks?  The rest of the album, the piano is toward the right, and Wes is on the left.  For 2 tracks, it's just the opposite.  I don't think it's a channel flop; I didn't notice the bass or drums moving.  Maybe I was just so puzzled by the guitar and piano that I didn't notice, though.

I wasn't paying attention to what the tracks were, so I don't know exactly which 2 it is.  But it's the 3rd or 4th, and then one near the end.

pjw81563
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Cowboy Bebop OST 1 - Tank! - YouTube

 

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mahgister
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After my discovery of Pat Martino guitar very impressive original improvising pulsating chords in fired  creativity, thanks to frogman advice; now a masterful craftsman  of subtle tone hues and melody, Johnny Smith... With Grant Green and Martino in my favorite artists list together...

I am in heaven...

 

 

kefas
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Carmen Gomes Inc. Ray!

In making this album, Peter Bjørnild (bassist) writes, "We quickly realized that we did not want to make a tribute album. Rather we would pay our respects to Ray by following the advice Ray gave to Willie Nelson at a recording session: ’Don’t think about how anybody else does it, just do it the way that YOU feel it.’ So we took the songs back to their bare essentials, tried to hear them as if they had just been written and in so doing making them our own."

And a fresh sound they indeed deliver. This is their music, with a nod to the master here and there. Never over-produced, always respecting each other, the musicians find a nice balance of supporting each other, challenging each other, complementing each other, never stepping on one another.

The song that I most enjoyed on my first listen was "CC Rider" by Ma Rainey and Lena Arant (circa 1924, also known as "See See Rider Blues"). As Bjørnild comments in the liner notes, "Here Tettero’s guitar is the 2nd protagonist in this story of a love affair taking a wrong turn. The guitar is of equal importance to Gomes’ voice, it’s the CC Rider Carmen is singing about. Listen how they keep on challenging each other yet never get in each other’s way. That kind of communication and musical empathy is a rare find."

A rare find indeed. And a rare treat to hear. https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/music-reviews/carmen-gomes-ray/

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