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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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mahgister
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I concur...

Good suggestions as usual  i will listened anew my 10 albums of the one i consider the best clarinetist i ever heard ...😊

I am guilty of letting Daniels in oblivion this year...

@mahgister

I’m not sure there is a bad Eddie Daniel’s album. Clarinet or Sax, always a good performance.

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I am in the same Montoliu day for the last three days :

This anonymus critic on amazon say it better than me :

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Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2009

 
The late blind Spanish jazz piano genius Tete Montoliu made this trio recording in 1976. You will not hear a more swinging, joyful trio album than this. Jazz standards such as "Invitation", "Lament," "Lover Man", etc, receive marvelous workups from the trio, consisting of legendary bassist Neils-Henning Orsted Pederson and Albert Heath on drums. This recording is one of 2 recorded by Steeplechase Records in February of 1976. The other equally fine recording is "Tete-A Tete" which you should get as a companion to this recording. Also see my reviews of the same trio's 1974 recordings "Tete" and Catalonian Fire". Get all 4. »
 

 

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If you want another guy who can tickle the Ivory’s, check out Gerald Wiggins. The Gerald Wiggins Trio, Wiggin With The Wig.

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Here some impressions i cannot entail nor contradict, but which shows how underestimated is this Spanish master of piano :

«As Richard Williams has observed, Montoliu is a far more interesting pianist today than Oscar Peterson – harmonically more resourceful, more given to subtle humour and with a greater range of mood and tonal colour. Though he has developed in sophistication and technical command over the years, he remains a player of instinct and impulse and his dexterity and clarity of execution are tools waiting to do the bidding of his inventive mind.»

https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2021/08/29/jj-08-81-tete-montoliu-trio-at-ronnie-scotts/

 

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Sticking to a theme, today’s listening started with Mary Lou Williams,  Free Spirits and   A Grand Night For Swinging.

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