Jazz for aficionados

Rok, this is the "umpteenth" time we have gotten confused in regard to CD's, and it's not our fault; there are just too many CD's with the same name, by the same artist even. I have a 2 CD set by "Rhino",

Artist: Nina Simone
Title Of Album: Anthology: The Colpix Years
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Rhino Records / R2 72567
Country: United States
Genre: Jazz, Soul, Blues, Vocal Jazz
Total Time: 2:30:45

Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Blue Prelude
02. That's Him over There
03. Theme from "Middle of the Night"
04. Willow Weep for Me
05. Solitaire
06. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
07. Exactly Like You
08. The Other Woman
09. You Can Have Him
10. Cottom Eyed Joe
11. Fine and Mellow
12. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
13. Trouble in Mind
14. Porgy
15. Li'l Liza Jane
16. Rags and Old Iron
17. No Good Man
18. Gin House Blues
19. Work Song
20. Forbidden Fruit
21. Come on Back, Jack

Disc 2
01. He Was Too Good to Me
02. House of the Rising Sun
03. Brown Baby
04. Children Go Where I Send You
05. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
06. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
07. Hey, Buddy Bolden
08. Solitude
09. The Gal from Joe's
10. Blackbird
11. If You Knew
12. The Twelfth of Never
13. When I Was a Young Girl
14. Erets Zavat Chalav
15. The Young Knight
16. Spring Is Here
17. Falling in Love Again
18. That's All
19. Porgy, I Is Your Woman (Bess, You Is My Woman)

All jazz "aficionado's" think Branford is the better Jazz musician.

Enjoy the music.

O-10
The 'Best of the Coplix Years' contains 19 of the tracks from your Rhino CD set. And it is on the 'Roulette' label. Generaly, you can't go wrong with Rhino compilations. They do it best, so yours might sound a lot better than mine. Some of the tracks were good, but the sound quality was sub-par, as were the song selections compared to say, 'Four Women'. IMO, as always.:)

Cheers

Pnmeyer:

Have not listened to 'Soultrane' in years. I will play it now.
Thanks.

Cheers

O-10:

I will try a 'used --very good' rhino colpix set from 'these sellers' on amazon. 15 dollars. She is one artist that I want to have all her best stuff.

Cheers

****I have always thought of Wynton and being more than just a Jazz player****

Very true. He is a formidable force in jazz today; as you said, "the face of jazz". An outspoken embassador for jazz with a dedication to and understanding of the history of jazz that, were he to take part in this discussion, would make all of our comments seem like those of kindergarten students. He is an incredibly talented trumpet player with the kind of meticulousness in his playing that allows him to be a very credible classical player. But, an interesting jazz player none of this necessarily makes; he never really was, but perhaps from the standpoint of sheer virtuosity. His brother Branford is a much more laid-back and relaxed individual who plays much like the way he is as a person. He, also, has recorded some of the classical repertoire, but with less success. I find it an interesting study on personality and how that translates to certain players' musical personality. In a nutshell, I doubt Wynton would EVER title one of is records "Four MF's Playing Tunes" (I assume we all know what MF stands for).