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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.
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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Calling all Aficionados!! I just received this from Amazon today. An 8 CD set titled "The 100 Best Jazz Tunes Of The 1950's" Someone posted the track listings and I have re-posted them below. The song lineup is beyond criticism. The only possible concern could be the sound quality. I have only listened to the first CD and the Sound Quality was top notch. Nice packaging. Thick Booklet with excellent pictures and info about the music and artists on each CD. Each CD is in a cardborad case, like a LP case, with an aboslutley wonderful picture of a Jazz great on the outer cover. That alone, is worth the asking price. How much is that price? $15.77 I am sure you all have some and maybe most of these, but altogether with pics, booklet, and for less than 20 dollars??? How can a body refuse or resist. All this magic for less that a tenth of the price of a half-way decent 'high-end' hi-fi fuse!!! Christmas is coming up. Jazz lovers on your list?? Check out the play list. Did I mention the pictures??? Of course the Pictures on the first three CD covers were Bird, Miles then Trane. According to the liner notes, medics were on hand for the Brubeck stuff. :) Cheers And here is the track list: CD 1: Bloomdido - Charlie Parker Subconscious Lee - Lee Konitz Bouncing with Bud - Bud Powell My Funny Valentine - Gerry Mulligan The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Ahmad Jamal Au Private - Charlie Parker Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk Lullaby of Birdland - George Shearing Almost Like Being in Love - Lester Young Black Coffee - Peggy Lee Nuages - Django Reinhardt Django - Modern Jazz Quartet Walkin' - Miles Davis Caravan - Dizzy Gillespie If There's Someone Lovelier than You - Tal Farlow On the Sunny Side of the Street - Johnny Hodges Lover Man - Sarah Vaughan Joy Spring - Clifford Brown CD 2: Doodlin' - Horace Silver Confirmation - Dexter Gordon Afrodisia - Kenny Dorham New Rhumba - Ahmad Jamal Round Midnight - Miles Davis Misty - Errol Garner St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk The Champ - Jimmy Smith I Was Doing All Right - Carmen McRae Avila and Tequila - Hank Mobley Guarachi Guaro - Cal Tjader April in Paris - Coleman Hawkins Route 66 - Nat King Cole Have You Met Miss Jones - Art Tatum & Ben Webster CD 3: Senor Blues - Horace Silver I Remember Clifford - Lee Morgan Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong The Kid from Red Bank - Count Basie The Maids of Cadiz - Miles Davis Blue Train - John Coltrane Funk in a Deep Freeze - Hank Mobley I Want to Be Happy - Stan Getz Birk's Works - Dizzy Gillepsie They Say It's Spring - Blossom Dearie Russian Lullaby - John Coltrane Well You Needn't - Thelonious Monk One O'clock Jump - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross CD 4: Line for Lyons - Gerry Mulligan Playful Flute - Yusef Lateef Billie's Bounce - Red Garland Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra Haitian Fight Song - Charles Mingus Soulville - Ben Webster Dial S for Sonny - Sonny Clark I'll Close my Eyes - Kenny Burrell `S'Wonderful/They Can't Take That Away from Me - Anita O'Day You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Art Pepper Farmer's Market - Art Farmer Landslide - Curtis Counce Group CD 5: Whisper Not - Benny Golson My Baby Just Cares for Me - Nina Simone Stockholm Sweetnin' - Quincy Jones Dawn Ray - Ray Charles Dimineundo and Crescendo in Blue - Duke Ellington Poinciana - Ahmad Jamal Trio Summertime - Louis Armstrong Milestones - Miles Davis Way Out West - Sonny Rollins Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley CD 6: Moanin' - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Hip Strut - Jackie McLean Do It the Hard Way - Chet Baker Cherokee - Johnny Griffin Let's Face the Music & Dance - Ella Fitzgerald Ginza Samba - Cal Tjader In the Wee Small Hours - Ben Webster You've Changed - Billie Holiday The Night We Called It a Day - Chris Connor Along Came Betty - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Cheek to Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald Peace Piece - Bill Evans It Ain't Necessarily So - Oscar Peterson CD 7: Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark The Sermon - Jimmy Smith Here I Am - Donald Byrd Let the Good Times Roll - Ray Charles Better Git It in Your Soul - Charles Mingus Manhattan - George Russell What a Diff'rence a Day Made - Dinah Washington The End of a Love Affair - Wes Montgomery Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Chet Baker CD 8: So What - Miles Davis Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman Take Five - Dave Brubeck Keep It Moving - Wynton Kelly Ramblin' - Ornette Coleman Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus Blue in Green - Bill Evans Naima - John Coltrane Blue Ronda a la Turk - Dave Brubeck Giant Steps - John Coltrane |
Rok, I'm beginning to like this "old" music, it's familiar, and it harkens back to a better time. The "boogie woogie" was the music of my childhood, and I recall music clips of the "jitterbug"; that's what "Jumpin At The Woodside" brings to mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D91IBtXARbM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdWgHtTau48 Enjoy the music. |
Rok, I hate to get into that "audiophile thingy", but Gene Harris is probably the most subtle and nuanced jazz pianist I can think of, which is why the crazy people pay so much for some of his records, especially with the Three Sounds. You can get around that "very expensive" audiophile thingy with HD downloads, but here you must follow precise rules in order to get what you want. I have WAV and that's not working out so good. This is the reason we had the disagreement about the "Three Sounds" CD's. I only mention this because I know how much you like Gene Harris. Enjoy the music. |
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