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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.
orpheus10
orpheus10 OP
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Here is my favorite cut from "Sonny's Crib". The artists are: Donald Byrd, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, trombone; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums.

I believe all of these artists have photographs, and appear in the book "Three Wishes", Pannonica De Koenigswarter. Sonny Clark's three wishes were:
1. "Money"
2. "All the bitches in the world"
3. "All the Steinways in the world"

This is one of the most beautiful versions of "Speak Low" I've ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prHxoFepR0A

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10 OP
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Frogman, here again we agree on "Trane". When I saw him live, he even lost McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones. Miles said that Trane played for Trane on live sets; while that was true, talk about the pot calling the kettle black; when I saw Miles I didn't know what he was playing; but when Trane was with Miles was the time I liked both of them best. Jazz musicians used live sets for experimentation, and that made a lot of sense when you think about it. Those were gigs at small clubs, and not like Carnegie hall, what better places to experiment?

This is "classic" Trane on a tune I like a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt0D40JTCBY



Enjoy the music.
frogman
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Great tune, classic Trane; thanks. There's a beauty about much of Trane's playing, a certain sense of melancholy that is hard to describe. This is a personal reaction, but its a certain happy/sad quality that I find beautiful.
acman3
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HeHeHe,Talk about tying it all together, Coltrane, Africa, and for ROK, 4 French horns and a tuba. Conducted by Eric Dolphy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J4YZwFa_1w
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rok2id
7,859 posts
 
Acman3:

There was a tuba on the Mingus Big Band CD I posted. I meant to mention it, but forgot.

Guess they are more common than I thought. Now all we need is a full CD of solo Tuba! I could put it right next to my CDs of solo Harp and solo Bassoon!

Thanks for post. I have that CD by Coltrane. Now I will listen to it.

Cheers
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