Hey guys - I finally got a chance to listen to half of the box set I had picked up of Jack Teagarden. It is a really fun set - great lyrics to the songs, great dixieland style band.
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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Acman3, you really tied it together. Trane was on a spiritual journey that he was beginning to express through his music. I believe Alice Coltrane, his wife, exemplified the destination Trane was trying to reach. Her music is filled with Trane's spirituality just before he died. Here we can hear it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2HwbFLh5j0 Since leaving the music we've been into, and going to Alice Coltrane is like stepping out of hot water, and then getting into cold; you have to listen to more music in that groove in order to absorb it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smisXZ7KVpo Like it or not Rok, this is where Trane was headed, he took some way out trips on live sets; that's where he played music that was totally unfamiliar to fans of the "old Trane", that music was a preview of things to come. Enjoy the music. |
O-10: Alice Coltrane: I liked the "Blue Nile' the best. Probably because of the guys playing on the set. Both cuts were easy on the ears. I have noticed that if you use the mouse to skip ahead on the music, you find that one point sounds the same as any other point. Like you are not missing anything. No Beginning, middle, or end. Her harp is nice. I like it. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Various -- THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION OF CLASSIC JAZZ This is the 'Revised' remastered edition, released in 1987. The original was released in 1973 on LP. The sound quality on this set is much improved. This is a 5 CD set. Starts with Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton, and ends with Ornette Coleman and The World Saxophone Quartet. The sound quality on the early stuff is AMAZINGLY good. The later stuff is good also. The package is typical Smithsonian. Well done with many nice touches. Great detail on all the tracks. Includes the soloists, and the order of their solos. Date and place recorded and personnel. A 102 page booklet. Repeats the liner notes of each disc and includes great pictures. The historical information is priceless in itself. They didn't miss many of the greats. Below is a link to the tune list. http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Smithsonian-Collection-Of-Classic-Jazz/release/457754 The sound on the 1973 release was not good. The Scorr Joplin tune 'maple leaf rag' is a recording of a piano roll made before electric recording. Sounds just fine here. No filler. All great tunes. Even includes two(2) versions of O-10's favorite, 'East St. Louis Toddle-Oo' by Duke Ellington! :) All Jazz people should have this. I am becoming a fan of these complilations. Like the '50 Greatest Jazz Tunes' I posted about earlier. Sometimes you just don't feel like an entire CD of Coltrane, or anyone else. Cheers |
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