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
In fairness to the ladies, while these "Funkettes" (meant to represent the Radio City "Rockettes"; an American institution) aren’t exactly "in the pocket", the video track is not in sync with the audio track. It is a little ahead of the audio track so the whole thing looks a little off. It’s also not a live performance. The music was recorded in a studio. Then, James, the band and the dancers were put on a stage for the filming of the "concert" scenes and they "performed" to their own studio performace trying to replicate, as close as possible, the movements of what they did in the studio. Look closely (especially the saxophone and guitar players), they aren’t really playing what you hear on the track. @:22, James sings, but his lips aren’t moving. The video producer oughta be shot. The audio production is excellent ’though and James and the band kill it, as usual.

The "Funkettes"?   Is that what they are called for real?  ahahahah

The Frogman is just wealth of information.  I guess if you live in the Big Apple, you just know these things..

Thanks

Cheers
You are correct, it's obvious the band is not playing, but I thought they would be dancing to the music, even if recorded.   Now if I could just erase Carl.

Cheers
****"Funkettes"***

Nah, I made that up 🙃.  Re their dancing:  it brings up an interesting point.  The video and audio tracks are not in sync (technical problem) so no matter what, the dancing won't look as tight as it would if the tracks were in sync; even if they were great dancers.  They're probably pretty good dancers but not exactly funky "street" dancers like you might see in a hip-hop video.  James and the band move so well to that kind of music that if things are off a little bit it still looks pretty good (although not quite as good as it would otherwise).  The "Funkettes" don't move as well to that kind of music to begin with, so there's no "margin of error" to the viewer's eye, so they look obviously off the beat of the music.