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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
jzzmusician
156 posts
 
Jimmy Forrest....WOW!!!!!

My heartfelt thanks for posting this. One of my great pleasures in life is hearing new music I fall in love with and have to buy. Jimmy Forrest just made the cut.

Stan Getz....’nuff said. One of my all time favorite tenor players and for me, occupies the high station of being able to groove hard while playing a ballad.

Thank you all. Again.

Here’s a guy I ran across several years ago. Leon Parker. I like his stuff. He has an uncanny ability to reduce everything down to just what’s needed. No fluff at all. None.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52w_rh5FcqQ

-- Bob
acman3
4,337 posts
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vBNedRsPSI
frogman
7,562 posts
 
Great posts all; thanks.  Alex, thougthful commentary as always.  

****, or else man could fall in trap of dislaking some work of art for a sake of dislaking artists personality.****

Agree, but there's another trap:  liking some work of art because we like the person and what that person represents to the extent that we overlook the flaws in the art.  Why I think a certain amount of objectivity is important.  I agree about Baker having "that certain thing".  For me personally, the "tortured soul" persona wears a little thin sometimes.
jzzmusician
156 posts
 
acman3,

Rene Marie.  Whoa......  Fine stuff there.  Very fine.

Bob
frogman
7,562 posts
 
Acman3 and jzzmusician, thanks for the great clips.  Beautiful alto sound and tasty attitude from Leon Parker; not he kind of tone one usually hears in that kind of groove with just the right amount of "modern".  Liked it a lot.  And beautiful and heartfelt singing from Rene Marie.  Good stuff, and, as always, no reason that the new can't mix with the traditional.  Which goes to Alex's comments about the public's attitude toward art today.  I have some thoughts that need simmering.

Every town used to have a "town crier". I propose that Jafant be given the designation "jazz crier"'with his short and concise interjections and mentions of artists and factoids; sometimes serving to diffuse the silliness that creeps in here from time to time.  Before "Summertime" became the beautiful jazz standard that it is, it was:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O7-Qa92Rzbk



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