Love Eddie Harris. Unique tenor sound and stylist. Always understated volume-wise with a warm sound that is not what one usually hears in a funky groove. Beautiful tune with a GREAT title. The composer of that tune, Charles Stepney, was one of the most prominent producers of some of the funk/soul acts of the 70s including Earth Wind And Fire's".
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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Hello Orpheus. At the risk of putting a strain on our "lovey dovey" :-) [they ain't really jazz] I'm going to double down on your beautiful and recommend these links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLuBRObYbA You can blame Frogman for putting me onto Scofield/MMW today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbAA4_B8k0I In my opinion, this is thee most beautiful 2 minutes and 24 seconds of pop music, EVER. |
Easing (not!) our way back to the theme of Brazilian music: Ask any ten Brazilian musicians who the greatest genius of Brazilian music was/is and I would bet anyone that at least eight would say Hermeto Pascoal. Revered not only by Brazilian musicians, he is an instrumentalist and composer who is the embodiment of music with creativity that has no bounds; always searching for new ways to express that creativity in the same spirit of some of the jazz musicians discussed here. I don’t particularly like posting Wiki links, but with this musician I wouldn’t know where else to start: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeto_Pascoal Some of this music definitely requires an open mind on the part of the listener: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ2eShznfdI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cGjUxfoDuUQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=79S73ihMVBQ Think Zappa and Miles have lunch at the "Amazonia Cafe": https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QxXQ21L4oec And we (who?) thought Trane took it too far! 😳: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPMPye2gg3o |
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