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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.
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frogman
7,476 posts
 
I like the premise, Alex.  Beautiful collection of Pollak's works.  I am also a fan.  My wife, an amateur seamstress, has a reproduction of this on the wall of her crafts room:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_at_Sewing_Machine#/media/File%3AEdward_Hopper_-_Girl_at_a_Sewin...

Interesting  go that you should bring up film scores; the music accompanying the Hopper clip is from the film "The French Lieutenant's Woman".  Beautiful music and, per your comments, made me think of this which I can easily see substituting for the Carl Davis score in your clip:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fb3Gdtu0LS0

Stunningly soulful:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_a_Woman_(Leonardo)#/media/File%3ALascapigliata.jpg








frogman
7,476 posts
 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8eLl84iMsrQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZR4zxMDeA

alexatpos
1,222 posts
 
Rok, I never use generalizations of any kind, as you can read in my last post as well.
 But, we can certainly discuss are the 'loneliness and isolation' really antithesis of (some) jazz...
I am sure that you know how easy is to find examples which support my thought (and vice versa, of course, so much jazz with exact the opposite feeling)
So,just a few links on some jazz standards...

 https://youtu.be/B7R6dp74fR0

https://youtu.be/6XEoZ0YiMPs

https://youtu.be/IKayR1oqC7w

https://youtu.be/OCqZE6oBSsQ

https://youtu.be/IIQc20cK5Vc

https://youtu.be/fXZR4zxMDeA

Frogman, Bakers music is (to me) always first beautiful, than sad. If it was the other way around, I am not sure how could anybody endure much of it.
Also I have few reproductions of E.H. at my home, prints, but on canvas, they look quite 'real' that way.






frogman
7,476 posts
 
Alex, I tend to agree with you that his music is, first of all, beautiful; but, as with that of Bill Evans, Stan Getz (and obviously others also) there is, for me, always a pervasive feeling of melancholy in what they project musically. In Baker’s case, it’s very easy to understand why this is the case, he led a very troubled life. I am sure you know about Baker’s life outside music, but you may find this interesting:

http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/2002/06/james-gavin-author-of-deep-in-a-dream-the-long-night-of-che...
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ghosthouse
4,318 posts
 
A non sequitar relative to the current discussion, but...

YIKES!

Hope he has a fire extinguisher near at hand. Seems to me there is significant risk of the piano catching fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHYSb-o0AUs&ab_channel=EldarDjangirov-Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqlnJN7G5UY&ab_channel=EldarDjangirov-Topic

Reading Wikipedia, I can see I’m late to the party. Typical. But still, new to me and maybe some of you. Worth sharing to hear for the first time or yet again.
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