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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
frogman
7,372 posts
 
Beautiful clips. Not only is she an excellent guitarist (self taught, btw), she is one of the greatest songwriters of the rock generation. She writes songs with a sophistication and (sometimes) complexity that go well beyond her folk/rock roots. I love her songs and singing. Btw, that is Wayne Shorter on soprano on the Pork Pie Hat clip and Michael Brecker with a smoking tenor solo on "Dry Cleaner"; the great Jaco Pastorius on both. For the record, it was Mingus who invited her to collaborate on a project around the poems of TS Elliot.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w5782PQO5is

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=igj20M84hbo
acman3
4,152 posts
 
Frogman, Is it me, or did Jaco decide not to lay back in support of Brecker, but to solo over Brecker's solo?

If you could explain why Max Roach's use of poly rhythms helped the soloist, from a soloist point of view, it may help explain why Roach was so important to Jazz, although he was important in other ways too.

I once saw Roach take 4 or 5 kids and teach them to play a simple pattern, each different, then he sat down and played the first pattern , and added the other patterns one by one until he was playing them all, those young drummers, and I learned a lot that day.
jafant
18,939 posts
 
I enjoy reading about Stereophile's R2D4 as well.
frogman
7,372 posts
 
Sure, Acman3; later today.  Regards.
jafant
18,939 posts
 
As above-
Jazz is an intellectual, specialized genre from the very beginning.
Classical falls into this nomenclature as well. Both styles lack the following of Popular (pop) music for better or worse.
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