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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
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Thanks for the Ray Bryant heads up frog, very much a player I could listen 
to all day, love how "organic" his runs etc seem, so many guys throw in off the wall stuff, to me often seems like just because they can. 

I have a BAD habit of overlooking the obvious  because they are popular, like Chick Corea for starters .
frogman
7,561 posts
 
Brilliant musician.

https://youtu.be/X2zpbq8mr7w
frogman
7,561 posts
 
It was recently pointed out by Schubert what a great player George Mraz is. Amazing ability to ground the rhythm section and with unusually beautiful bass tone and intonation. Has always been a favorite. This is a favorite record that he plays on. Beautiful time feel through out and Pepper Adams is, as always, a master storyteller. Mraz sounds fabulous.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCZddFI1tU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8PjvxET91U

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LlDMfIjB8Ps
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Frogman, beyond a shadow of a doubt "Pepper Adams" was one of the best baritone saxophonists ever, and he's my complete pick.
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Sir Roland Hanna is a jazz pianist I know very little about and I'm not sure I have him in my collection. The reason I'm mentioning him is because he never left the realm of "modern jazz", but still progressed in a way that others said couldn't be done, or they couldn't do it; they had to leap into some new almost unrecognizable musical universe.

There has been so much music created in the realm of "modern jazz" that we don't know about; I subscribed to 3 different Hi Fi Mags, and CD Review, and I didn't know about all of it. I primarily relied on my buddies to bring me up to date on new music; but there was a jazz explosion when more music was created than most could acquire.

Rok, this Bud's for you; it's our kind of music, the music that progressed from the "Giants of Jazz" who were in Nica's book "3 wishes."


      https://www.amazon.com/Live-Village-Vanguard-Konitz-Quartet/dp/B00YBX3VU8


Enjoy the music.





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