Leny Andrade nails Herby Hancock's "Maiden Voyage"; I know this takes me on a voyage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2WicKm0dc
I also like Sarah K., "If I Could Sing Your Blues".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROssxp6cErY
Enjoy the music
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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My best friends brother played piano, they had a baby grand, and he went to Juilliard. The next door neighbor would come over and listen to him play and practice. After watching for a few minutes, the neighbor could play anything he played. While he grew up to teach music and never record, the neighbor became an entertainer who could jam, he could set the house on fire; I watched him do it many a night. I don't have a clue as to what it takes to be a "jazz musician". While I had a friend who was a professional "jazz musician" live with me for an entire summer, who never practiced, (since I didn't have an organ or piano, he couldn't even if he wanted to). We never talked music (if Einstein was your friend, I doubt you would be discussing his "Theory of Relativity", especially if you didn't know squat about it) The mesmerized look on my face every time I watched him play, certainly told him what I thought about his music; there was certainly no need to discuss that. We talked about his life as a professional jazz musician, he never got tired of talking about it, and I never got tired of listening to him talk about it. Although I have every record he ever made, the music he played that summer was far advanced from those records; that pains me because he died before any of that music was recorded; now it's just a memory I can't prove. These thoughts came to me after looking and listening to the "Lennie Tristano" interview; that's a very important in depth interview about being a "jazz musician". Lennie said, "You could make your fingers reproduce your deepest feelings", and he added "All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it". [11-07-14] Some got it, and some no got it. Shiela Jordan studied with Lennie, and she's a great jazz musician, here she is; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZHteISQ-bw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r8XF9YkyeM Enjoy the music. |
Rok, there are quite a lot of recordings of the piece out there. One of the relatively recent ones that is great is with conductor John Eliot Gardiner's period instrument group. A slightly older one from the 80s, on DG, with the Chicago Symphony section is also really famous among those audiophiles who love to listen for extraneous noises on recordings. The principal cellist, Frank Miller, grunts very audibly in the second movement. I think Barenboim conducted that recording, but don't remember and don't have my file in front of me. |
O-10: Tony Bennett says she is the Ella, AND Sarah of Brazil. Damn!! I think she is the LENY of Brazil, and that's Damn good. Wiki recommends this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d6bZavW7is Cheers |
Learsfool: I found both of your recommendations on Amazon. Thanks. Not too much into hearing EVERYTHING on a CD. I have a Anne Sophie-Mutter CD I can hardly listen to, due to her breathing. I realize folks gotta breath, but someone in the control booth should have corrected this. I guess they don't call them SACDs for nothing. Cheers |
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