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
Fantastic post, Learsfool. Your comments re Wagner and his amazing influence on the arts, not just music, are spot on. Thank you.
ONE problem with you line of thought Learsfool.
It is far more important to be a good man than a great artist.
Wagner was NOT used by Nazi's ,in fact they toned down his anti-Semitism .You do NOT grasp the extent that Wagner made them possible in Germany.
Music is God's gift to man but it is not God.
That much is gray, does not make everything relative.
No one would die if Wagner's music vanished into the vapor forever.
If you are guilty of malice than costs one child his life
it is better if you were never born if you are the greatest artist who ever lived or ever will . Wagner has the blood
of millions of them on his hands.
To justify him by his artistic greatness is sick.