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

This is the conclusion of the convoluted events that occurred just the other day involving "In a Silent Way"

in 1969 "Fusion" wasn't even considered jazz, consequently, I bought it by mistake, as many of Miles fans did. It got on my "playlist" not too long ago when I archived Vinyl to "hard drive". Although I have owned that record for many years, it just didn't fall into the category of records to be played.

It's incredible how much an individual's taste can change in almost 40 years. It got on my "playlist" because it was a vinyl album in exquisite shape because it hadn't been played much, it was a good candidate for archiving.

Some people make a playlist for a day, my playlist consists of all my favorite records, the only order it has is going from one decade to the next. My days consisted of trying to find something productive to do, (now I can barely take care of necessities) while the music played in the background.

Each time the music came up (In a Silent Way) I liked it, but didn't know what it was; not until I descended Mt. Everest, guess you get the picture now.
As I expect most of us realize, Miles influenced so many musicians it would be hard to count them.  He truly was a bad MF!  ;^)
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Today is the great John Coltrane's birthday.  On the subject of influence, this record is up there with Miles' "Kind Of Blue" as one of the most influential records in the history of jazz and the way the saxophone is played in the genre:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xr0Tfng9SP0