Nice clip, Alex. That record is new to me; thanks for that. Beautiful playing all the way around. Great to hear Lee Morgan on muted trumpet. Interesting that he seems to take on a somewhat different personality with the mute in; less fire and aggression in his playing which comes through when unmuted even on ballads like this. Golson sounds beautiful. What a tone! Acknowledging that they are very different tunes and that the players have very different styles, it makes for an interesting contrast to Chico Freeman. The tune in your clip was composed by Golson and he improvises on it like he owns the tune. His tunes have always had interesting chord progressions and he plays on it with great conviction. He nails every single chord change with beautiful thematic development and the logic of someone who knows the tune intimately. Great stuff.
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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Frogman, new people are posting who may or may not have heard this tune. While almost every tune I post will be a repeat for you; when the tune is that good, it's better to err on the repeat for those who haven't heard it. I am a Chico Freeman fan since the "Kings of Mali" that came out in 77, long before the tune I posted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buFUP2LvK2s I buy records for the overall music, and not the sound of a specific instrument. Another example of an artist whose tone you criticized was "Billy Bang"; while his tone most certainly is not on par with a classical violinist, I like his music much better. Me and Billy Bang are philosophical brothers; he's a vet who had hard times in "Nam". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R22OfE5R0_0 "Yo, Ho Chi Minh is in the House" Git down Charley Brown! |
O-10, I think it’s great that some things get multiple postings; especially since there are new participants here. Please don’t misinterpret my pointing out that something was posted previously as meaning that I don’t think it should be posted again; it’s a simple statement of fact and potentially interesting in a way. Like you, I don’t buy music nor judge recordings for the sound of one particular instrument; that’s the very reason that I own that Chico Freeman record. In fact, I actually like his tone quite a bit. I just don’t particularly like him as player, nor most of his recordings. I do like Destiny’s Dance, as I said; some really good stuff on it. I think you misunderstood what I previously opined re Billy Bang. It wasn’t his tone in particular that was the main issue for me and comparison to a Classical player is not really relevant since there are jazz violinists with tone that, while not “Classical” by any means, is excellent and I like very much. I just don’t find much to enjoy in his music and find his playing to be, overall, kind of crude. That’s just for me and I’m really glad that you find much to like in his playing. |
Stephane Grappelli is one of the giants of jazz with an extremely beautiful tone; he has so much beautiful music that I would break my bank just buying half of it; but here is some of it that I like, this is the most romantic and dramatic. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1024&bih=662&ei=sjQfWo7CDsPzarTIpZAF&btnG=Search&q... Back to the jazz violin; Ray Nance who is known for trumpet, can really jam on a violin; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJxSYBKugpE |
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