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 record, as much as any other from the period, makes the case for Parker one last, brilliant time. Then you think about Parker arriving without his own horn, and having to borrow a Grafton saxophone — this dinky plastic alto with metal keys. It was just one more reason why this concert should have never happened, should have been a disaster. Should have never seen the light of day."


Review from 1953.


Cheers

@Queen Mary

Senor Blues:   No one will ever best this performance.   Seems a bit slower and more deliberate than the CD I have, if memory serves me.

Sort of like Karl Bohm-Wiener,  doing LvB's Ninth.

Great Clip.

Cheers

Don’t know about hindsight, never mind 20/20 (and not sure what you mean by that); but I can tell you this:

Parker was under contract to play only a certain brand of saxophone when outside the USA. He had hocked his horn to buy heroin so he needed a horn. He was offered the Grafton by a salesman for the Italian company. I never suggested that “fans should know better”. Hoffman, who is neither a saxophone player nor professional musician, is an audio gear head and audiophile who always thinks it’s all about the gear. He made the same mistake that fans would make assuming that a “plastic” saxophone would be a “dinky” toy and nothing more. The subject of the plastic horn is the stuff of legend among players and the general concensus is that while it may not be the best horn in the world, it’s not bad at all. Far more important is the mistake that Hoffman and some fans make of not understanding that, as acman3 points out, in the hands of a talent like Bird it wouldn’t matter that much. Bottom line: listen to the end result of the quality of Bird’s playing and/or clips I posted of the saxophone being played. The author of that review is correct: makes a great case for the brilliance of Bird.



Mary_jo, knowing you are concerned about my health makes me feel better. "That's all I can say about that."


I'm in a strange mood this evening; how about a little Dr. John, maybe I need some of his Gris-Gris.


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