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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
nsp
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frogman
Thanks! i would have never thought of Ammons and I don't know M Royal. "Relaxed" is a very good term to describe Dexter. And may I add a seemingly endless fountain of original ideas. Dexter is not my go-to tenor player for that era ( that would be Rollins, Henderson, Getz , Coltrane ) but every so often I pull out a Blue Note or Steeplechase by him , and sit back and enjoy the ride. It is too bad about his drug use I will have more to say on that subject later.
Nice cut acman3 posted and you are right there were 4 quotesby Dexter. I had to listen twice because the 1st quote happended at the beginning of his solo at about :57 sec..
nsp
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alexatpos
great find of that 1969 clip of Grant Green. He was really the top player in the 60's IMO. Speaking of guitarists does anyone like John Scofield?  For many years I disregarded him for having too much of a "rock" sound unlike my favorite jazz guitar players-- Green, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass. But in the last year or so I have come back around to listening to his albums and have a new appreciation for his work. Nobody I can think of gets the sound out of an electric guitar like he does. It reminds me of the early work of my favorite guitar player, Larry Coryell.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvz_JHOors

from album Quiet with orchestrations by Scofield
 
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3yHOFgKc94s
 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3MdTjUlcsQ
frogman
7,457 posts
 
This doesn’t happen too often.  Check out the included clip:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/08/lost-1963-john-coltrane-album-discovered
nsp
653 posts
 
frogman
Could be  a good find but I have most of the impulse albums from that period except Duke Ellington meets John Coltrane which I would buy before this." Nature Boy" with no solos? The cut included sounds like a lot of his output from that period. This might be a session which he or impulse didn't want to release at the time.
nsp
653 posts
 
quiet and mellow for a sunday:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3yHOFgKc94s
Rollins
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v7PU7e6ZJe4
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eXFaJpb-reg

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