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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
pjw81563
1,829 posts
 
Ok nobody likes my story about Lou Donaldson. What about his music?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liy9tw03p1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO5SKRN0-hI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRRIVwuKeYY

Last one is live with the Doctor. Lou also played many live gigs that I attended with Big John Patton before he passed.
pjw81563
1,829 posts
 
orpheus10, I’m surprised I have not heard from you regarding Lou Donaldson. Grant Green played on some of his Blue Note sessions.
inna
7,296 posts
 
orpheus10, you listen to too much of jazz. Try this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntKPfAq3j0
frogman
7,419 posts
 
nsp, good question re Art Pepper since, as you say, he played in Kenton’s band. I didn’t read that factoid about his reading skills anywhere. I heard about it from an old friend, Joel Kaye who played saxophone in Kenton’s band in the early 60’s and was himself a great arranger and disciple of Johnny Richards who arranged for Kenton. The road (and other 😉) stories about Kenton were many and apparently there were a couple of players in the band including Pepper who struggled with the reading of the charts. There are readers who need to slowly learn what’s on the page, players who are decent readers and then there are players who are phenomenal readers who can read anything perfectly the first time through. I believe my comment about Pepper was in the context of the studio scene in the West Coast. Studio players can and are expected to be crack readers who can play just about anything the first time through.  Pepper as wonderful as he was was not that kind of reader.
frogman
7,419 posts
 
pjw, enjoyed the story re Lou Donalson.  And like his playing a lot.  Nice clip with the little talked about Tommy Turrentine, brother of Stanley.  I like the other alto player you met that night also:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nq73hVJ3Rfs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-iQiHUrb-a4
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