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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nsp, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything by Mobley that I didn’t like. Great player and great record! You’re right, Dolphy was the first in jazz to play bass clarinet with that level of proficiency. Harry Carney played it in Duke’s band quite a bit before Dolphy came on the scene, but it was mostly in the context of Duke’s great orchestrations and he didn’t improvise on it that much. The great clarinetist Buddy DeFranco and a couple of other contemporaries of Dolphy flirted with the bass clarinet, but not seriously like Dolphy did: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BFinfHYnOCQ |
Great music for a rainy Fall afternoon; thanks, acman3. What a beautifully creative musician Wayne Shorter is! I may have posted this previously; not sure. My favorite of his post-Weather Report offerings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUDRRCQj0TE&list=OLAK5uy_n2MDlw1r7tcZV_1taNfZXpofkXyD5XKb4 |
Cannonball Adderly’s "Something Else" with Miles Davis sitting in. "Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster" John Coltranes "A Love Supreme" (might be the greatest record of all time, all categories) Gato Barbieri’s "Third World" on Jazz Pacific is a personal favorite "Charlie Parker on Dial" Jon McLaughlin’s "Birds of Fire" Any good Duke Ellington compilation from his heyday. Any compilation with Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit |
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