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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
1,835 posts
 
frogman & nsp,

Great Getz links. A couple were new to me. The KC FB BB is new to me. I found the Lock/Griffin recording here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I062LV2/?coliid=I1YDGBM0NFRWMC&colid=2MJEFFF7AFXNS&psc=0
No disc available just Mp3.

Manteca with Dizzy I believe is on this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H9HWR8/?coliid=I2KP1JS2NFKVTY&colid=2MJEFFF7AFXNS&psc=0&re...

I guess a lot of the KC FB BB records are out of print. I did find this though and a couple of other discs but that's it for the listings on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZDXV7I/?coliid=I1DONXFZNXWUD4&colid=2MJEFFF7AFXNS&psc=0&re...





acman3
4,337 posts
 
Song for today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODqZP5c5ck
acman3
4,337 posts
 
Try Sahib Shihab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st28HrYCWJI
acman3
4,337 posts
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5Src5Lgvo
frogman
7,562 posts
 
Good sleuthing, pjw. I may have to get that video with Dizzy. Thanks. The KC/FB BB as you probably figured out was made up of many American players who had made a home in Europe around that time. I always hear a certain energy and vitality in that namd’s performances that I like very much. Just speculation on my part, but if there might be something to be said for being a big fish in a small(er) pond this might be a good example. What I mean is that I sometimes wonder just how much attention (and personal growth as a players) excellent players like Benny Bailey and Sahib Shihab would have experienced had they not moved not to Europe where they weren’t competing with the likes of Hubbard, Pepper Adams and others. Of course, powerhouses like Clarke, Griffin and Lockjaw could compete with anybody.

nsp, great Getz/Dailey clips. Both new to me. Thanks. No clash between the two in either of those clips. I don’t doubt Dailey’s ability in the least; he’s a great player and on those two cuts he plays in a way that I feel is more complementary of Getz. I listened to the “Invitation” cut a couple more times. Getz was, when all is said and done, a traditionalist with obvious roots in Swing. He was obviously much more than just a swing player, but I always hear the inflections, vibrato and suave tone of swing players even though his use of harmony could be extremely modern. In that “Invitation”, when I hear Dailey’s comping (especially as the tune progressea) with thick dissonance rich chords I somehow want to hear a more modern sound concept from the tenor. Add to that the faster tempo and it feels a little frenetic. Still, great playing from both and I’m probably putting too fine a point on it.

For me, a piano player who was a beautiful complement to Getz and could move in and out of modern and traditionalist sensibilities seamlessly was Kenny Baron. Here they take the tune at a more relaxed pace. Works better for me. Terrible recording; sorry:

https://youtu.be/T-AFxpI9Joo

I may have posted this recently

https://youtu.be/WCe83Q-3GQk




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