Listening to Bill Evans now. This one says it was composed by him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ_-iyBaD64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ_-iyBaD64
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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I’ll have to send you a Rolex for Christmas for that post frogman .Never heard Arrau do that , How he towers over everyone , the improvising on himself is unreal . IMO Arrau had the best possible personality for music, Latin passion tempered by German perfectionism . . Faure is one of the least played truly greats , taught Revel and Nadia Boulanger all they knew. His influence on harmony is still paramount . |
I've been on this Nathan Davis kick lately- aside from that recent issue of previously unreleased material from Paris on Sam Records that Mike Fremer reviewed, some of the albums he recorded once he returned to the US, and took a position as the head of jazz studies at Pitt, are pretty marvelous. "6th Sense in the 11th House" is beautiful and "Makatuka" which was the first album he recorded when he returned to the US (and features a vocal track) really show how adept Davis was at pretty much every style. There was a guy on e-Bay who had a stash of these old records, still sealed, that he grabbed when the studio went bankrupt. There is a recent issue of Makatuka, but I'm not sure of its provenance. It may be a 'Scorpio'- Glass Bead Games has been reissued by Pure Pleasure- who is always a little cagey about sources they use, but they tend to sound good. The original Strata-East pressings are now crazy money. I haven't received my copy of this latest release but am looking forward to it. A friend has an original and we may do a shoot-out. I can almost predict the outcome-- the original sounds better at X the price. Such is life. I was pleasantly surprised by the Speakers Corner re-do of Herbie Hancock's Crossings, a kind of funk/spiritual jazz thing that sounded great on Warner green label. The Speakers Corner, which is relatively cheap compared to a time vault original (I had to go thru 3 copies to find a clean player) is punchier, and has more sparkle. Maybe a little less 'organic' sounding, but Kevin Gray's work on this really brings out the sound of the Rhodes. |
pjw, just listened to NIT. I think that the answer to the mystery re Kenny Clarke is simple. Wiki says Clarke and you correctly say it sounds like Blakey. You’re both correct. Blakey and Clarke are both playing on NIT; plus a percussionist (actually congas). whart, thanks for the nice post. Big Herbie fan here. I’ll check it out. |
When I think of the music being universal, G.B.Shaw's quote fits entirely in what I have in mind under this theme: "Music may be a universal language, but it is spoken with all sorts of peculiar accents." I have no words to describe my affection for Préludes, livre de Claude Debussy by Claudio Arrau. The words simply left me. If you, by any chance have seen them, return them back to me. Some useful link on Bill Evans. I think I have already posted this but suppose re-posting will do no one any harm. http://www.billevans.nl/Classical.htm |
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