Just in case somebody overlooked it, Chet Baker and Paul Bley, album 'Diane' from 1985. Its a really beautiful one
https://youtu.be/skSx-ECpzmw
https://youtu.be/skSx-ECpzmw
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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Thanks all for the great Paul Bley! I truly appreciate it as I am almost embarrassed to admit that I was only marginally familiar with this great player’s music. I have pretty much immersed myself in his recordings over the last couple of days. That “If I Should Lose You” is possibly the most beautiful version of the tune I have heard. Thanks, Alex! Listening to the clips posted I kept thinking Keith Jarrett, Keith Jarrett. Keith Jarrett, but without the hard to explain annoying quality that causes me to have a love-hate feeling about Jarrett’s playing. VERY similar emphasis and way with motivic development, but without the pretense that I often hear in Jarrett’s playing. I came across these comments in a review of Bley’s “Footloose” by Ethan Iverson (critic and pianist in The Bad Plus trio): **** Because it was the first album with Bley at full power, it’s possible that Footloose! is Bley’s most influential recording. It certainly made a big impression on certain pianists the time: Most famously, Keith Jarrett has never denied his debt to Bley and Footloose! in particular. This natural progression is somewhat controversial. Insiders commonly snark that Jarrett should give Bley royalties, and perhaps Bley himself is a bit bitter about how Jarrett became such a superstar using some of the tools Bley invented. After hearing Jarrett’s 2000 free jazz release Inside Out, Bley joked to me that “Now, after all these years, Keith has finally figured out how to sound exactly like I did in 1964.” **** https://youtu.be/-h4i9JjfFXA Very wide scope. As Schubert pointed out, he covered a lot of ground: https://youtu.be/w3xaFqyKSpo |
To those who thought this guy was really just a hillbilly . Saw him on a late night show once , the man asked him why so many jazz players worked in country bands , our hero was easily 3 sheets to the wind and told him like it is . "Because you have to be real good to play so bad all the time " .https://youtu.be/lxDQQDF6j0Y |
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