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
Man, this might be an instrument even our walking encyclopedic musician
isn’t familiar with.https://youtu.be/Gxj0OLftfFk?t=12
I'll wager he wouldn't mind sitting next to her ,only because she has such a great tone of course .
This little princess speaks German as well as it can be spoken ! Perfect diction .Older lady speaks good middle-class .
 Stuttgart band is in good shape .
Did she say Heckel made that horn esp for Wagner or his music?
Sounds very nice.

Cheers
She said he was inspired by Wagner’s bombs and thought
he could sell a deeper tone wind instrument than existed in this new day of music anywhere . Did sell quite a few ,. R.Strauss wrote for it among others . Wagner heard of Heckel and came to him with an order.

Should , that young lady is superb . In looks too, IMO .
There is a whole series of these clips by Stuttgart musicians of every instrument of this great symphony .
**** Man, this might be an instrument even our walking encyclopedic musician 
isn’t familiar ****

Sorry to disappoint 😊,  but I am very familiar with it from having played two runs of Strauss’ (Richard) opera “Elektra” and a concert version of “Salome”.  As you point out Strauss liked the instrument.  Aaron Copland also scored it in his Symphony No.2.  Usually played by a full time oboist. In the absence of a good instrument or an oboist who actually plays it, a bass oboe can be and is sometimes substituted for the heckelphone.  That young lady does sound very good.  But, alas, the heckelphone always sits at the far end of the oboe section and far away from the clarinets.