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
Re Xmas music:

Rok, for something different and certainly interesting you may try these. Hungary has had a very rich choral tradition for centuries. I love the choral music of Zoltan Kodaly and Bella Bartok. My wife bought this a couple of years ago. This music has a beautiful simplicity that you may like. The recording quality is excellent (Harmonia Mundi):

https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Music-Medieval-Hungary-4/dp/B00005N8D3/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Hungaria...

This one is not Xmas music per se, but this choral music evokes a similar feeling:

https://www.amazon.com/Kodaly-Choral-Works-Female-Choruses/dp/B00LDMYLCM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Kodaly+...

Both can be sampled on amazon’s site.

Apropos of what you've been lately discussing; lyrics vs. no lyrics, I find tremendously interesting, the quote from Claude Debussy:  “Music is the silence between the notes.”

Thank you all for beautiful songs.






Holiday jazz?  Check out the line up here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U5HpTqOTDQ

pjw, I'm a Chicago fan too.  I'm sure you know the original group all had strong music backgrounds prior to forming, not your typical garage band rock group who couldn't play beyond 3 basic cords. 
Just to add one good album.
Thelonious Monk Quartet plus two at the Blackhawk from 1960.
They play  'Round Midnight' version too

https://youtu.be/Ibk5r4tH1fE

one more version of that standard on which I do not think about the words, as usual, the tempo and the feeling of this version is very different

Ray Brayant quintet, from 'Lonesome traveler' album
https://youtu.be/dG-RLgDabRs
Christmas Music --  The Traditional (The kind I like)

Listing all the stuff I like would have been an impossible task.   So these are my essential albums.   Covers all styles of traditional Christmas.

A new CD of two Ormandy / Philadelphia Christmas albums on one CD has recently been released.   Can't go wrong with that.

Robert Shaw  --  THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_RWJoZgX0

Robert Shaw  --  SONGS OF ANGELS:  CHRISTMAS HYMNS & CAROLS 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62Ju7ADThY  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMnpoOS9-o  

Philadelphia Brass Ensemble  --  A FESTIVAL OF CAROLS IN BRASS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG_XqM6qBMg    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mDJjvFeCLk  

Boston Pops  / Feidler  --  A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDODwGOmMxw

Toronto Symphony and Choir  --  MESSIAH
with / Andrew Davis, Battle, Quivar, Aler, Ramey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T8uPe_wTHg  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLmmnVdi3l4  

Secular "Christmas" music Tomorrow.

Cheers