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
Correction, I meant to write:

**** mary_jo, of course the question has NO “firm answer” ****

Sorry. In adding quotation marks, I erased the “no”.  Talk about confusing matters 😱.

OK, enough already; this debate began specifically in regard to "Round Midnight"; those who want to hear the lyrics in their mind every time they hear the tune even when it’s just instrumental without them, please do so.

Please, cry in your bear with memories of long lost love; if you don’t have any beer I’ll send you one of mine. Just don’t claim those "dippy" lyrics are what the song is about because that spoils the instrumental versions of the song for everyone.

Now go in peace; lyricists and non-lyricists.

Correction, song implies words; make that "The music that Thelonious Sphere Monk composed".


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All I know is the Great American Standards , and great they are, would not
be what they are without lyrics . My favorite, " Autumn Leaves" is largely what it is because it was written by a Frenchman .
Spanish is a great and beautiful language, a strong second to that almost universally considered the most beautiful, French. A bias would be if you did not feel your native tongue the most lovely .
German is, objectively , considered a harsh and guttural language and so it is .To me, because of the Schubert lieder and my love for the country in general, it sounds’ more better" than English . That’s a bias .but not too much as they were the same language once and English is harsh as well.

To my hears the French is more beautiful than the Spanish and I know little of either .
My bias is to sing to "Concierto en Aranjiuez " is little short of criminal .
I think it is a true and wonderful Masterpiece for the guitar . I must of heard it a thousand times and every time is like the first . Amazing .