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
Post removed 

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 .
"By definition, a “song” is a musical composition intended to be sung; it has lyrics. A wordless composition is a ”tune”, “instrumental”, or “piece”; which doesn’t become a “song” until lyrics have been added."

You’re right. I thought noone would notice it. It was too late to correct. Thank you for the warning.

"Forgive me if I am mistaken and I don’t mean to take liberties, but I suspect that your feeling about lyrics being unnecessary, for Aranjuez in particular, became stronger as you became a stronger guitarist yourself."

This is interesting point of view. Never thought about it before.

"Many of the great and popular songs played as Jazz instrumentals were written first as wordless tunes and lyrics were added after the fact; or the reverse is true. Any tune is a candidate for lyrics."

True.

The links you posted, that is such a beautiful voice. Still...do I need it here?

Miles knew how to express himself. The quotation says a lot about him.

"German is, objectively, considered a harsh and guttural language..."

Good to see you schubi. Disagree with you for german. It is very beautiful language. One of my favourite.