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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
orpheus10 OP
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"Modern" is the break with New Orleans and swing.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Hey guys , in any field of life sooner or later you hit the wall .A car can only go so fast , you can only run so fast and eat so much .
Nobody writes new music better than Bach because in this day and age it is impossible , ditto with the great American Song book . The greatest musician in the world composes and plays in a time and place that no amount of genius can ignore .

Even a fool like me can hear musicians in all genres are trained better today than back in whatever day .IMO that often makes thing worse with the player being more important than the music .
I would like an analogy in Jazz but that is beyond me . I (think) I can make make one in classical .
There are a plethora of truly great violinists today ,within two bars you know that is is Bell , that is Perlman , that is Mutter ad infinitum .
Of say the top twenty there is one player , the German Julia Fisher , that all you can say is , that is Bach , that is Mozart , that is Brahms etc.


Fisher trained in a  way not universal but possible in German Schools of Music , 3 years as a chamber musician , primarily string quartets , where you learn to make the music first .To be fair there is one American player that comes close, Hillary Hahn .
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Yuko Mabuchi is a very engaging jazz artist.
frogman
7,562 posts
 
I will offer more thoughts on definitions and timelines when I have more time, but just want to make and stress an important point which is why some of the analogies presented don’t hold up. Nothing (!) that Kisor plays in that solo has anything (!) to do with “better training”, “speed”, etc. Notice how much space he uses. No flashiness or gratuitous speed. No super high playing. Instead, what makes his solo interesting is creativity (!) built upon a deep knowledge and understanding of what came before him with a vision to take it somewhere new. Sustains interest for the listener with ideas, creativity and great feeling of swing; the essence of good Jazz. And, he does it all with a harmonic concept that goes beyond what many of the greats (“old”...sorry) discussed here did. Great player and a great example of the evolution of the language of a Jazz. His concept is “new”, the tune is “old”.
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rok2id
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***** Of say the top twenty there is one player , the German Julia Fisher , that all you can say is , that is Bach , that is Mozart , that is Brahms etc.*****

You can also say that is a Stone Fox!   Frau Fisher, that is.

Cheers
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