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 

There is far to much humanity suffering going on in the whole world and as you said right here in "the land of opportunity"

I am just as aware of it as you are the only difference is you feel the need to talk about it an awful lot and I go there on rare occasions. Believe me it frustrates and angers me as much as you I just try not to think about it because I know it will never change.


One thing for certain about living here in the U.S.A.


You wont wake up to bombs being dropped around your house by an air raid or tanks rumbling down your street.

There is no real ethnic cleansing and mass crimes against humanity - the recent surge in "mass killings" by mentally unstable individuals is not the same as genocidal ideology and nowhere near the scale of what happened in Bosnia and Rwanda in the 90's nor what still happens nearly every day all over Africa and the Middle East.

Corporate America, Wall Street, and the Central Banking System control everything and use the middle class as pawns in their chess game.

There are hundreds of thousands of homeless people and many of them will not have a great Thanksgiving.

I could go on but it upsets me and that is the reason I rarely bring it up.

I'm going to keep on paying my part as a cog in the machine, enjoy my Thanksgiving, then spend thousands of dollars for Christmas which I really shouldn't but I have my credit cards to use and pay interest to the bankers just like I paid them an extra 200k for interest on my mortgage.


Life goes on...…  



Pjw, "At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2"; released in 1960: Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Merrit on bass, Bobby Timmons on Piano.



Track listing
Volume 1
"Hipsippy Blues" (Hank Mobley) - 9:26
"Justice" (Thelonious Monk) - 7:37
"The Theme" (Traditional) - 2:18
"Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 10:58
"Just Coolin'" (Mobley) - 8:11
Volume 2
"Chicken an' Dumplins" (Ray Bryant) - 7:26
"M & M" (Mobley) - 6:41
"Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) - 8:00
"The Theme" (Traditional) - 9:13
"Art's Revelation" (Gildo Mahones) - 8:13
Recorded at Birdland in New York City on April 15, 1959
Personnel
Art Blakey – drums
Lee Morgan - trumpet
Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Pee Wee Marquette - announcer



              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKukEVpK9Sc


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mok1c0fPXno


              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNTYQGNDyaw



Those are my favorite cuts from that album.
 
Corporate America, Wall Street, and the Central Banking System control everything and use the middle class as pawns in their chess game.


This must change.