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

While you guys were listening to opera, I was listening to L Shankar and Caroline;


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r48n2dImHoY


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFb9-lik2cg


I have never figured out what Caroline is playing, but she's always on the stage with L. Shankar, who is one bad A on double violin. I've seen Caroline many times with L. Shankar playing something that I never could hear.

This is all connected to a story I'm about to tell you. There are two local musicians here in St. Louis who lead their own jazz groups. Everyone knows they've been ready for the big time since the 70's. I've gotten well acquainted with both of them, especially since I go wherever they are performing.

Although I talked to them separately, they both gave vague similar stories for not hitting the road and making it big. Not satisfied with what they were telling me, I talked to guys they grew up with who were really close. I discovered they both were married to really beautiful wives who they were not about to leave while they went on the road. I believe L. Shankar has solved that problem by having Caroline on stage with him playing some unknown instrument that I can never hear.



  (This has 6 parts, and I found all of them quite interesting)





Opera digs deeper into human emotion , your emotion , because it adds to great instrumental players the very greatest of the greatest instrument , the human voice .

The Greatest Opera of all "Madam Butterfly " is that because it bares the entire range of emotion of the most important thing in Humanity. A Mother !


https://youtu.be/cXfGPOHgImk?t=3 Only one sung by a real Asian . About 2: 45 she breaks into the GREAT part of aria where she sings in agony and love as she looses her son .
Many men and most women cry , even if they have heard it a hundred times .
Anyone who says he loves the smell of  of Bombay should not be allowed to even mention Coltrane!!

I think Duke Ellington exposed 'world music' years ago.   He went on a world tour searching, and came home empty handed.

Where be the Blues?

Cheers


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