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
rok2 ids ,

My take on Bell is he a fantastic player who is about himself more the  the music .
Sort of like a musical Ayn Rand but not profoundly evil and insane like her .
Bad analogy really, as I’m sure Bell did not take meth every day for 20 years+ or thinks Hitler was the greatest man who ever lived .
***** Sort of like a musical Ayn Rand*****

Speaking of Incredulous!!   Can't quite see Ayn, say, on Tenor Sax.

FYI, a lot of people in Europe and America thought Hitler was great, at least prior to the war and the genocide.

Cheers
I am aware of history .

O-10 , no doubt you know the current favorite substitute for the N- word is thug .
At certain political rallies the heard cheers 3 times as loud for that as any other word or phrase .


"Pride is a sense of worth derived from something not a part of us " Confucius .