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
The biggest mistake most humans make is to think  we are always
making progress .
The biggest mistake most humans make is to think we are always
making progress.
Miroslav Krleza, a Croatian writer and important figure in cultural life of former Yugoslavia, had right expression for something like that: "Mankind is like a monkey in an aeroplane".

I use this expression quite often. What does that mean? It means that eventhough the mankind is having huge technological progress, the human being is still atrophied sociologically and socially. We still have bloody wars like we had many years ago, we are still more than wolves to each other. How on earth we can call that a progress? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SHdqD077yY