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

Tyner confirmed what I said about "Trane" in regard to going to the outer galaxies; Tyner was just left in "space", "What do I do now"? I witnessed it.


As Coltrane’s music grew increasingly wilder and more ecstatic in the mid-Sixties, incorporating contributions from saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and drummer Rashied Ali, Tyner began to feel increasingly out of place in the band. In 1965, after appearing on free-jazz standouts like Ascension and Meditations, the pianist left the group. “I didn’t see myself making any contribution to that music,” he once said.


We have so much of Tyners music left; "The real Tyner"; he was too overshadowed by Trane, now we can find and hear what his inner soul had to contribute to the music.



Pryso, you might be interested to hear this, Mokave trio with Glen Moore.

https://youtu.be/7Qb7MRDcPRk
https://youtu.be/pBWYdG9VSas
https://youtu.be/h30YPfkISg4

I ve got three their albums, almost unintentionally, got first at the hi fi shop (its audioquest production) more than 25 years ago, liked it, gor the other two.
Once when I was in london out of curiosity even went to a teching performance of their percussionist, Glen Velez and funny enough, there were 20 people perhaps...somehow I expected bigger crowd, so maybe that was the point that I changed my mind about pursuing a creer in jazz...
Saw Tyner live once, 1998. with The Latin All Stars,they were playing music from this album than

https://youtu.be/6rqIAWSorjs

Thank you Alex; that's what I'm talking about in regard to his music, it's much freer, not in a specific mold as before.