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.
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.
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Mary_jo, thank you for the article on masks; very interesting and confirms my feeling about the illogic of the suggestion that they do not help. At a time like this we all can use a little inspiration for dealing with adversity. A little known singer with a very unusual voice and a beautiful way with a musical phrase was Jimmy Scott. Known as “Little Jimmy Scott”, he was born with a genetic disorder that prevented him from reaching puberty and normal physical stature resulting in an unusually high (for a male) contralto vocal range. There’s something in the way he delivered a song that always gets me. I particularly like his way with a ballad: https://youtu.be/lYScFwuijLc https://youtu.be/Z6Yo9qnEsF4 Apropos recent talk of the bass clarinet, nice bass clarinet obligatto on this one: https://youtu.be/q9RKqF67-tQ After some early success he sank into obscurity in the 60s and made a comeback in the 90’s. I heard him at a small club in NYC in 1994; wonderful performance even if his voice was showing a bit of age: https://youtu.be/2f3bg_O95Fg https://youtu.be/2sXdS4By-OU |
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