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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
mary_jo
1,525 posts
 
Thanks, schubert.

Ethel Ennis

 ~ Lullabies for Losers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC92_DCD5yw

~ Dreamer, Dreamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ann6kB_PPPc

~ Love for Sale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnRmRi-kpQ

She drew inspiration from crooners like Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, but her vocals were a touch less stagy, more direct. Her readings of popular songs and standards had as much in common with Etta James’s effulgent soul singing as with Fitzgerald’s elegant diction.
source: nytimes.com
mary_jo
1,525 posts
 
Is "crooner" good or less good word to describe a singer?
frogman
7,561 posts
 
Strange, if not downright terrible review from nytimes.com.  First, I have never heard the term "crooner" in reference to a female singer; a crooner is male.  Then, "stagey" to describe Ella and Sarah?!  Guess the reviewer doesn't recognize style and individuality.  "Crooner", neither good nor bad; a style.  "Stagey", bad.  

Nice clips, mary_jo; enjoyed Ethel Ennis.  From the sound of her voice I would bet there were more than a few Ella records in her collection.  Like Ella, not stagey .
 
One of Alex's favorite singers, Dean Martin was a crooner.  

Btw, Alex you brought back memories with that clip of The Archies.  That song was my very first record (45) gotten as a freebie when I was 10 years old on the back of a "Cap'n Crunch" cereal box 😋

alexatpos
1,249 posts
 
My first record were the Beatles, hits fom 62-66, was moved by song 'Yesterday', could not translate it,than mine parents inlisted me to foreign language school. to learn english. Was 3rd grade at time
But, my very first r’n’r record that I heard was Elvis. My parents liked music, from spiritual, jazz, french or even Mexican one (my father probbably lived there in his previous life) so I picked a lot of things at home.
Regarding D.Martin, he should be presribed on recipes, for a good mood
It looks like he is taking nothing too serious, including himself

funny clip, with J.Wayne
https://youtu.be/QT0D0c_CSOk

mary_jo
1,525 posts
 
Thanks fro. If Sarah and Ella weren’t mentioned in the same sentence of the nytimes review, the expression ’less stagy and more direct’ would have landed in the happier way, I agree to that. But precisely that description drew my attention since I saw Ethel the same. Clear, direct, well balanced voice that offers answers. Yep, answers that are comprehensible and are shaped through her voice. That’s the feeling that prevails when I listen to her. Something I hear first, before the rest. And I like it.
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