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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This COVID-19 is doing it's best to keep me in the present, but it will not succeed; all these people with masks looking like doctors and nurses who hastily left the operating room to go shopping; that's the new reality, but I can, and I will escape it. Once I get back to my listening room, and fire up the rig, (my time machine) I can go anywhere I want to. At this time, I choose to hit the tennis courts in the 70's. While some young ladies choose formal tennis attire, bad girls prefer cut off blue jeans, and I've always liked denim. The music that fits the spirit of these times is "Summer Madness", and I was on the hottest tennis courts in town; we even had night lights; no need to slowdown when the sun went down; sometime things heated up even more under those bright night lights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGDqUtVOWxg |
St. Louis was an exciting city in the Summers of the 70's; there were a lot of outdoor cafes where tennis attire was quite acceptable, no need to dress for the night life; the outdoor audio was good too. Here's music that captured the mood; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS463tbX-HE&list=PLmurAzSrFpoKwRDk53eSsgNAN4ShWWhCW&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-ibK5L2a4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60FfC9zdDI |
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