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

Acman, your submission that impressed me the most was Regina Carter "Day Dreaming On The Niger", which is a very interesting river in West Africa. I could imagine day dreaming while floating down that river.

"Miners Child" from Southern Comfort was also interesting; it brought back memories of a visit to relatives in Winona Mississippi when I was preschool, and they didn't even have electricity, they used oil lamps for light, which were very spooky.

At night, instead of TV or radio, someone told ghost stories for entertainment, they seemed very real to me as a child, especially with the shadows created by the flickering oil lamps. Fortunately I never had to sleep alone, I would have been too scared to sleep if I did.

People were so interconnected as human beings at that time.


Out of all of the many years that I've lived, there are only "moments" that make it all worthwhile, and I wish I could live in a cycle that would repeat those moments over and over; moments trapped in time.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6mX_HtgGI


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbaGDDbpcQ4

At times like these, we need to recall all the precious moments we can ever remember. mine are depicted in songs, and "speak Low" is one of them;


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DGY3MGwqls


That version captures the perfect Summer day.

I don't have as many of Grover's albums as I thought I had, but these are the one's that I have;"Inner City Blues";


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1_tkTYAHhE


"A Secret Place"


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmap1RBNhAs


"Winelight"


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPH1IuMtFGc


Plus a few more; all of this music sounds good to me; especially "Just the Two Of Us"

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOuI4OqJfQc