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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
 
Well, due to my ignorance I never would have thought that I would see the words Croatia and tango in the same sentence.
Come again?

froooo.....!!
pryso
1,956 posts
 
alex, from a quick listen (not all the way through) I liked it, the Middle Eastern flavor is interesting.  But then I often enjoy something out of the ordinary of my normal listening.

o10, I read that Miles recorded on the spot while watching the film on a monitor, all extemporaneous.  If true, more testimony to his genius.
orpheus10 OP
8,668 posts
 

Pryso, I'm not just from Miles hometown, I'm from Miles neighborhood. The reason I didn't know Miles is because I was only 3 years old when he left town.

I never knew how much me and Miles had in common until after he was dead and I read his autobiography. I knew many of the people he mentioned in his book. I used to buy kites, toys and candy at the drugstore below his fathers dental office. I can still remember the Bar B Q, and those fish sandwiches he spoke of; never had anything better before or since, those sandwiches are legendary.

In regard to his music, I liked Clifford Brown and Dizzy better in the 50's when I started listening to jazz. The strangest detail  I noted about Miles music at that time was that all of the Miles fans I knew smoked pot, but that was cool at the time.

Now that I've listened to all his music through it's many incarnations, I realize what a genus he was; any music I didn't like was because it needed a second listen in a different light.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
alexatpos, I thought your post was excellent .
Always good to be exposed in serious music to what you don’t know in other serious music .
rok and others have the elements down.
My feelings are real sadness is the start of the path toward wisdom , which is
frowned upon in American music in general .

To be expected as it is taboo in our culture in general .
P.S . Tango is the National Dance in Finland  .



schubert
7,386 posts
 
One of the things I like best about Jazz is the the ability to improvise

can show depths to music that are not apparent when played in the genre
for which it was originally written ,
This fine jazz pianist shows that  in about the last genre you would expect ..He plays one piece I always thought would  musically shine in a slower tempo  that still respects it's original sound .At least to a music lover .


https://youtu.be/Gr9QH9SnRbw?t=3
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