Don't stop now Mary_jo, you're bringing back such wonderful memories; I had completely forgotten about Engelbert Humperdinck. He had his time in the spotlight, and now I can travel back to that specific time; it was the best of times.
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, would you be so kind to stop posting and getting back to work...I do not know about work but I could surely use some update in english language and grammar. In logic too. I had completely forgotten about Engelbert Humperdinck.In a search for another singer, other than Cole who was posted by Alex, I found Humperdinck to be among the best ones. The neighborhood had not changed when I was a child and I walked the streets within the boundaries of "My neighborhood". I was preschool and walked those sidewalks without fear. Everybody knew me and I spoke to people sitting on their front porches and even stopped to chat. (that was usually good for a nickel or a dime)In Croatia is still like this. It’s not as it once was but still quite close to it. You can walk everywhere without fear. You can chat with everyone you like, in your neighborhood of course. It’s cute but this closeness is annoying me a bit (or sometimes a lot), since at some point you reach the level where your business is everyone’s business, if you know what I mean. |
Today's Listen: Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra -- THE MUSIC OF WAYNE SHORTER featuring Wayne Shorter. 2-CD set. I think there are videos of these on you-tube. Booklet: "He's at the highest level of our music - you can't get any higher than him. Everybody strives to have a personal sound: his sound is definitive." - wynton marsalis Disc 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfFBxn3v-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2uIsE2mQPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ipgcBEvvO0 Cheers |
o10, of course I didn't mean frustrating at that time. How could you have known? I was asking about your feelings after you were older and became a burgeoning "jazz aficionado"? To realize you knew some of the same people and had many of the same experiences there as someone you admired so much must have had some impact, at least some disappointment you never met when he came back to visit. I'm sure I would have. |
This is interesting so I'd appreciate seeing perspectives from others who listen to jazz from this era. Within an online discussion today I was surprised to read, "Before and during World War II, jazz was the dominant cultural musical idiom in the U.S., much like hip-hop still is today, albeit in vastly mutated form." Now "before the war" was even before my time, but in my interest for jazz history I have listened to a bit from that period, along with recordings I heard my dad play. In my perspective (meaning all I've read and learned) jazz has never been the dominant cultural musical idiom in the US. In fact it seems to be considered second-rate music by the general public at any point in time. The period it possibly held the highest regard with the average public was during the 1920s. My association of the most popular music from the late '30s and during the war was crooners and big bands, like Glen Miller and the Dorsey brothers. I don't really consider that to be jazz. Ellington, Basie, and certainly Cab Calloway experienced growing popularity, but not at the level as those others. But then there was a time when Paul Whiteman was called "The King of Jazz" by some, so definitions can be quite different. |
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