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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I'm almost at the end of my quest. Let me explain how this quest began. In childhood my primary exposure to music outside of the radio was at the movies, and I was attracted to Mexican music in cowboy movies, drums in Tarzan, Voodoo music in horror movies. This was outside of what I would call normal music in the Midwest. Presently, "jazz" is normal music, but I'm also attracted to "Cubano Son", Haitian Voodoo, and Afro Brazil. To my ears, Afro Caribbean, and Afro Brazil is more African than Africa, although Africa is where it all originated. The slave trade explains how and why this is so. I maintain they transported the "musical soul of Africa" to this hemisphere on those ships, and what I stated above is proof of that. Another thesis of mine is that we are attracted to music that existed 200 years before our birth via DNA; in other words we are drawn to the music of our ancestors. That would explain my attraction to music in my childhood; 200 year old DNA. Maybe you should listen to your DNA? Listening to my ancestral spirits has enhanced my enjoyment of music that's hundreds of years old; this music exists now as it did 300 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZVJuJwTbf0 I don't associate the music with the religion, I just like the music; maybe it's my ancestors talking to me? |
Now when you put jazz and Blakey in the mix we really got it going on; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiU657USPI0 |
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