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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frogman, Coryell was a virtuoso, and he didn't seek acclaim. He just kept pursuing his love of the music, the beauty of its structure and his reverence for its roots (be they European or African). I wasn't a big fusion fan. The performance that initially got me hooked was solo acoustic at Montreux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPkkZX2F8Y Watching his fingers work the fret board is akin to watching music theory graphically illuminated right before our eyes, all with passion and abandon. When we lost Coryell, we lost one of the masters. |
Thanks keegiam for that Coryell acoustic clip. Under The Sign Of Capricorn is not on the 1974 Coryell album titled "At Montreux" with The Eleventh House. There is only one unaccompanied acoustic song Coryell plays to start out the show titled "Improvisation on Villa Lobos" (Prelude #4 in E Minor). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_0ZmchNieM Do you know if the Under the Sign of Capricorn was released on an album and if so what is the title? |
Pjw, absolutely. "European Impressions," recorded in 1978. Side 1 was live at Montreux, Side 2 was studio work. Do I love this album? Over the years, I picked up several mint back-up copies "just in case." The Arista vinyl puts you in the front row at Montreux. Wonderful sound. See track list below. "Rodrigo Reflections" from the same live performance used to be on YouTube but now can't be found. Spell-binding. This album was never available in digital form until a few months after Coryell passed away, when it was released in Japan. I ordered it immediately "just in case." Side 1 (Montreux, 7/23/78): Toronto Under the Sign of CapricornFor Philip and DjangoRodrigo Reflections Side 2 (studio, 8/17/78) April SeventhSilver Medley: Song for my Father & Sister SadieCopenhagen ImpressionsVariations on a Theme Live version of "April Seventh:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psft8ZRfCRU |
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