Great Johnny Mercer song for this day and Yes , Rosemary Clooney
was a very good singer !
https://youtu.be/0W5VN6zk0Ow?t=3
was a very good singer !
https://youtu.be/0W5VN6zk0Ow?t=3
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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For me, "gruff" crosses over into attitude and connotes a bit of unfriendliness or "pissed-offedness" (as in "he was gruff with me"), so I'm hesitant to use it unless I believe the player is intentionally expressing that (which they sometimes do). Thick and husky apply to sound. Gruff brings in mood. But that's just me.Keegiam in the Sonny Rollins interview I posted on the last page Sonny, while describing Ben Webster's tone as gruff, say's Ben did not play like that all the time. He also said Ben had a "macho attitude" or "tough guy" persona. So that does match what you are expressing that "gruff" crosses over into the attitude realm. BTW Ben Webster was nick named "The Brute" for good reason. Ben Webster's "sweeter side" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ipWLgg0nc And here is "The Hawk" playing "Body and Soul" which, IMHO is one of the better instrumental versions of that jazz standard ever recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9okWUIpPaM And here is the great Frank Sinatra introducing the great Ella Fitzgerald who performs a terrific vocal version of "Body and Soul" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YyX5R6ohBE |
alec That
Tord Gustavsen with 'Blue Church Choir“ was awesome. And the German city of Dresden, where they performed that moving composition, could not have been a better suited place for it. Dresden, a city with no strategic targets (armament factories ect.) was bombed by the Anglo American Allies in WWII killing approximately 25,000 civilians including women and children. Casualties of war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkMo1_rWM0 |
alec re Johnny Griffin I have a large selection of his albums including, of course, his "shootouts" with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omR-3SCfjHQ You can definitely and clearly hear "Lockjaws" husky tone as he takes the first solo and then the sweeter smoother tone of Griffin who takes the second solo. BTW I do not have the Griffin album you posted. I will search it out. |
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