Larry Young / Unity
Sonny Rollins / The Bridge
Sonny Rollins / The Bridge
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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It’s curious to me how with all the discussion and even arguing about the music of Brazil, we barely even looked at......the music of Brazil; certainly not the more recent stuff. For me, the “Pop” music of Brazil has always been the most interesting “Pop” music of all Pop music. I find it to be, overall, on a much higher level of musical interest than any other Pop music. I love the way this guy sings and love his songs. There is a wonderful honesty and simplicity in his singing and his songs are extremely interesting to me. Kind of Brazil’s Joni Mitchell in overall vibe. The best Brazilian artists have always attracted the attention of American Jazz artists. The first time I heard of Milton Nascimento was years ago on the wonderful record by Wayne Shorter “Native Dancer” on which he collaborated with Shorter. This one is another record on which the worlds of contemporary Brazilian music and American Jazz meet and the result is great. Herbie Hancock plays on most of the cuts and shows once again why he is such a genius. It is unusual for even the best Jazz musicians to so seamlessly and beautifully fit into a musical setting with a very strong ethnic character different from their own. https://youtu.be/8gWzbH7w-Ws https://youtu.be/6nFrpjjQ0vU https://youtu.be/uD-lGzDsdX8 (bad udio quality warning!, but worth listening to anyway for Hancock’s incredible playing) https://youtu.be/Z3PA6D22Gx8 |
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