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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.
orpheus10
skyscraper
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Frogman, I’ll be looking at "Big Beat" ,"Mosaic" , "Moanin" and the others you mention. Thanks.

Pjw81563, that Veejay 3-fer has some excellent Shorter as bandleader on it. I got it about a month or so ago and was quite pleased. I’ll look up the "Indestructible" Jazz Messenger recording you mention too.

Keegiam, those are some excellent Shorter recordings. I acquired his complete Blue Note recordings set a few months ago and really enjoy the ones you mention. I still have to get the last one he did with Weather Report, "Mr. Gone". Since I’ve almost all his Miles Davis material on Columbia I’m now working on his Jazz Messenger catalog. That’s great too from what I’ve listened to so far.

Getting Blakey’s Jazz Messengers for it’s own sake, with or without Shorter is another laudable goal You gotta love this stuff..

Mike

keegiam
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@skyscraper

Mike, from the sound of what you've already collected and enjoy, you were selling yourself short when you started the "Jazz Newbie" forum!

frogman
7,478 posts
 
Wayne Shorter is one of my very favorite Jazz musicians. Not only a great player, but a great composer as well. His compositions are unusual, but always unusually interesting. A true giant who is thankfully still with us:

Good list of Wayne Shorter “must haves” by Keegiam. I would also add:

“Adam’s Apple”

https://youtu.be/LgaIUqH0w6c

”The Soothsayer”

https://youtu.be/IbE3jlLhJL8

”The All Seeing Eye”

https://youtu.be/ylc6_wPm6SA
skyscraper
831 posts
 
Keegiam, you’ve got to have me confused with someone else. I purchased my first jazz album some fifty years ago after hearing " A Love Supreme" the first time. I’ve loved jazz ever since, but did take about a thirty year break from collecting when life and marriage created other other priorities for a while.

Frogman, those you mentioned are all great recordings, and fortunately in the complete Wayne Shorter Blue Note albums box set which is one of the treasures in my collection. It’s obvious you and keegiam both have excellent taste in jazz.

Mike
keegiam
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@skyscraper

My sincere apologies.  For some reason I associated you with starting the recent "Jazz Newbie" thread.  It was started by member "Krelldog."  My warning is, I'm getting old and a little confused so please ignore anything I say that's nonsensical.

BTW, the reason I recommended "Nefetiti" on the "Newbie" thread was that it is, to me, one of Wayne Shorter's seminal compositions.  I consider is a jazz masterpiece.

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