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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
pjw81563
1,829 posts
 
Good morning Mike

Getting Blakey’s Jazz Messengers for it’s own sake, with or without Shorter is another laudable goal You gotta love this stuff..
I have 60 plus Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers CD’s in my collection. I often go out of my way to find and acquire rare OOP sessions.

BTW I saw the Wayne Shorter Quartet which is featured on Wayne's "Without A Net" release of 2013 and is comprised of John Patitucci on bass, Danilo Perez on piano and Brian Blade on drums. The venue was NYC Town Hall June 2013. Here is one video from it:

(37) Wayne Shorter 80th birthday at Town Hall 6/28/13 - YouTube

And here is Without A Net:

(37) wayne shorter without a net full album - YouTube

My friends who attended the show with me were expecting more "accessible jazz" but they were all mesmerized by what they witnessed that night. Here is a review of "Without A Net" from All Music and an article on the tour.

Without a Net - Wayne Shorter Quartet, Wayne Shorter | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic

Wayne Shorter at 80, catching his second wind - The Washington Post

I have not purchased Wayne's only release since then titled "Emanon" if you have it what is your thoughts on it?
frogman
7,478 posts
 
Well, my feeling is that to better understand Shorter the composer and his artistic direction, this album is a “must have”; even if one may not entirely like it. What I mean is that it is something completely different from anything he has done previously and I would say that more than anything it is “modern Classical” music with Jazz quintet. From that standpoint, I find it very interesting. Listeners who don’t have a taste for contemporary “Classical” may find it strange.

The album features compositions (some from previous records) orchestrated for chamber orchestra (the recently mentioned Orpheus Chamber orchestra) and it is interesting to hear them in this new context. A clear extension of his “composer’s head”. The instrumental playing is great.  Recommended, but buyer beware.
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rok2id
7,859 posts
 
Today’s Listen:

McCoy Tyner -- SOLILOQUY

The third in a trilogy of Solo recordings by Tyner, ’REVELATIONS’ and ’THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE’, being the first two.

Notes: ".....preserved, as its two predecessors, at Merkin Hall adjacent to Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Coming full circle, McCoy’s again at the Hamburg Steinway Concert Grand, heard entirely on his own as captured by engineer David Baker." Recorded 1991.

Btw, the Hamburg Concert Grand has a MSRP of around 175,000 dollars. Almost as much as The OP’s cable lifters.

lonnie’s lament
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNHMNpQx6Q4

tribute to lady day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeP6mUqmsrw

willow weep for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jiYjTQTbyY

bouncin’ with bud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYZawrAoFM

effendi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuxUNS_vpkk

Cheers
keegiam
731 posts
 
Interesting find, perhaps posted here before I joined, not sure.

A 3.5 hour biography on The Bird done by the Norwegian Broadcasting Company in 1989.  Quite a mix of music, anecdotes, interviews and discussions about the personal interplay of the band members over 20 years.  A bit disjointed, but not enough to make it inaccessible.  I'm going to watch it in bits over the next couple weeks.

"The Bird: Charlie 'Bird' Parker, 1920-1955"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlS_c2kXQOI
skyscraper
831 posts
 
Pjw81563, that’s an impressive collection of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers you have. I’ve been a bit leery about more seriously collecting him just because of the sheer volume of recordings he’s made. I’ve not acquired Shorter’s Emanon yet although it was well reviewed on Allmusic and the clips you can listen to there sound interesting. You’re lucky to have seen him live. Appreciate your links.

Mike




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